Alice Springs is an arid region in central Australia , positioned some 1500km from the nearest beach . Locals may not have any waves to catch , but they have managed to quench their thirst for surfing with an unorthodox daredevil-friendly pastime . Hilarious GoPro footage shows a group of young larrikins towing themselves on surfboards from utes on the muddy waters of Ilparpa claypans , just south of Alice Springs . Scroll down for video . The video shows the young larrikens towing themselves on surfboards from utes on the muddy waters of Ilparpa claypans . One of the men behind the video , Philip Drummond , said his friends were inspired after going to a 21st birthday party on the Gold Coast . ‘ We got a taste for surfing there , then we brought some surfboards back home and took them down to the claypans , ' he said . 'We didn ’ t have much surfing experience , but we picked it up as we went along. ’ After several years of trial and error , the friends have refined act to be somewhere between wakeboarding and water skiing . ‘ We started off pretty slow at about 15 km per hour or so , but once we built up our confidence we were goingup to 40 kmph , ’ he said . The video was filmed over four days in the middle of last year , a time when the Red Centre was experiencing torrential rain . The group of friends were inspired after going surfing at a 21st birthday party on the Gold Coast . After several years of practice , the daredevils have refined act to be somewhere between wakeboarding and water skiing . ‘ The claypan retains water very well , but there are few points of the year when we have that much water . We need to capitalise when we get the chance , ’ Drummond said . Drummond said none of his friends have suffered any serious injuries from the claypan surfing . When asked if it was legal , he said it was a ‘ grey area. ’ ‘ It ’ s government land we ’ re using , but there are our-wheel drives tearing up there all the time . I don ’ t think what we do is any more damaging , ’ he said . The friends have slowly built up their confidence and speed , reaching up to 40km per hour . Despite being seen in the video taking a heavy fall , Drummond said none of his friends have suffered any serious injuries from claypan surfing .
The footage was captured in Ilparpa claypans , just south of Philip Drummond . It shows the group of friends towing themselves on surfboards from utes . Alice Springs said his friends were inspired after surfing in Queensland . But there are only a few times a year when the claypan has enough water .