Watch: Viral Video of a Dream Cloud Surfing Adventure Will Leave You in Awe

Undoubtedly, surfing’s popularity as a sport has grown to extreme lengths in the past few years. Besides traditional surfing, enthusiasts have devised new waves of experiencing thrill while balancing their surfboards. Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, and Wave surfing are some of the popular new ways to take on the sport. Recently, the internet saw another unseen breathtaking way of surfing that does not involve riding the waves.

On May 19, a Twitter page shared a fantastic video of a man cloud surfing. The never-seen video showed a new yet dangerous way of enjoying the thrill of the sport.

Man looks effortless while flying with his surfboard

In the Twitter video captioned, “Cloud surfing”, a man was seen performing a mix of kitesurfing and paragliding. It looked like he was flying in the air as he kept rising above the ocean. Wondering how he did it? Here’s how!

While his legs were stuck to his surfboard, he was spotted gradually rising in the air with the help of a specially designed kite. It was harnessed on his surfboard and helped it elevate the surfboard upwards using the wind’s force.

At first, he was at a decent distance from the sea. As the video progressed, he kept moving up until he went closer to the azure sky. After flying up at an unimaginable height, he gradually moved down by controlling the strings of his kite. In no time, he was floating, his surfboard in the sea and his specially designed kite flying down with him.

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Although such adventures might appear thrilling, they carry high risks of mishaps. Last month, a terrifying incident took place with a lady who experienced an unexpected predator attacking her while she was windsurfing in the middle of the ocean.

Windsurfing lady experiences a potentially fatal accident in the sea

Windsurfing is a combination of surfing and sailing, where a sail is connected to a board that moves on the water by the force of the wind. According to a report by NBC6, a woman in her 50s was enjoying a pleasant day windsurfing near Virginia, last month. However, suddenly she noticed something dark pass by her. Before she realized it, the dark shadow turned out to be a feral shark who in no time, attacked the surfer multiple times.

However, somehow she managed to return to the beach running. At first, the bystanders did not believe her shark accidents. But when she took off her wetsuit, the multiple shark bites on her ankle indicated the severity of the mishap. People immediately provided her with medical assistance and called in the ambulance. Later on, she was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where the doctors treated her shark bites and assured her that she was in good health.

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