Moto GP rider uses bike as surfboard after going down on wet track - GIF and video

[Jon]

A clever Moto GP rider surfs his bike out of trouble after going down on wet track.




16-second video:

Previously:

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[Sleykin]

I did almost the exact thing about 40 years ago. I didn't quite get all the way up on the bike so it ate my leathers and helmet a bit The bike caught on fire about the time I kicked it off.

[Toolmaker51]

That appears visually to fit description of how motor patrolmen are taught to set one down...and come up shooting their sidearm, need be.