An elementary and graphic lesson in surf etiquette…
The German big-wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner has released a graphic clip of what can happen when, panic-stricken, you throw away your board to get under a wave.
Steudtner, who has been a regular at Nazaré since 2012, was whipped into a set and, “setting up my line, saw a friend of @maya paddling out and thought I’m gonna go around him and give him space. He jumped off his board to dive under the wave, shooting the board right in my direction as I passed him. My right arm prevented damage to my face but redirected all the force to my chest.”
The collision dislocated Steudtner’s clavicular, fractured his ribs and tore hell out of the muscles in his neck and chest.
Two months later, Steudtner is only just back in the water.
The handsome German, who is thirty-five and from Nuremberg, famous in the thirties and forties for its lavish Hitler rallies and for the post-World War II trials that strung up as many of the bastards as the Allies could find, moved to Hawaii when he was thirteen to pursue his dream of becoming a big-wave surfer.
He is a two-time winner of the XXL Biggest Wave award, in 2010 and 2014.
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Towing through paddling surfers while holding a selfie stick pretty much sums up European big wave surfing.
And why does a German “big wave” surfer talk with an american accent , I really am confused?
Historical niggle… it would have been more accurate to say they strung up the ones that the Americans didn’t hire:
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A selfie stick evidently doesn’t make a very good shield
I hope that German guy didn’t damage that beautiful board.
That seemed like an easily avoidable situation but that was a serious kook move by the guy who shot his board out
I’m happy about GoPro.
It’s all Maya’s fault!!!
Maya arranged everything with the guy who was paddling, so he could throw his board at the right moment.
The guy just mistook Sebastian for Justine. Europeans …
Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader would’ve been proud. Direct hit! back to base for cocktails and debriefing.
Jolly good show old chap
Whoa, that’s gnarly, even Kellz thinks so…
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Ach! The sinking of the Bismarck!
I bailed my board a week ago at a local slab and now I’m nursing a broken foot.
Sorry to hear about your injury, Dogsnuts. Get well soon mate.
Thanks mate. I brought it on myself by wussing out on the duckdive. At least I was alone.
How the hell?
Get well.
Looks like he set that up with an intentional cutback? Maybe some middle aged white privilege agression fuckwittery has backfired here. Any coinkydink in leaving for Hawaii and the Nuremberg Trials?
It’s always intriguing when a 13 yr old moves to Hawaii with the dream of becoming a big wave surfer, especially from Nuremberg of all places.
Did he go on his own, or what ?
Heck I wanted to, but my oldies weren’t keen on me living a lord of the flies type existence up in the North Shore hills, and wouldn’t have moved the family there on a 13 yr olds whim even if they could’ve afforded it…
P.S.
Why was he towing in on a small day anyway ?
Why paddle Nazare on a small day when you can Blitzkrieg it Panzer Division style.
Aim straight for the fuckwit, problem solved.
Fins are pretty expensive these days.
Seems like a pretty big playing field. He could’ve given the paddler a little more space, no?
Stay positive and stay ready…ready for a long overdue apology ya mean. That’s right @maya, we’re looking at you.
Paddle 1, Tow 0.
Haha I love his caption. “2 months ago my season ended”. What fucken season cunt? You’re going nowhere mate. Time to go work for dad at the sausage factory back in Deutschland. The imagination on these krauts mate. Unbelievable.
What are the rules over there regarding towing vs paddling in the water at the same time? In many other parts of the globe he would be getting chastised for towing when others are paddling.
Fuck knows, I’m never in the water when those two paths cross.
Is Nazare The Pass of big wave surfing?
Broken Head of big wave surfing.
This incident is significantly less violent and abusive than what Commissar Ben Mallinson is subjected to every time he paddles for a wave that someone else is on.