"Aqua Alta Surfing": St. Mark's Square on a Wakeboard

Everything happened at the speed of light on Tuesday: just a few minutes after 11 a.m., the high-water mark had reached 1.35 metres, equivalent to a good half metre of water covering St. Mark's Square.

Duncan Zuur's team pulled a compact, 20 horsepower motor winch from its hiding place and placed it under the square's arches. One team member, clad in rubber boots, pulled the winchs cable about 120 metres across the square and pressed one end firmly into the hand of Duncan Zuur, who had taken the opportunity to get into his wakeboarding gear. Four elegant turns later, the event was over prompting by a standing ovation from an astounding crowd of tourists.

And luckily for Duncan, the police didn't even notice.

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[GrowingObsession]

Life is for the living right? ;)

[Julien Pouliot]

Hey relax cabrón, the guy didn't any harm to your beloved city! wishing someone to die of a cancer because he did 20 sec of wakeboard at st-marks square during Acqua Alta is more then crazy. You are the most selfish person I ever seen! You don't even deserve to live in Venice! find something else to do then bug people that enjoy life

[Congarolo]

Venice people are really selfish... Come to Rome :> people are really friendly! LOL! (Like me XD)

[Xissmi]

whats the song at the beginning?

[TheVoyagerM]

If anything he showed St Mark Square in another light, and showed another side of it. He showed another side of the most beautiful place.

[Sven Macolic]

canal surfing at 1:37

[TizElVito]

Roba da ciapar a leptospirosi....

[abclukeabc]

I aprreciate all the ummmm thinking, it means you took your time to elaborate your complicated point. I'm amazed by your logic and dialectic skills.

[dorian vranješ]

ummm, yeah, fuck you

[iampeeay01]

you rock!!! \m/ thanks for sharing this video... =D