Grandpa Connects River to Ocean! Did he see that coming? 

He could have been satisfied with the ocean, but noooooooo

Caused a lot of dune and beach erosion.

@@billlincolnmd9159 Not really, the river was going to eventually do that by it's self. The oceans are typically the lowest points on earth and water always goes down hill. That just got the process started early before the backed up water caused any problems up stream, just like beaver dams in the wrong place can cause lots of damage to roadways. Plus it allowed the more adventurous types to experience something different in a safe way.

They probably paid the old man to do this because he can claim senile and take a minor talking to at best. They would slap these kids with some charges for something I'm sure 🤣

@@johndough5854 I was just trying to dig trenches to stop the natzis was his excuse🤣

Hello from Northern California 💕

@@mikehoncho9344 Newquay's in England mate, not Oz. Nobody says Good day here.

In one day half the beach was removed. How can this be a good thing?

@@deanomax69 By high tide the next day the sand was back again and the pond refilled, this happens a lot at this beach. It's not a bad thing at all, sometimes a storm comes and takes all the sand but a few days later it's all back again, beach's change from day to day. it all works out in the end, on this day fun was had and kids have memories that will last a lifetime. Take care and don't worry.

@@troo_story There is a beach, a zoo and a bay in Cornwall, 🇬🇧 UK called Newquay. Do some research before you make a negative response. I looked at his post and saw UK in it. Did you even read his whole post?

That's interesting.

There's a lot of post-industrialisation clean-up of rivers nowadays. You mention Boston, USA. I'll add the River Mersey, UK. Like a lot of rivers in urban areas it was used as a useful dump for sewage and industrial processes. That's all stopped now with increased sewage treatment while the majority of our industrial processes have moved to the third world. Thus they say salmon are in the River Mersey once again. They say first time in 200yrs! P. S. Interesting about the (upside down) teardrop shape to sewers! It ensures the max water is always being used to move solids! Clever! The things you didn't know you didn't know.

@@TeddyBear-ii4yc and the third world continues to pollute our oceans with waste runoff and plastics at a terrifying rate. 95% of the plastic in the worlds oceans comes from just a few rivers

@@HowToGuroo Yeah I don't like it either... and I'm not sure there's, currently, a way around it?

so, its okay to not treat your wastewater as long as it doesnt back up into your backyard..oh, okay just keep polluting away.

He had long handlebar whiskers and smoked a pipe.

Ah ha ha, love it!

So for right now, this is legal. Some people are tied in knots over it, though. There are people in the area trying to stop this because, as one person argues, it makes it hard for minorities to enjoy the beach. Seriously, that's one of the arguments. Apparently those in the majority can still enjoy it, though I cannot figure out how that works. Another makes the argument that people could get hurt. And...!? People do things all the time where they can get hurt. Welcome to life. It's dangerous. I'll never understanding people wanting to regulate things that they are afraid of, while the people doing it are not. "I'm scared of that, so you can't do it." In none of the articles I read did anyone mention a convincing argument for it being damaging to the environment, since it also happens naturally in this very spot. But they mention the same things people mention here--might dry the river up, mixing fresh water with sea water is bad for the environment, kills fresh water fish, makes the beach go away (though only for a few hours), wasting water in a drought...a bunch of silly claims. I think their just jealous because they don't know how to have that much fun.

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@@alexb7641 they're not that far down lol

