Why do they do it? Yes, that's a man in the midst of that crashing wave. Yes, he did survive and walked off but to my astonishment the woman watching then took his place to brave the waves. Insanity!
Madness indeed. We have a friend who is a rescue helicopter pilot and you wouldn't believe the number of people he has winched from the ocean over the years. Quite a few who didn't make it alive.