Winching Brum's Canals

[rank_amateur]

You might already have seen this; personally I think it's a beautiful misuse of time and a public place.

YouTube - Wakeboard Canal

The Birmingham Post have done extensive research in order to get it all arse about face:

"Thrill-seekers have come under fire for using a Birmingham city centre canal for high speed surfing. The dangerous stunt called wakeboarding sees youths winched along the waterway on what appears to be a snowboard. Last night British Waterways said it was concerned about the activity and would be launching an investigation. A video clip on the YouTube website posted last week shows a youngster in tracksuit top and shorts jumping over a series of locks on Fleet Street. At one point the youth, who is holding on to the rope with one hand, leaps off a lock before skiing under a bridge along the narrow canal. Two video clips have been posted on the file-sharing website. Nicola Lister, of the West Midlands division of British Waterways, said: "We are concerned because this isn't a safe use of the waterway. We would be worried about the safety of the youths involved and we would want to investigate it further and work with the appropriate agencies in the city to stop this activity." Ms Lister added: "Our main concern is to ensure the safe use of the waterways and this is not the kind of behaviour we would want to see."

There's a much longer version here:

YouTube - Awesome wakeboarders going down a canal jumping the locks!

[sim]

awesome. I literally can not wait for the water authorities to get in touch and tell us we're all drug taking houdlems. That Matt Crowhurst is such a bad influence on kids after all ?!?!?

jokers

[stack]

I bet they were wearing hoodies as well.

[Nick.C.]

Biggest mistake in that article was the use of the words "youth" and "youngster" got that completely wrong!

[337 phw]

KaCosworth (2 weeks ago) Marked as spam
Well Cool...This months canal mag says you're all gonna get banned by the cops... Ignore them...Keep it up..!!!!!
got to love that comment

[Timmo]

Old thread but I need some help to find one of the videos of this;

there are 2 short ones (the one linked in this thread and another Dan Jordan took at the time) and a crap 8 minute long one also on youtube that could have been done in 30 seconds (from 98dmalcolm), BUT

I have seen one (& can't find it!) where the vid is put together properly, and there's some funny commentary when the "River Police" (or whoever they are) turn up (the girl asks for the cameraman's name, "sorry, I've already got a girlfriend" he says in reply).

Anyone got the link ????