Incredibly, the Kiama local has surfed some rather sizeable Tahitian waves on a motorbike.

Maddison told Surfer Magazine he conceived of the imaginative idea while watching his wife wakeboard.

From there he made a few adjustments to his bike which include two small skis visible on the front wheel and a propeller tyre on the back.

“I was only comfortable in this scenario because I’ve spent the majority of my life dropping in on waves,” he said.

“If I hadn’t been a surfer at heart, I couldn’t have pulled it off.”

``I grew up surfing, and my wife is a big-time wakeboard champion, so every time we’re home in Australia we’re in boats, on the water, '' he said. 

``I guess the idea originally came from—well I mean I’m obviously a motorcycle guy—but I was on the back of a boat and we were cruising along the river and I’m looking at the wake coming up the back, watching her wakeboard, and something clicked in my head.

``I fantasized putting skis on a bike and riding on water. It was a stupid vision at the time, but I kept toying with it, playing with designs and concepts, and eventually it became a reality.''

Surfer Magazine.