Donates 60 Minutes appearance fee to the Ballina bodyboarder hit by a white last month…
Well, how about this. The three-timer who has been chased hither and yon like a goat in a game of Afghan polo for his story about being publicly wrapped up by a great white at J-Bay, has dropped his $75,000 60 Minutes appearance fee into the account of bodyboarder Matt Lee, who’s still in hospital one month after being hit by a White.
Matt, 32, was surfing dreamy little wedges at Lighthouse Beach, the next beach along from where Japanese surfer Tadashi Nakahara was killed by a white in February, when the four-metre (15-foot) white hit. His two pals got him to shore where a helicopter arrived to take him to hospital on the Gold Coast, where he remains.
To make it a round $100k, Channel Nine boss Dave Gyngell, also a surfer as it happens, has added $25,000.
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Rad!
bless that man!
Fuck yeah