¡°It's going to be like you have fallen from heights onto a concrete sidewalk, so water is not soft to 4land on when you're 5going at speed.¡±

6Authorities say four men from Alabama died after 7taking part in this social media challenge.

¡°You're going to end up with a broken neck. You're going to end up with broken bones. If you're not wearing a life jacket when you do it, by the time the boat 8circles back around to come get you, most likely you will have 9drowned.¡±

Some Rhode Island boaters are surprised by the trend. 10Boat launches across the ocean state are busy this time of year. 

¡°I think that's pretty unsafe. I mean, jumping out of anything that's moving is pretty unsafe, 11especially if you don't know what you're doing.¡±

¡°I think that TikTok trends are taken real 12literally, and some things just shouldn't be 13replicated.¡±

If you're going out on the water, there's a few things experts say you can do to stay safe. Have a 14sober 15skipper know where you're traveling, and always carry a radio.

¡°Is there anything you guys do, like, to 16stay safe out in the water with, like, 17life jackets, that kind of thing?¡±

¡°Yeah, so we always have life vests.¡±

¡°For at least, one for everyone.¡±

¡°You should always have a 18fire extinguisher. You never know what's going to happen. Don't be speeding around. I mean, you got to be careful. There's people swimming. There's people on kayaks.¡±