nature didnt do this one. and of course all things stabilize eventually

Thank you

Man. You outta come visit us in America sometime. I live in northern Minnesota Its a much colder climate except our summers are also very hot. We are called the 'land of 10,000 lakes'. We also have the largest freshwater lake in the world I live right on the tip of it in Duluth. If you take a boat out onto Lake superior at sunset its literally like you are on another planet all together when you look at the horizon. Plus there are millions of swimming holes all over the state. Rivers, lakes, ponds, all types. If you want to experience water and all of its variety and depth and breadth. Literally can't get better then the great lakes. If you have the resources you could probably hitch a ride from the tip of lake superior all the way out to the ocean itself as it all is connected for trade. In Duluth we have a large port that mostly handles iron or shipping from all over the world that travels the entirety of the great lakes to get here. Its so cool. If you ever get time search on RU-vid for Duluth lift bridge ship you will find a lot of neat content if you enjoy ships at all. If you want a more kitsch or amusement parky feel for your water search up Wisconsin dells. That is in the equally glorious water state right next to us named Wisconsin. I grew up so associated with water that people started jokingly reffering to me as a 'water elemental' lol. No joke in my leisure time growing up I PROBABLY spent more time within water then on land. There is just something about it that calls to certain people. It would seem that even though you live in landlocked Uganda that the water calls to you too. I hope you find what you are looking for. You deserve what makes you happy. I hope videos like this helps with that for the time being! I hope no hater or border will ever stop ya friend. All people deserve to be as free as the water should they want to be.

@@saibisureddo5657 Cheers. We can say the same thing here in Ontario. I was on Giant's Tomb Island, 16km out, in Georgian Bay, 2 weeks back. I can boat to your lake from there, but the gas would break me.

@@therapist6328 Awesome! Yea a lot of systems seem to be connected to some degree in the region which is neat. Not sure what kinda border security you would need clearance with these days though. Back in the day it was more or less open borders lol. Sucks that we as a civ has gotten to the point where Canada and America can't trust eachother enough to keep our shared border more open for citizens. But eh I guess I get it. international terrorism and crime and now covid and also contraband blabla

You are made of mostly water, you are still one with the water no matter where you live. ✌️💧

I hope you get to visit the Ocean soon brother, Cheers from Australia

@@udhehfhehcuw9169 Well I don't know much of anything on this topic, but I did notice those sorts of concerns in other parts of the comments section and discussion off of that. It seems that this river and ocean often swap liquid based on the tides (you can see that the change of tide at the end of the video re-achieved equilibrium and stopped the flow), so it seems to be a natural-enough process and likely not harming any ecosystems. What the old man started in this video was something that nature was going to trigger anyways, he just helped it along.

​@@udhehfhehcuw9169 I see people having fun. they did no more harm to the world than what we all did today. we all use this earth .. just we get upset when we see others enjoy the same place? We all contribute to climate change. the world one day will end. but the joy these people had is priceless.

@@udhehfhehcuw9169 America . Land of the free, home of the brave. And I trust that the surfers take way better care of the land then most people. Ever met a surfer? Gotta be one with the earth kinda people. As an American I approve of their fun.

@@matthewsigurdson1321No one gives a fuck what you approve bud you’re nobody, that’s an entire river flow fucked and possibly a massive change in an eco system

I miss those days in the water. Seems like today's attitude will never be what I had in the eighties and nineties on the California coast! This reminds me of the friendships I had then!!!🤙

@@speedgonzalez489 I grew up white water canoeing, horse riding, rock climbing in the UK. I had an older brother who was an adrenaline junkie and loved his little sister tagging along. My kids are sports fanatics and I swear all that release has helped them do well at school. They're just nice kids are all their friends. They surf on the North Coast of Cornwall through the summer. I hardly see them lol

@@TheMaisiewoofwoof sounds like you had a life like mine. Enjoyed every minute of being outside. Use too walk to our Bay when I was in middle School. Never been white water canoeing before, but just got my first kayak sooo... Being active helps with a lot of things. I was like your children. My mother saw me when I left for school in the morning and most of the time at supper. People should let their kids be kids like you do ! Off subject but didn't you use to do videos with your gsd?

@@speedgonzalez489 lol yes, still got my gsd Ted and now a very cute Golden Retriever too although Im super lazy with posting lol. Furthermore you have to try white water but do it under supervision first, you need equipment and have to be able to Eskimo role the canoe in case you go over, it's fun learning that. Failing that canoe surfing is also a blast, hella hard getting back out but the ride is great.

Yeah! Everyone should divert fresh water into the ocean and wonder why the reefs and fish die

Lol ewwwwww

I thought that the beach looked familiar.

Lovely

Ew

There is a sign explain exactly the risk of bacteria 🦠 ewwwww

Which beach is this 🤔

@@sherylcrowe3255 aliso creek i believe

I am too. Just not on the waves🤣🤣🤣

@@samurai_1946 The sign names it: Aliso in Laguna Beach .

