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Daredevil Wakeboards in Storm Drain After Tropical Cyclone Sean Brings Record Rain

A local daredevil took advantage of the tropical cyclone https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/tropical-cyclone-sean-upgraded-to-category-three-off-wa-coast/104836690">looming off the coast of Western Australia on January 19, by wakeboarding through flooded storm drains. Damon Starkey, who can be seen being dragged behind his friend's truck in Karratha, said he was "[making] hay while the sun shines!" Tropical Cyclone Sean was https://www.facebook.com/bureauofmeteorology/posts/1029367049233042 upgraded to Category 4 and broke a nearly 20-year rainfall record, with https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/tropical-cyclone-sean-upgraded-to-category-three-off-wa-coast/104836690">media reporting that the local airport gauge recorded more than 270 millimetres of rain overnight. (Footage by Damon Starkey/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A local daredevil took advantage of the tropical cyclone https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/tropical-cyclone-sean-upgraded-to-category-three-off-wa-coast/104836690">looming off the coast of Western Australia on January 19, by wakeboarding through flooded storm drains. Damon Starkey, who can be seen being dragged behind his friend's truck in Karratha, said he was "[making] hay while the sun shines!" Tropical Cyclone Sean was https://www.facebook.com/bureauofmeteorology/posts/1029367049233042 upgraded to Category 4 and broke a nearly 20-year rainfall record, with https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/tropical-cyclone-sean-upgraded-to-category-three-off-wa-coast/104836690">media reporting that the local airport gauge recorded more than 270 millimetres of rain overnight. (Footage by Damon Starkey/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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