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Tank Surfing and Flame Throwers: Jamie O’Brien Goes Full-On Mad Max at 18,000-Acre Texas Ranch

Jamie O’Brien and the crew went to Ox Ranch, a Mad Max Disneyland in Texas, to surf behind tanks and blow stuff up.

There are some things in life that you don’t even know are on your bucket list until you’re doing them. Such was the case with Jamie O’Brien in the most recent installment of his vlog. When Jamie and the crew showed up at Ox Ranch in Texas, they knew they were in for a treat. After blowing things up, crushing stuff, and torching things, the real icing came when they were allowed to surf behind a tank—a Leopard 185, to be exact.

The Ox Ranch is a strange, Mad Max-version of Disneyland. It’s 18,000 acres of blowing things up, shooting stuff, smashing things, and generally doing things you’re not allowed to do anywhere else. You can drive tanks, shoot machine guns, fire a .50 cal, race jet skis, feed giraffes by hand, take a guided hunting trip, and, somewhat strangely, do yoga. See? Disneyland meets Mad Max!