Saudi woman attempts ‘street surfing’ in Jeddah floodwater

Some users, however, have raised questions over the surfer’s gender

Video showing a Saudi woman shredding through the flooded streets of Jeddah on a wakeboard has gone viral.

Heavy rains have submerged the streets, roads and many underpasses of the Saudi Arabian city, but failed to damper the spirit of the citizens.

The woman can be seen surfing like an expert in the floodwater with one end of the rope tied to her ankle and the other attached to the tail-gate mounted spare wheel of a car.

“This woman making the best out of today's floods in Jeddah,” wrote the journalist, who shared the video on Twitter.

This woman making the best out of today's floods in Jeddah 🏄‍♀️, #Saudi pic.twitter.com/9KsnblKfXe

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 21, 2017

The video, which was shared on November 21, has garnered over 12,000 retweets and 16,000 likes. It also received more than 400 comments, with social media users praising the woman’s valour for defying all odds.

Some users, however, raised questions over the surfer’s gender.

“I think there's a man inside this scene really I think,” said one user.

Another said: “That's no woman alright. Its a male”.

“Yes. Taller than the average height for a woman,” agreed another one.

The government of KSA has promised a shake-up of the cultural scene with a set of Vision 2030 reforms. In September, it issued a decree allowing women to drive from June 2018, the last country in the world to do so.