Three lads in New Zealand flipped their pickup truck while doing doughnuts on a beach on the north island, with one filming from the trailer being thrown through the air.

The three were driving on Himatangi Beach, when they started doing doughnuts on the wet sand. After around 15 seconds of spinning their truck flipped over, with the filmer being launched out onto the sand.

The filmer then got up and ran over to check on his friends, who seemed unhurt from the crash.

He later added: "The ute was a write off, and we spent the next several hours recovering it."

This video was filmed in September 2012 but has only recently emerged online.

A day out at the beach with the boys, showing our pom mate around. Just young guys doing silly things. Luckily we were ok beyond being a bit sore.

The ute was write off, and we spent the next several hours recovering it from the bowl where we were to home.

This was recorded sometime in 2012 at Himatangi Beach, New Zealand.