HAIL!!!

Hi Hail 👍🏼‼️

..face.. palm... .... slap.....!! lol

Piggy

Gross and TRUE!

Or the current would bring up the sewer water from Mexico and shut it down.

@@InquisitiveJen current flows south along the west coast

@@cannonfodder6299 but imperial beach in southern Cali is always contaminated by sewage from t.j. It’s a legit event that happens. It’s disgusting. Raw sewage in the beach.

a-men, brother. grew up on both pacific and atlantic coasts. i miss it.

Yeah, it's funny when I was younger I kinda didn't care about the ocean. At 36 I really can't imagine living anywhere else.

Man the people down river must be pissed lmao 🤣

@@gulicio1m293 wouldnt down river be the ocean? im sure they dont just fix the sand in that area. if the water was to get to high it would do the same thing anyway. if they cared there would be a dam or dyke of some sort.

@@kollak01 even if they did care, putting a dam or dike would most likely cause flooding in the area immediately surround this reservoir when it rains. One person is heard in one of the videos saying that it is a collection area for rainwater. Absence of rain sees the area filled, and the beach fixed, by by high tide. I would love to know where this is. It seems like a place with visiting.

If I was there I would be that man lol ,,hold my beer 🍻😜

@@straggler940 Go for it! I don't think the lifeguards will let you have alcholic beverages on the beach anyway.

Don't worry, it's all a question of balance, Mother Nature will put the beach back and dam it all up again!

The damming and breaching is a natural cycle. They are just helping it along a little bit. There's a reason it has to be done over and over again

I hope it’s brackish water in that river! If not then the whole eco system will be destroyed. Fish will get in there and bacteria and depending on the tides, salt water will likely work it’s way up there. Yeah it’s fun to ride waves and get the kids outside being active, but I hope people thought this through first. Isn’t LA having a fresh water crisis?

Yep and fresh water turned to salt water.. kinda wasteful. Especially since it's so costly to remove the salt

@@gonelucid that water is primarly filthy runoff from the city, most definitely not used for drinking water and already full of bacteria. i live 15 minutes from here and its epic watching these guys ride the creek but still astonishes me they get in that water. the creek naturally crests the sand wall periodically and floods into the ocean so it is a natural process

My thoughts exactly. Nothing like destroying an established ecosystem

@@1WitchyBitch I hope that was a saltwater estuary and not a freshwater river. Otherwise, their are gonna be A LOT of dead 🐟.

River is up it won't hurt anything.

@@1WitchyBitch it won't hurt anything, just help the high water of the river.

No flooding there

Is it bad for the environment, or harmless? I was watching this thinking it looked super cool but there was probably some horrific environmental consequence that would ruin all the fun, hah.

@@KingofCrusher the sea takes and brings back sand over the seasons, this is nothing, I've seen whole beaches be devoid of sand one season and replenished the next

They'll also remember the hepatitis and MRSA infections they contracted from it. LOL

Skimboards in use in Australia before the 70s. Around 1962.

@@cranegantry868 I'm sure they were they've been around longer than that, the difference was the way they were ridden. In Laguna Beach's steep short beaches and perfect shore break it seemed perfect for launching into and riding waves. Previously skimboards were round or oval and kicked along the low tide flat wet sand. We refined the shapes with rocker, rails and surfboard like outlines. All well documented. Perhaps you have reference to film of that happening elsewhere before 1970?

@@capodad2u hahahaha, 'sources please', you must be kidding.

In one of his videos, you can actually see real seaweed flowing out of this little reservoir. Unless someone put it there on purpose (weird thing to do), it had to come from the waves filling it up. I thought the same thing at first. It was only after watching several other videos that I learned what was happening.

That's not what the sign says at all. It says don't go in the creek, it is highly contaminated. The lifeguard didn't call the police because it is in a loophole. The city refuses to write tickets because it is a county park. The county says the state should handle it. No one wants to take responsibility. And it most definitely is not a natural phenomenon. It is urban runoff from lawns and streets. Not the best water to release into the ocean.

