Man 'skis' across pool using water slide trick

June 8 (UPI) -- A Jamaican water park worker is going viral after showing off an almost unbelievable trick -- "skiing" across the water at the bottom of the slide.

A video posted to Twitter on Sunday by Morgan Evick, a recent guest at Beaches Ocho Rios' waterpark, shows lifeguard Rolando Johnson get to the bottom of the water slide, skid across the surface of the water and land his feet on dry ground.

The video had many online crying "fake," but Evick said he himself was a skeptic until he saw it in person.

Johnson, who has been working at the park for two years, said it took time to master the trick.

"At first when I came to Beaches Ocho Rios I used to watch other people go down the slide and try and ski as far as they could across the pool," Johnson told the Jamaica Observer. "I decided I wanted to do that. After I became good at skiing, I next vowed to make it all the way across the pool and walk up the side."

Johnson said his sliding technique allows him to pick up enough extra speed to propel him across the water.