Breaking: Australian Rules Football star saves cousin from “surf rage sucker punch!”

And maybe saves surf culture from the "sea of anger!"

Is everyone just getting more and more angry? Just uncontrollably angry? Between aggressive leash pulls, jumps across reclaimed wood coffee tables and jumps very near but not touching other surfers, between cropped yellow beanies and hair tugs and cop-calling, lawsuit-threatening, social media-blocking have we all just fallen right off the edge into a sea of pure, nonstop anger?

Well, now we can add a deliberately broken surfboard, two black eyes, a sucker punch (or king-hit) and one of Australia’s most beloved sporting stars to the list.

AFL superstar Patrick Dangerfield has been forced to step in to save his cousin from a surf-rage attack which left him with two black eyes.

The Brownlow Medallist rushed to the aid of the 29-year-old, who was reportedly king-hit at Fairhaven Beach on Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road on February 2.

Dangerfield’s cousin is understood to have had his surfboard deliberately broken during the altercation.

The Geelong star was in the water at the time and didn’t witness the attack, but was involved in a non-violent confrontation with the man on the sand, 3AW reported.

Witnesses told the Herald Sun the man behaved irrationally throughout the incident, before police were called to the scene.

Oh. A non-violent confrontation on the sand doesn’t sound so bad. Sounds like a good time even. Like, I imagine it could easily have lead to a post-surf rage BBQ in someone’s backyard. Ice-cold Carlton Draughts being handed out and enjoyed. A few bags of cheese Twisties to go along with and maybe even some jelly slices for dessert?

Did Mr. Patrick Dangerfield just stop the madness for all of us?