That's scary. There should at least be a life jacket on the kid for chrissakes!
This past summer we went down to the Outer Banks with the whole family. The waves there are pretty intense. My Son (5) was playing down near the surf looking for shells, and he was warned not to go out in the waves. My Father and I were sitting in chairs about 20 feet away from where he was playing.
Well, a "rogue wave" of sorts came up and knocked my son off balance and he fell down. I jumped up just as it happened and ran toward him. I literally dove to grab his leg as another wave pummeled both of us. I just hung on as tight as I could before my father get there to help. By far the scariest moment of my life. A second later and he might have drowned in the surf.
This guy is a moron.