Our launches are closed too with barricades. For something as small as that though, it can be dropped in at any water's edge, never mind ramps when you have a pocket toy lol. I have to admit though, that little thing moves pretty good. He was probably doing 30mph. Pretty stupid of him though to be the only one out there. The water temp is only +5 C/~42 F. All he would need is to tag something just below the surface that he didn't see, get flipped off, nail his noggin off anything or have whatever drives it flip up and maim his melon, maybe the law stops him and hands him a few thousand dollar fine for stupidity..who knows. He's taking a big risk for the little entertainment value.