Big-waver found unconscious, no pulse, after wipeout…
It’s a sobering sight to see lifeguards surround a lifeless soul on the beach as they take turns pumping his chest, desperate to kick-start a dead heart.
Yesterday afternoon, in the final heat of the day’s Da Hui Backdoor Shootout, Kalani Chapman rode a Second Reef Pipe wave to the Ehukai sandbar where he wiped out in the tube. He didn’t come up.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPQPNhUhOE1/?taken-by=johnnyboy_gomes
Competitors Seth Moniz and Nathan Florence saw Kalani’s tombstoning board and pulled him to the surface with his leash. Unconscious, Kalani was dragged onto the surf patrol’s sled and taken to the beach where CPR was successfully performed.
Kalani, who is thirty four years old and the half-brother of another Pipeline charger Shawn Briley and nephew of North Shore icon Owl Chapman, was one of handful of angels who rescued Evan Geiselman when he was knocked unconscious at Pipe last year.
You can see Kalani’s rescue, below, at the fifty-second mark. Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL
Is there a status update for Kalani’s condition?
This video doesn’t make the jet-ski guy look good:
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True but the drivers also have to be aware that a loose ski is extremely dangerous. He did the right thing.
The world is full of politically correct apologists like you. I read he got fired.
Dude, I’m not politically correct at all (in fact, quite the opposite). You lose a ski and it kills someone and the next thing you see is a bunch of fucking lawyers suing the HWP.
Thank god Seth and Nathan were looking out for Kalani. Those guys are top notch but shit can get real with a lava rock bottom. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Kalani.
Tough week for the Kalanis
Definitely less than ideal
Time for those guys to get a proper name! Kolohe should get one as well. I suggest Laird for the three of them.
i miss kalani david’s hospital posts.