Horror as out-of-control boat hurtles through air at 200mph before smashing into lake
Horrified onlookes watched the doomed boat spin out of control mid-air and caught the horror crash on video - while the drivers tried to beat a 206mph speed record
This is the shocking moment a speedboat was sent flying into the air at 200mph before smashing into a lake as it attempted to break a record. Horrified onlookers watched on as the doomed boat spun out of control mid-air across the Havasu Lake in Arizona while its drivers tried to beat a 206mph speed record at Saturday's 2025 Desert Storm Shootout boating event.
The vessel had at first made a promising start, seamlessly zooming across the lake floor to a nearby audience who filmed the boat in amazement whilst sitting on camping chairs. But chaos soon erupted as the bow of the boat lifted up into the sky. Shocking video footage captured the moment the speedboat somersaulted in the air and was flung forward by the wind before it crashed back down into the lake.
A witness told Fox News: "My heart dropped when I saw that boat get airborne. It's never something you want to look at when you're out there having fun as a driver for sure".
The speedboat's drivers - using the pseudonyms John Wayne and Clint Eastwood - were hoping to make history on their 388 skater boat with 10,000 horsepower.
The pair, from Freedom One Racing based out of Kansas City, Missouri, were attempting the challenge at the lake's Desert Storm Shootout.
Publisher for Speedboat Magazine Ray Lee said the boat was travelling at a speed of 200.1mph when the horror collision occurred. He told Fox News: "It's a 388 skater and it's estimated at about 10,000 horsepower.
Lee said: "They came to Lake Havasu earlier in the week intending to break the record here for the desert storm shootout, That was their first pass of the day and when they went over, the radar picked them up at 200.1 mph."
"So they came to Lake Havasu earlier in the week intending to break the record here for the desert storm shootout. That was their first pass of the day and when they went over, the radar picked them up at 200.1 mph."
Both drivers of the boat miraculously survived the crash and were only left with minor injuries.
Since 1963, Lake Havasu has been the site of 11 deaths, including four personal watercraft deaths and eight speedboat incidents.
In 2018, and accident dubbed the "Lickity Split" resulted in the deaths of two men, Brad Kloepfer and Paul Selberg - after their boat, named Lickity Split, crashed at speeds exceeding 150mph.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Playboy vet Kendra Wilkinson shares rare snap with daughter Alijah Mary Baskett as she graduates elementary school ahead of celebrating her 40th birthday
Kendra Wilkinson shared a rare snap with her daughter Alijah Mary Baskett on her Instagram Story on Wednesday ahead of her 40th birthday. The Playboy vet revealed to her followers that it was her daughter's, 11, last day of elementary school as they posed for a selfie together to mark the special day. Kendra was previously married to former NFL star Hank Baskett, 42, from 2009 to 2018. They share two children: son Hank Baskett IV, 15, and daughter Alijah. The rare snap comes before Kendra celebrated her 40th birthday in style on Wednesday. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The TV personality put on a busty display in a white seamless zip-up top and sported a hot pink golf skort as she hit the golf course. Puffing on a cigar, Kendra sported a pair of chunky white trainers and styled her blonde locks in a bun as she showed off her putting skills. She also gave fans a glimpse of her lavish birthday cake, which featured her name and a display of pale pink roses. Kendra often reflects on moving into the Playboy Mansion at the tender age of 18. In 2004, the star moved from San Diego to Los Angeles to become one of Hugh Hefner's three live-in girlfriends alongside Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. And during a chat with Fox News Digital this week, the blonde bombshell revealed the one regret she has about her four years in the sprawling abode. She told the outlet: 'The only thing I can say I regret in my life is not starting my real estate career while I was living at the Playboy Mansion, She explained: 'I was surrounded by everyone - every celebrity, every billionaire, and what was I thinking? But I'm now in real estate, so I'm good.' Kendra rose to fame on the E! unscripted series The Girls Next Door, which followed her life as one of Hefner's girlfriends. The show lasted for six seasons between 2005 and 2010, and she lived at the famous estate from 2004 to 2009. She began her real estate career when she got her license in 2020 and joined fellow reality star realtor Mauricio Umansky's The Agency. A docuseries dubbed Kendra Sells Hollywood on Discovery+ showcased her struggles as a new agent in the bustling industry. It lasted for two seasons from 2021 to 2023. The star told People last November that she was 'off mentally' while filming the show. She confessed at the time: 'I feel a little regret filming my last show because I wasn't really ready, 'I was a little off mentally, and I wasn't prepared to be on a camera just yet. I wasn't fully healed or there yet. Now I feel there.' In March, Kendra spoke with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes on their self-titled podcast, and she referred to her time being married as the 'happiest days of my entire life.' She emphasized: 'And so when those days came to an end, I crumbled so hard, and it almost killed me. It almost killed me,' Kendra elaborated: 'I left the Playboy Mansion at age 23, got pregnant, got married at the age of 23, then started my life as a wife and a mother, and it was the golden years of my life.' Looking back at her choice to settle down with Hank, she affirmed: 'It was the right timing. I found myself so bored at the Playboy Mansion. 'I was just like, "I'm ready to leave this place. I'm ready to start a family. I'm ready for the lifestyle: My kids go to a great school. I'm a soccer mom. I'm a softball mom. I'm a basketball mom."' She added: 'I manifested it, and it came to me, and I met the perfect man, the man of my dreams.' The mom-of-two heaped praise on her ex, noting, 'Even though we're divorced, he's the father of my kids, and he's the most amazing father to my kids, and I know I chose right with him.'
