Dusty Friesen drove his jet boat off a 39-foot waterfall in southern Alberta, posted the footage to Facebook with the caption "WORLD RECORD!!!" and watched it go viral.
Crowsnest Pass RCMP confirmed to media they are investigating in partnership with provincial conservation officers.
Friesen goes by "dustydoeser" on social media and has spent the past year documenting his jet boat a battered vessel he calls Dent launching off waterfalls across western Canada. This week he brought Dent to Lundbreck Falls in the Crowsnest Pass, put it in the Crowsnest River upstream, and drove it off the edge.
The boat hit the pool at the bottom. Friesen walked away. The video went viral
Alberta noticed
The clip spread fast among Alberta social media users who recognized the falls immediately. "Some crazy fu**** breaks a world record driving off our local waterfall," one user wrote. "Shout out to Dusty Friesen and his boat named Dent." The sentiment was widely shared equal parts disbelief, local pride, and the specific kind of appreciation Albertans reserve for someone who does something genuinely unhinged and pulls it off.
That reaction is part of what pushed the video to hundreds of thousands of views. Lundbreck Falls is a well-known landmark in southern Alberta the kind of place people have stopped at on road trips for years. Watching someone drive a jet boat off it hits differently when you've stood at that observation platform yourself.
What Lundbreck Falls actually is
Lundbreck Falls drops 12 metres 39 feet into a canyon on the Crowsnest River. It's the largest waterfall on the Crowsnest River, sitting just off Highway 3 between Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass inside a provincial recreation area maintained by Alberta Parks. It has an observation platform, a campground, and fishing spots along the river. It does not typically have jet boats in it.
The video
Footage posted by Friesen shows Dent accelerating down the Crowsnest River, catching air off the lip of the falls, dropping the full 39 feet, and landing in the pool below intact. Comments filled fast. "Unreal, man. Nice work." "Dude has no fear." Others landed differently: "Waterfalls are no place for motorboats."
Friesen called it a world record. Whether any sanctioning body tracks motorboat-over-waterfall as a formal category is unclear. The drop is real. The footage is real. The claim is hard to argue with.
Where it stands
Crowsnest Pass RCMP are investigating alongside provincial conservation officers. No charges have been announced. Friesen hasn't publicly responded.
Lundbreck Falls sits within a provincial recreation area. What restrictions apply to motorized watercraft there, and whether Friesen ran afoul of them, is what investigators are working through.
Sources:
Crowsnest Pass RCMP, spokesperson statement to media, May 2026
Dustydoeser Facebook — "WORLD RECORD!!!" post, May 2026
Travel Alberta — Lundbreck Falls (travelalberta.com)
Alberta Parks — Lundbreck Falls Provincial Recreation Area (albertaparks.ca)
