"Everything I did to train for the surf saved my life that day."
And of all the thing surfing has gifted your life, the cancerous skin, inability to enjoy family time when there are waves, pronounced grouchiness, heightened grouchiness, wasted time etc. would you ever guess that it might one day also save your brain from extensive damage if you fall into a coma and nearly die?
It’s true, unbelievably true, and we must fly digitally to meet our hero in Western Australia where they breed them tough, strong and true. A young man with a name so west Australian that it only needs be uttered to smell the vineyards and road killed kangaroos baking under a warm sun.
Targe Hough.
And, a bit of backstory, Targe was out exercising when he felt a migraine coming on and went down. Out. Coma. His family learned from the doctors that the 22-year-old had a rare condition that led to an aneurysm and “bleak” prognosis and they agreed to honor his wishes and yank the plug.
But fate intervened when a new doctor came in and advised the family to wait just a few more days.
Within that time span, Targe suddenly began to shows signs of life, slowly making movements, and finally woke up four weeks later.
Despite a grueling recovery process, he revealed he didn’t suffer brain damage thanks to his training as a surfer, which taught him how to hold his breath for extended periods of time.
‘I was without oxygen for a long time, doctors said afterwards that I should have brain damage, but I guess I was used to holding my breath,’ he said.
‘Everything I did to train for the surf saved my life that day.’
And have you ever read a happier story?
Everything I have done to train for the surf journalism has saved my life too.
Oh wait…
While we’re together though, what are your instructions, either stated or internal, on what happens if you fall into severe coma?
How long would you like to, would you like to let it linger?
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BREAKING NEWS: SURFING SAVED ME!
Surfer avoids brain damage because… well… there just wasn’t very much there that could be damaged.
It’s usually the family begging the doctors to exhaust all possibilities before pulling the plug not the other way around. He must be real prick.
Everything I do teaches me how little I get for the effort I put in.
Isn’t that a Kevin Costner song?
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Speaking of songs, this story out of Australia deserves a song.
https://www.google.com/amp/…
CONSERVATIVES IN POWER
Buy an election
with negative gearing
franking credits
and sports grants in marginal electratessssss
Backed by conservatives
shock jocks media
News Limited and
the biggest political donations from the mining industry everrrrrrr
Next thing you know
Conservatives are in power
in both Federal and State Governments
in NSW this is what we havvvvvvvvvv
In NSW state and Fed
are both conservatev
this is what happens
with conservatives in power!
Ride your horse with a phone
Police told were going broke
Gotta support our mates
the fat cats need our help
This is what happens
with conservatives in power!
Get a fine
Cut the dole
Religious nuts in schools
Climate deny
Spread the lie
Make new fucking rules
This is what happens
with conservatives in powerrrrrrrrr
What liberals really envision our future to be. The Democratic party, being thoroughly split before the end of New Hampshire, go full retard to rally their base.
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Look, neither option is appealing but I guess they are just the lesser of 2 evils.
Conservatives are bought nutters is all.
What about the Liberal Super PACs:
Unite the Country – Biden
Citizens Against Plutocracy – Sanders
Americans for A 50/50 Deal – Warren
Who’s better future are these Liberal Super PAC contributors buying?
Better than the other option
The Democrats need better leading policy options than “Trump Must Go”. The Democratic candidates don’t seem to have an answer.for the query ” If Trump Must Go, Why Must You Arrive”. They carry the baggage of hatred for Trump equalling a like hatred for Trump’s supporters. Keep in mind that Trump supporters are Americans. No more, no less so than Liberals.
You villify Trump for being pissed at Obama holdover bureaucrats in his administration that run to the press. Trump has every right to remove unelected persons that subvert his policy decisions. Remember, Obama AG Holder prosecuted leakers in his administration under the Espionage Act of 1917. What would liberals be saying if Trump did that?
The Philippines (Duarte) just announced severing the Mutual Defense Treaty originally signed in 1951. All because they are cozying up with China and are about to wreak havoc in the disputes over the South China Sea.
I have very close friends that are SEALs who have been sweating their balls off rooting out ISIS fighters who fled Iraq and Syria only to retreat to the Philippines where they have been causing all sorts.of.havoc resulting in country crippling instability across large swaths of that country. You have no idea the calls for help that we, the United States of America willingly answer with our military might, and our men, willing to fucking die because the fight is a righteous fight that has NOTHING to do with politics for the men with boots on the ground. Despite what the media spouts, they don’t know shit.and frankly don’t give a shit except for their fucking ratings.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking Trump is an ineffective leader that acts like a loose cannon. That is so far from the truth. His decisions on anything is thoughtful, informed from opinions he actively seeks from not only those in charge of implementing his orders, but even those in the position of those at the front carrying out his orders.