Daily Mirror
18 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Playboy bunny on worst thing about living in the mansion she bitterly regrets
Former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson has revealed her main regret from her time sharing the lavish Playboy mansion with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt A former Playboy bunny has opened up about her time in the infamous house and one of her biggest regrets. Kendra Wilkinson lived in the lavish mansion with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt between 2004 and 2008, but admits there is one thing she would change. The Girls Next Door star, now 40, confessed she wishes she changed career sooner. Now a realtor, Kendra admitted she feels as though she would have lost out on a lot of potential celebrity clients by not going into the business during her time in the mansion. And Kendra says it's her "only regret". She said: "The only thing I can say I regret in my life is not starting my real estate career while I was living at the Playboy Mansion." Speaking to Fox News on the red carpet at the Operation Smile 25th Los Angeles Smile Fiesta, Kendra went on: "Like, I mean, I was surrounded by everyone, every celebrity, every billionaire, and what was I thinking? But I'm now in real estate, so I'm good." She began her current career path in June 2020 after passing the California real estate exam. Her role has been followed in a number of reality TV series, including 2021's Kendra Sells Hollywood. The show on Discovery+ and Max followed the former model as she navigated the ups and downs of her new career in Los Angeles' hugely competitive luxury real estate market. She previously labelled the real estate industry as "so stressful" but declared her love for it. Speaking to PEOPLE, she said: "I want to publicly hate real estate again, but I can't, because I love it. I love real estate. It's a challenge every single day." She had previously opened up on her mental health struggles due to the mansion, saying she hit "rock bottom". Kendra explained how she reached out to ex-husband Hank Baskett, whom she split from in 2018, and recalled feeling like she had no control over her head or her body as was in a "state of panic". Despite her latest comments, Kendra said at the time that Playboy had "really messed up my whole life". Speaking in a candid interview with People in 2024, mother-of-two Kendra said of her 2023 hospitalisation: "I was dying of depression. "I was hitting the end of my life, and I went into psychosis. I felt like I wasn't strong enough to live anymore," she admitted, adding that it was the "lowest place I've ever been in my life". Kendra said she has had to "face my demons" and admitted she had a lot of issues that began when she was only 15. She recalled struggling with depression before she entered the Playboy Mansion. She explained how she "drank a lot" to cover up her misery, but that later manifested into "deep regret" when she left Hugh, who was 60 years older than her, to start a new life with Hank.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Brad Pitt's $40M private love nest he's been spending cozy nights with girlfriend Ines de Ramon
Brad Pitt was spending time away from Hollywood with his girlfriend Ines de Ramon before he hit Mexico for his F1 premiere on Monday. The Oscar-winning actor has driven up the California coast to settle into his stunning $40M love nest in Carmel, the town Clint Eastwood was once the mayor of. The timing is great: Brad has some weeks off after shooting his movie Heart Of The Beast in New Zealand and before he has to be in NYC on June 16 for the premiere of his next blockbuster, F1. 'Brad and Ines sightings in Carmel are regular,' a local tells 'They hit the fancy restaurants and shop at boutiques like Tancredi & Morgen just like all the locals. Brad has been seen with a hat and sunglasses on at Nielsen Brothers Market. 'No one hassles celebrities here because the locals don't like to make a fuss, they think approaching a celebrity is classless. So Brad and Ines get their space,' the insider added. The population is only around 3,000 people. There is also talk Pitt - who keeps a sports car at his Carmel home - will stop by the nearby Monterey Car Show in August as he is a car aficionado. In 2022, Pitt snapped up the historic D. L. James house known as 'Seaward' that overlooks California 's stunning central coast as images by photographer Alexander Vertikoff were taken. The A-List actor bought the 1918 century old house in celebrity haven Carmel, in what is believed to be the highest priced property ever to be sold in the area. Pitt is reportedly a big fan of Craftsman-style homes, which could be why he has purchased his latest pad. Known as the D.L. James House, the property was designed by 20th century architect Charles Sumner Greene. He designed the property on a piece of land owned by infamous author Daniel Lewis James, who wrote 'Famous All Over Town', naming the property on the Carmel