Hurricanes and Tropical Storms can bring in big swells. A lot of extreme sports athletes want to take advantage of them by hitting the beach. Surfing and skimboarding in such nasty weather isn’t the brightest idea. I’ve done it before, and wouldn’t do it again. Getting pounded in the face with rain while running down the beach isn’t that much fun. Then, if you fall off your board it gets sucked out to sea.

Here’s a couple of kids looking for some skimboarding action in Melbourne, Florida during Tropical Storm Fay a few weeks ago