Surfers are the BEST!
And just yesterday we learned that not all surfers are selfish, self-centered creeps. We learned of Roger Casugay from the Philippines who rathered to save a competitor from drowning, in the middle of a surf competition, than to wear shiny gold around his neck, proof of his absolute dominance. It made me believe further in us, our power, our ability to change the very course of the earth.
Today, my beliefs are solidified for, halfway across that earth in Costa Rica we have a pack of surfers out for dawn patrol who opt to save a baby whale over getting some and let us read the heartwarming tale of Mauricio Camareno and his friends.
A group of local surfers in Boca Barranca, Costa Rica were about to catch the waves when something unusual caught their attention. It was around five o’clock in the morning when Mauricio Camareno and his friends have spotted something that looked like a “black lump” in the mouth of a nearby river.
Shortly after, a creature could be heard crying from the spot, so the surfers decided to check in. They soon realized it was a baby pilot whale who got stuck there, about 150 feet downstream. As the poor creature seemed to be too exhausted to swim back into the sea, the surfers carried her back into the open sea.
“She was very weak and could not keep afloat,” Camareno told Amelia Rueda.
The ordeal took over six hours and ended very successfully with the baby whale regaining strength and swimming out to sea.
Do you have tears in your eyes? Rolling down your cheeks?
Well, pat yourself on the back, dear surfer. YOU are a benevolent and wonderful creation.
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boca baranca is so polluted, i know a guy who almost lost his eye after surfing there.
What’s the injury report on JJF? Is he going to walk to the waters edge with a cane? Can he only go left? Inquiring minds want to know…
Yeh like Willy Wonka in his grand entry scene for Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – https://youtu.be/sz9jc5blzRM
Warmed my heart… Mauricio Camareno? Wow, STAB handed out a Spanish alias for former BGer and evidently the only STAB staff member who writes, Midget Mikey Ciaramarshmellow? Weird shit going on there. Not very stealth. Can’t wait to not read his accompanying article about this little adventure!
Maybe the sweet baby whale is getting shipped to the Yellow Room?
For the butter knife section?