highlands after him. It has been owned by Searock since 1999, a limited liability company tied to the late Chicago financier Joe Ritchie and his wife, Sharon Ritchie. Records show that Mr Ritchie died and the property was never publicly listed for sale. The luxury property, which is just meters from the beach, boasts a 'wooden aesthetic' and is built from locally quarried sandstone and granite. It has arched windows, with bricks 'individually chosen' by Charles Greene, and a tiled Mediterranean-style roof. The Gamble House, an organization dedicated to the work of Greene and Green, the firm put together by Mr Greene and his brother Henry, say that the property is unlike the siblings' homes in Pasadena. According to the organization's website, as part of the design Mr. Greene 'built up the outer walls so that they appear to be growing out of the cliffs.' Photographer Alexander Vertikoff snapped the exclusive pictures of the property in 1997. He told 'When I photographed it the whole thing had been uninhabited for quite some time. 'It has been in a perpetual state of being finished for 50 years, it was difficult to tell what all of the rooms are. 'It's not that big, and it's awfully private. They just don't make land like that anymore. 'Some of the views from the property most likely don't exist anymore, the grass and greenery would have all grown and you wouldn't be able to see the side of the house. 'You can't just walk in there. It's pretty amazing.' Famous faces who helped to put Carmel-by-the-Sea on the map Clint Eastwood became the town's mayor in a landslide election in 1986, with the iconic actor still residing in the area. Golden Girls actress Betty White also lived in the paradise in her $10.775m home until her death earlier this year. Legendary singer Doris Day, resided in Carmel until her death in 2019, in her yellow home which sits above Quail Golf Club's 18th green. She also purchased the iconic Cypress Inn and declared it as a 'dog friendly' hotel in the 1980s. Academy Award winner Joan Fontaine lived in the Highlands for the majority of her life in her beautiful Villa Fontana. Baritone singer Bing Crosby founded the Carmel Youth Centre while living in Pebble Beach, with his Cosby Clamback golf tournament evolving into the Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Carmel-by-the-Sea first became popular with the Hollywood elite when Clint Eastwood became the town's mayor in a landslide election in 1986, with the iconic actor still residing in the area. The home of Golden Girls actress Betty White recently sold for $10.775 million, well over its $7.95 million asking price in Carmel. Legendary singer Doris Day, resided in Carmel until her death in 2019, in her yellow home which sits above Quail Golf Club's 18th green. She also purchased the iconic Cypress Inn and declared it as a 'dog friendly' hotel in the 1980s. Baritone singer Bing Crosby founded the Carmel Youth Centre while living in Pebble Beach, with his Cosby Clamback golf tournament evolving into the Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Academy Award winner Joan Fontaine lived in the Highlands for the majority of her life in her beautiful Villa Fontana. This comes after Brad told the June issue of GQ magazine he said he felt 'warm and secure' with his love Ines. 'Mostly I feel pretty…. My life is fairly contained,' said Pitt. 'It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am.' When asked by GQ if he made his red carpet debut with Ines at a Formula 1 race event to promote his new film, he said no. Pitt said it wasn't 'that calculated' and that life and relationships evolve naturally. He also expressed that he didn't see the attention from his personal life as a deliberate choice to separate from his work. 'No, dude, it's not that calculated,' Pitt laughed. 'If you're living, oh my God, how exhausting would that be? If you're living with making those kinds of calculations? No, life just evolves. Relationships evolve.' Pitt did acknowledge his love life is 'always in the news.' 'It's been in the news for 30 years, bro. Or some version of my personal life, let's put it that way,' he told GQ. He now lives at his Los Angeles home with de Ramon. When the GQ writer asked if making F1 was 'a refuge from all the attention' he said, 'Um, I don't see it that way. 'It's been an annoyance I've had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do,' he said of fame. 'So, it's always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that, I don't know. I don't know. He is divorced from Angelina Jolie. Pitt and Jolie, who share six children — Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, Knox, 16, and Vivienne, also 16 — married in 2014 after meeting on the set of Mr And Mrs Smith. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016. The interview comes after Daily Mail revealed Pitt is 'back in the arms' of new love de Ramon for a little work break. The Hollywood actor returned to his Los Angeles home in May, has learned. Pitt had been shooting his latest movie, the survival thriller Heart Of The Beast, in New Zealand for almost three months. 