@@ImBradCrites you sound like a resident. So then I am sincerely curious: why is the sign down near the surf facing the direction of the water flow and nowhere near the body of runoff water and not facing a person looking at the body of water? The sign also warns against turbulent water, debris, etc, which says to me there would be flow. I have never seen a retention pond with turbulent water. There is also a picture on the sign showing what I saw during the video, not a stagnant pool of water. We have situations just like this in Florida, and they happen just like what I watched in the video: rain, road and yard runoff collects in a ditch/large pool until it rises above the high beach sand and creates a creek that flows into the Gulf until it empties. Then the surf brings sand back in and closes it off for another month or two. Since I have witnessed this happen for 35 years here I assumed the same to be happening there.

@@shanecabbage2187 and you would be correct

He drained a tide pool that is mixed with storm drain and sewer water. It's not a lake or a river like all these morons seem to think.

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@@michaelfussell1044 💩

Notice the sign near the end that warned people not to go into the creek water? Sign stated it was urban run off and might contain pollution and bacteria. Ah well.

@@veramae4098 One of the observers was asked if he was going in and he pretty much stated 'no, he had already experienced the displeasure of the bacteria...' To be 'Old and wise, first, one has to be young and dumb'.

Good. So the first thing you should do is go dig out the banks of your local river so it floods the town

@@deanomax69 ah yes, draining water means flooding.

Now it's a dirty beach with the sewage spilling into the water.

@@MustardGamings As is the comment section 💩👤. Life is risky no matter what you do.

Not if you live there

@@deanomax69 dude you’ve been crying on every comment stfu!!!

@@deanomax69 I'd be willing to bet that a good portion of those people in the video live there, and they sure seem to be enjoying it.

Right, because it you were going to drink it all.

@@wn385 🙄 agriculture, farming, fish, wildlife, ecosystem.

@@Tigs2 and? That water was never going specifically to those areas.

Why? This would happen naturally sooner or later and has done for millions of year's.

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 over millions of years yes.

Brings new meaning to "you kids get off my lawn" :) lol

@@Itme Nope, this happens naturally multiple times a year. Look it up, it's a well-known phenomenon. The first time I saw this being done I was concerned for the environmental impact so I did some Google-fu and it’s no more harmful than it happening a day or so later but maybe in the middle of the night when it can’t be enjoyed.

Hahaha all rivers flow into oceans. Especially ones that are 50 yards away from an ocean

Yes yes you are the only one that thinks it shouldn't be displaced because we have disrupted the Earth's natural cycle settlement belongs in the ocean we have blocked all the sediment from washing off the land out into the ocean which makes new land and helps keep the Earth cycle running and we have disrupted that and it needs to be done which is what the older people do understand but you young people do not

Yes

I think he did it to stop it flooding at a later date, the pond with the ducks looked high enough up the bank that a good rain would have flooded the residential/carpark/ whatever is at the top. Just a thought?????

No i think these guys should get in trouble for this stuff. There letting tons of fresh water out of rivers, and into the ocean. That water is taken away from people on the land who use that fresh water for drinking, bathing, and flushing craps down the toilet. All of that water is so precious to anyone who wants to survive on land. Basically 99% of the population of the world. But….the fresh water is just released into the ocean for views. The earth is staged up like a hooker for views. That’s the way I see what you guys are doing. I think they should face criminal and civil penalties for what they’re doing. It’s not because they’re bad people. It’s because they obviously don’t give a fuck about the environment. Absolutely no fucks whatsoever. It’s not fair. You can’t even listen to reggae or claim that you flow with the earth or some stuff like that, when you do stuff like this. Doesn’t make any sense.

Lol. Yeah that dude was talking about people getting staph infections

Sewerage is not open to this kind of thing. This is more likely from storm water

It's probably stormwater. Even if it's effluent from a treatment plant, it's probably cleaner than the ocean everyone is swimming in.

The description says this is Hawaii though...

Your statement is ignorant

This where the river runs into the ocean. The tide closes it off and either people open it up or it will naturally overflow and cause the same effect.

It even happens by itself from time to time.

the river and the sea are already close enough that it just happens to be so close that it would happen naturally anyways in high tide.