"Wright place, Wright time."
There is little doubt that the Wright family, with its troupe of world-class surfers, including Tyler, Owen and Mikey, know the ocean and the havoc it can wreak.
Owen, of course, suffered a mysterious brain damage after a terrific wipeout at Pipeline in 2016.
In a dramatic post on Instagram from world champion and Pipe Master Tyler, we see Tyler and WSL women’s commissioner Jessi Miley-Dyer enjoying their end-of-year break in an oceanfront compound on Oahu’s North Shore.
Suddenly, a set cleans up the beach. A beachgoer is swept away.
A man’s voice.
“He’s gonna need to get saved.”
A woman.
“You can’t save him.”
And, then, like that, Mikey is gone.
Click the arrow to the second clip and Mikey negotiates the ledge to grab the drownee, at one point rolling onto his back to shield the person from the rocks.
Harrowing and exciting.
“Closing out 2020 with some hero shit by @mikeywright69,” writes Tyler.
“What a bloke!!! Wish we had the footage of him scaling the fence. Her lucky day,” writes Jessi.
“That’s Wright place, Wright time,” wrote one wag.
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that looks like a super spreader event
I take it back. Offensive linewoman.
Jesse Miley Dyer looking like a middle linebacker for the Crimson Tide
Agreed. What a crock of fake news. This wasn’t even a rescue. It was more like some mulleted tourist dragging another washed up fat assed tourist off the sand. Like LGR said, there’s literally hundreds of more extreme rescues on the north shore every week. This happens all day everyday. Ask any lifeguard.
My panties wouldn’t be so twisted if it wasn’t for this egotistical Aussie self aggrandizer peddling his iphone footage to every local, national and international news outlet proclaiming himself to be a “living legend” and giving news interviews boasting about how brave and righteous he is. Fuck that whole Wright family needs some slaps.
This spot is right at the first access to Ke Iki where the sand starts after Shark’s cove. It looks thrilling but there are times on a rising swell that a rogue set will wash over the rocks at Kulalua into the area where these clueless kooks were squatting. Fucking stupid tourists.
Haha yep, all day everyday, sure.
The North Shore lifeguards are fucking beasts, but even they don’t get involved unless they REALLY have to. They know the risk of putting another person in danger in the water. Their favorite rescue tool is a loudspeaker and for good reason.
I’ve spent plenty of time on the North Shore and, apart from seeing some injuries at Pipe, have never actually witnessed a rescue there. And as for this not being extreme – the whole point is that he acted quickly to avoid a worse situation.
Ahh..wait. You live in Sydney. You have no idea how many spies are here in our unis in Melbourne
BTW…could have used some back up when that skank called me a misogynist the other day.
You grew here.I flew here.
Might be we are all Chinese and free by next year.
nah we bought 30 m doses of the UK vaccine..I am hoping to be one of the first…..ah the adventure of being part of the New World order !
haha you did ask me to kill myself ….which I was trying to do by coming to NSW and catching covid…in Jan…now we can’t as NSW is now infection central , close the borders…
The Goat did it better
If they hold some trials to whittle it down, the first test should be exactly what Mikey just did.
Glad Jesse was there to let him drown.
Old Filipino guy for sure.
No Mexicans in Hawaii?
Actually…it’s been a long time for me.
Guy I painted with use to paint houses and sell weed in Malibu.
He said he left Cali as the Mexicans were making it tough on him.
Almost lost his mind when we started to see them on Oahu.
Such a sketchy spot. Sadly, way too people have drowned right there.
Long live the mullet! Good on ya Mikey
For real. That was brutal having 3 heats of Pipe dedicated to those two. I can’t imagine how pissed the locals were about that, let alone ELO’s mishap.
But her kids didn’t get sucked out half way to Japan so I consider that a win.
Well done, Mikey.
Serious question for the Great Minds of BeachGrit™️…
Does this heroism surpass The GOAT rescuing the woman and baby from a Kam Highway wash over a few years ago?
Can the Double U SL add this category to Surfer Poll?
And…Happy New Years, my friend.
Like when Dumbledore awarded late points to Gryffindor at the end of the first Harry Potter movie because of Harry and his posse, the WSL should awards some last minute points to Mikey Wright to either be on the CT or a Wild Card. Won’t happen. That would be giving the WSL way too much credit, especially in regards to judging.
Tyler…pipe master or pipe mistress?
Pipe dominatrix.
head dipper
Bravo à tous.