'Brad is happy to be back in Los Angeles with his lady, he is very in love with her,' the source shared. 'They are doing better than ever. The breakup rumors are not true at all. They are solid.' The couple, who went public with their relationship in November 2022, have marked their third year anniversary. Earlier reported that Pitt is in a good place with his love life. 'They are very much in love and happy to be in a healthy relationship,' the source said. 'Brad loves being with a woman who is not an actress because there is no competition at all, they have their own careers and there is zero jealousy.' Indeed, a relationship with a non-celebrity has marked a stark shift for Pitt whose previous partners have included A-list actresses Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Pitt is not Ramon's first famous boyfriend, either. She was previously married to The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley, but they divorced after five years in November. But now he has to head out again. The Oscar-winner will go on an international press tour for his race car movie F1. The New York City premiere for the drama is June 16 and the London premiere at Leicester Square is on June 23. By Heidi Parker Angelina Jolie turned 50-years-old on June 4, 2025. It is quite the milestone for the Oscar-winning actress who was born into fame as her father is Mission: Impossible actor Jon Voight, and then she found fame on her own as a teenager with daring acting roles. But there are many things that fans may not know about the mother-of-six who used to be married to Brad Pitt. To celebrate the Maleficent actress' big birthday, has complied a list of 50 facts about the silver-screen superstar that many people may not know. For example, though Jolie has had dark hair for her entire career, she was born a blonde. In recent months, the Maria star has returned to her lighter locks. Another is that she has taken college classes in New York City. And then there is the information about who her best Hollywood friends are and why she wouldn't work with Leonardo DiCaprio. One of the most surprising facts: Jolie is not her last name on her birth certificate. 1. She has more than 30 tattoos. There is a mark of a sparrow on her chest which some of her children have as well. 2. Jolie has a private pilot's license and flies a Cirrus SR22 aircraft, which is a single-engine four- or five-seat composite aircraft built since 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota. 3. Angelina was bullied for being slender when attending Beverly Hills High School. Her classmate was Sam Nazarian, who later became the founder of Umami Burger and Katsuya. 4. She was only 19-years-old when she married her Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller in 1996. They split in 1999, with the divorce finalized in 2000. They are still friends to this day. 5. She is the niece of singer Chip Taylor who wrote the song Wild Thing; Chip is the younger brother of Jon. 6. Jolie's godparents are actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. Bisset was specifically asked to be Jolie's godmother by her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, while Bertrand was pregnant. 7. Jolie holds Cambodian citizenship, a recognition of her work in helping the country and she has said she wants to move there once her 16-year-old twins turn 18. 8. When she wed Brad Pitt in France, her veil and train had embroidered drawings on them from their six children. 9. The humanitarian has visited Iraq on several occasions in her role as Special Envoy for the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency). She was in Mosul and the Sinjar region. The humanitarian has visited Iraq on several occasions in her role as Special Envoy for the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency). She has traveled to various locations in Iraq, including Mosul and the Sinjar region; at an Azraq Syrian refugee camp in 2016 10. The star dated Madonna's friend, Vogue model Jenny Shimizu, around 1996 and admitted they fell in love. 11. Jolie has said in the past that she has kept a gun in her house. 12. She speaks French almost fluently and will use the language in her upcoming film Couture, which is set in Paris. 13. The often-wed star has worn wedding gowns for the movies Mr & Mrs Smith and The Good Shepherd. 14. Her nickname is Ange. 15. Jolie purchased an estate in Los Feliz, California, which was previously owned by the iconic filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille who made the 1934 drama Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert. 16. Jolie was initially attached to a Cleopatra movie project, but it was ultimately canceled. 17. Her acting role model is Gena Rowlands who was best known for the films A Woman Under The Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980). Angelina and Gena worked on the 2004 film Taking Lives. 