Trump will be reelected. Not just because he has proven himself worthy to be.reelected, but because the Democrats have offered no other option.
My great uncle was the Labor Member for Banks through the Hawke Government years here in Australia. He had a direct hand in reinstating Medicare and a pharmaceutical allowance – our version of universal health care and reasonably priced medications.
That is a chance you have by electing a Bernie or Warren. It is not sexy or tough guy politics, it is caring and nation building politics that can change your country for generations.
The conservative side is all about perception and marketing as if they can provide patriotism (current administration is corrupted by Russia), social order (but reduces social welfare), strong families (current leader is philanderer), personal responsibility (then gives tax breaks to rich) and free enterprise (bails out farmers, warmongers for fossil fuel industry etc). These would be mighty values but they are merely window dressing when the facts are laid out.
What are their policies? What are their government programs? Which ones actually help the poorer and less educated voters who they draw in with their marketing?
Conservative governments are for big business, they also happen to be very good at rallying support from those they do not benefit through trumpeting their perceived values.
Russia stood to benefit more by Hillary being elected. One Uranium. She sold off 20% of locally mined Uranium in America through Giustra, who donated $31.3 million to Clinton Foundation. Fact. Social welfare has not been refused. Regulations implemented to curb rampant welfare fraud, namely food stamps being subject to illicit trade schemes. No greater way to empower the less fortunate than with a job. Job force participation stats heavily influence what is and is not impressive employment rates. Trump’s prison reform bill benefited a lot of incarcerated minority members, mostly blacks.
Bailing out farmers was necessary in order to gain leverage over China in the trade dispute. Getting out of NAFTA was huge. The USMCA agreement is far better terms for job growth. Just wait till we enter free trade agreements with UK now that they’re not being strangled by the EU.
I don’t pretend to know Australian politics. I think each country has different stresses and needs and obligations that are unique. If the American people don’t believe Trump is a good President, the election results will prove so. If he gets reelected, then liberals best suck it up and get a better candidate. And don’t forget that 63 million people voted for him. Don’t say but, but the popular vote. Who gives a shit. Electoral College.
Yes I think we get a lot more American political coverage here than you would see if ours – leader of the free world and all I guess. Suffice to say, we currently have the worst Prime Minister in our history.
Goodluck you seem very intelligent and to have your head around your side of the issues.
I just can’t hide the fact that I don’t like conservative politics.
He’s only been there 6 months
Get a grip
August 2018 was 6mths ago? If that time warp was only 6mths it’s been 6mths too long.
Oh yeah.
Soz.
Duterte
Best Pres they’ve had in years.
Actually gives a fuk.
Muslim separatist cunts been there for decades, not new.
He thinks china’s the future
Time will tell
Muslim separatists have indeed been there for decades. The difference now is fighters returning from the Greater Levant with battlefield experience. Now they know how to coordinate offensive strikes that are tactically more effecrive in plan and execution. Makes for a formidable foe.
And now Duterte is breaking agreement for US troops to not only be based in the Philippines, but more importantly port permissions.
Get ready Australia, the Chinese are now in new level of their Belt Road Initiative with you dead in their sights.
I know.
At least they aren’t Muslim but.
If I was going to be oppressed by anyone I would like it to be Chinese.
Oppression sessions are like humiliating surf sessions. No one wants to acknowledge its happening.
It’s not oppression that I would place at the top of Australia’s future NatGeopolitical issues concerning the Chinese.
Y’all best be thinking about your ecosystem. The Chinese will eat anything that moves. While this bodes well to combat psychopathic great whites stalking your shorelines, it presents interesting challenges for species who’s populations are rebounding. Open food markets serving up Australian Flying Foxes and Gould’s Wattled (Wozzled) Bats. For fuck sake, the Gould’s wozzled bat carries the MichelobUltraVirus.
That’s a bad arse name Targe Hough.
To many little Taj’s in West Oz I guess.
Can’t help thinking Harge Tough would be a better name, or is that what his parents want us to think?
Barge Tough and he always wears a yellow beanie.
It’s the posh way of saying Target.
Doctor said he had a mate in the room watching the newest Ben Gravy video when suddenly Targe woke up and told him to turn that attention whore wanker the fuck off.
Neb Vagyr
Off topic
I think every VAL should’ve get one…
They will improve for a professional level, a WSL level!
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