Two Australian tourists have taken our national identity as surfing larrikins to the next level by shredding in the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy.
โHere are two arrogant idiots who make a mockery of the city,โ Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted last week along with a short video clip of the culprits in question.
โI ask everyone to help us identify them to punish themโฆ To those who identify them, I offer a dinner!โ
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Since then, the guilty parties who sparked widespread outrage โ simply labelled โan Englishman and a Chineseโ by local newspaper Il Gazzettino โ have been apprehended, fined ะ1,500 each ($2,150), and promptly expelled from the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city.
Additionally, their hydrofoil-attached surfboards were confiscated. Which is certainly the most severe component of their punishment considering how much eFoil boards retail for โ approximately โฌ25,000 ($36,000) all up, according to BBC.
Italian authorities are currently pursuing further criminal charges.
โWe have identified the two โheroes,'โ tweeted Mayor Brugnaro.
โWithout giving further details, those responsible will soon be in our custodyโฆ Thank you all for your cooperation.โ
In short, this has proven to be a pretty costly stunt for the two audacious battlers.
Watch the Australian tourists surfing in the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy below.