18. One of Angelina's longtime celebrity friends is Gwen Stefani. Back in 2008, Angelina revealed that she and Gwen grew close after they gave birth to their kids around the same time. 19. She has become pals with Salma Hayek after they costarred in The Eternals. Jolie has directed Hayek in the upcoming movie Without Blood. 20. Jolie has met Queen Elizabeth II. In 2014, Jolie received an honorary damehood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace for her work in U.K. foreign policy and her campaign to end sexual violence in war zones. The Queen presented her with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross. 21. The star really sang opera in her Maria Callas film after training her voice for seven months. 22. Jolie performed many of her own stunts in the film Salt. She reportedly did 99% of the stunts, including leaping from one truck to another. 23. The star kept a photo of her mother in her purse when filming a difficult scene for Changeling because it gave her strength. 24. She collaborated with jeweler Robert Procop to create the Style of Jolie jewelry line in 2012, with all proceeds benefiting Jolie's charity, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict. 25. In 2023, she launched Atelier Jolie in New York City. She attends many of the store's events. 26. Angelina turned down a role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator so she would not have to work with Harvey Weinstein. 27. The beauty's first role was as Tosh Warner in 1982's Lookin' To Get Out; she was billed as Angelina Jolie Voight. Her co-stars were dad Jon as well as legend Ann-Margret. 28. She was also a music video star who worked with Lenny Kravitz, Meat Loaf and The Rolling Stones. 29. Some of the famous people she has played are Cornelia Wallace, model Gia Carangi, journalist Mariane Pearl and singer Maria Callas. 30. Jolie's voice work has appeared in animated films like 2004's Shark Tale (she was Lola), the Kung Fu Panda movies (she played Tigress) and The One And Only Ivan (she voiced Stella). 31. There is talk of a Maleficent 3. 32. Jolie is known to speak Khmer, the Cambodian language. 33. The looker has modeled for many brands including Louis Vuitton, Guerlain and Shiseido. 34. Jolie has appeared on approximately 28 Vogue covers across different international editions, including American, British, and Japanese Vogue. 35. The pinup has admitted that she can't cook even the most basic meals. 36. Jolie has been seen driving several different vehicles, including a Mercedes-Benz V-Class, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a Jaguar XJ, a BMW hydrogen, a Range Rover Vogue, and a Cadillac Escalade. 37. The thespian has said the character she played that is most like her is Thena in the movie Eternals. She stated that they are both 'raw, broken, and vulnerable.' 38. Jolie's sun and Mercury are in the sign of Gemini. 39. Her tattoo artists are Sompong Kanphai for traditional Thai tattoos, including the iconic Bengal tiger on her back. Mark Mahoney has also been a frequent choice, designing and applying intricate designs like the Stay Gold tattoo and the recent dainty bird tattoo. Mr. K has worked on her hands, and Bang Bang tattoo studio has also been involved. 40. Her favorite country to visit is Cambodia. 41. Her brother James Haven has appeared in several of her movies: 1998's Gia, 1998's Hell's Kitchen and 2001's Original Sin. 42. The star tries to hide her big size nine feet by wearing beige shoes. 43. She hired a refugee to run the restaurant Eat Off Beat inside her store Atelier Jolie. 44. Jolie calls herself a punk: 'If punk means not to follow, but to question, then I suppose I do. The resistance to being told how to think, dress or feel is important to me,' she told CR Fashion Book. 45. The Oscars love her: Jolie won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a diagnosed sociopath in the psychological thriller Girl, Interrupted (1999). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Christine Collins in the mystery crime drama Changeling (2008). In 2014 she was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards by the Academy. 46. Jolie revealed that selling the first photos of her twins, Knox and Vivienne, in 2008 was a security decision to control their release safely while also donating the proceeds to charity. 47. She has gone under the knife: Angie underwent a prophylactic mastectomy, followed by breast reconstruction, and a preventive salpingo-oophorectomy to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. These procedures were undertaken due to her elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, stemming from a positive BRCA1 gene mutation. 48. She has been to college: the star took night classes at New York University to study directing and screenwriting. And she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. 49. Her middle name is Jolie as her full birth name is Angelina Jolie Voight. 50. Jolie's net worth is estimated to be $120 million as of 2025.
