By Ruth Styles PUBLISHED: 05:41 EST, 25 September 2013 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 26 September 2013 Speeding across a lake clinging to a wakeboard towed by a speedboat might not sound like a particularly promising spot for a proposal but for one extreme sports enthusiast, it was perfect. From his precarious perch, surfer Matt Gencarella, 21, from Idaho, popped the question to his girlfriend Brynn Hathaway, 21 - and amazingly, she said yes. Matt even managed to go down on one knee despite the wobbling wakeboard being towed at a hair raising 25 miles per hour. Scroll down for video
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Matt Gencarella, 21, proposed to Brynn Hathaway, also 21, on a wakeboard
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The board was being towed at 25mph but Matt still got down on one knee
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After Brynn said yes, relieved Matt celebrated by hurling himself overboard
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The twosome's magic moment was captured on film and went viral online
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The pair will get married at the end of August next year in their native Idaho
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