It's a real tearjerker!
Life, as we’re all aware, can be violently extinguished or instantly ruined. Don’t matter if you’re the genius head of a trillion-dollar company or down at heel and milking lonely dads in stairwells, we’re all one breath away from oblivion.
The Australian surfer Rob Bain, who won the title of World Grand Surfing Wizard yesterday in the Azores, is one man who’s looked into the void, decided it wasn’t for him, and stormed back to take life by the horn, as they say.
Nine years ago, he snapped his neck surfing at North Avalon, a breezy sorta Sydney reef.
“It was the worst thing but it was also a beautiful thing,” says Rob.
Click below to listen to his story, knowing he was “broken inside” of “feeling like I was going to die” and of hearing the paramedics and the doctor arguing over what to do with his terrible injuries and the aftermath of a catastrophic injury.
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Great audio, cheers
Heavy audio.
Long time reader, first time writer….great listening and a story that I can really relate to (the broken neck bit not the surfing of Mr. Bain). Broke mine (C6) snowboarding behind Guthega and got a free sight seeing ride to Canberra in a chopper as a result though didn’t really take in the scenery to be honest. Lucky doesn’t even describe it to be able to leave the hospital upright after 3 weeks in traction and an operation to fuse 4 vertabrae. Only had to postpone our wedding by 2 months as well! She should of taken her chance while she had it….Surfed again some six months later and snowboard again also – though its always in the back of my mind on every wave…..
Good on ya and you are a lucky camper – I have seen in my work, C6 spinal’s due to osteoporosis and then combing their own hair, to the sports related!!! So that’s a good story – keep doing it!!
Crikey. What’s your story?
I think he would prefer to be referred to as a “sand person”, mate.
The 8.5 at the surf ranch was grounds for divorce.
Bainy wouldn’t pull out of multiple events due to a broken toe like that other wannabe champion soft bald cunt.
In Kelly’s defense, he only pulls out of events he doesn’t own.