If you’ve ever been to New York City, you know that the commute going from New Jersey into the city can be awful. Besides the nightmare of being cramped into a small area for too long with a bunch of strangers, the cost can be ridiculously pricey.

So when Scott Holt, a 32-year-old comedian from Jersey City found himself stuck in a crowd waiting for a commute, he decided to take things into his own hands. His newfound transportation….a paddle board.

Holt had a meeting in the big city to find a manager and didn’t have time to wait for the ferry or the PATH train, so he grabbed a paddle board and paddled his way across the Hudson River. He didn’t even let  his suit, dress shoes, and briefcase slow him down.

Video footage was captured of him paddling his way across the river, and although Holt says he didn’t know exactly where he was going, he says he was aiming for a spot that he could get on and off quickly.

Holt paddled to a closed-down water taxi dock and waiting on the dock to greet him were two police officers. They informed him that they could arrest him, but were gracious enough to let him move on his way.

An employee from New York Waterways wasn’t quite as chill as the policemen, however. He asked Holt if he was trying to die. Holt says his journey went very well and he made it across the river in just 30 minutes, and for free.

However, in retrospect, Holt says he realizes that paddling across the Hudson River probably wasn’t the smartest thing he’s ever done. He says he didn’t have a life jacket or a leash for the paddle board, so if a wave would’ve taken the board he would’ve just been stuck in the river drowning in a suit.

The meeting that he was in a hurry to get to didn’t go the best either. He says he was meeting a manager to represent him as a comedian, but things didn’t work out. Maybe it was the dirty brown water leaking out of his shoes?

Check out the video of his river adventure below and be sure to share it with your friends and family.