"I was worried about them more than myself."
If further proof was needed of man’s relegation to “the weaker sex”, see also Harris v Biden, a teenage surfer has saved three men from dying in treacherous Jersey Shore seas.
Kayla Smith, who is sixteen and a five-year surfing vet, had finished her session in Bayhead, New Jerz, and was waiting for her mother to pick her up when she noticed three men struggling in the surf.
“I was worried about them more than myself,” Kayla told Philly News, “because I could tell that they were probably sipping on water from the ocean and everything. They couldn’t catch their breath.”
The placement of Bayhead’s jetties filter sand into a deep-water drop off making it a high-tide spot. Couple this with a steep angled, sizable south swell and you have rip current escalators that love to carry unsalted civilians toward Lisbon for free.
Kayla paddled out on her board and brought the men in.
“I was like ‘I’ll balance the board for you guys, just kick to help me get in,’ because there’s no way I could have pulled them… no one could touch out there because there was probably like a 10-foot drop.”
This article offends me with all the gender specific pronouns and for that matter the gender assumptions. How do we know it wasn’t tranny male to female saving three tranny female to males? 😂
Really you have to turn something positive negative by starting you article off with a sexist remark. It would not be a story if the man had saved a woman because it happens all the time. We don’t consider women inferior or make it a competition. Grow up
How New Jersey was that news lady? Great!
Soo (south) Jerzzz…. But she neva said mutha an fatha … so she’s definitely below the Mason Dixon line of Bayonne/ Jersey City ….
We need lifeguards here in Hawaii as the Mayor of Honolulu if firing un-vaxxed Ocean Safety guards here on Oahu.
When Kayla turns 18 she should ‘hele’ on over to Paradise to help us…
It’s for everyone’s safety!
😂😂😂
Surfers are smart. They carry a flotation device into the water all the time. I’ve run across places with nasty rips that don’t allow surfboards, I get it, but also don’t allow soft boogie boards that are truly a life-saving device.
People treat the ocean like a 5 ft swimming pool.
G, my buddy saved a lady in that last swell a few weeks back, though he couldn’t get her in. Tried to push her in on some big whitewater, but she kept falling off and swallowing more water, zero athletic ability or muscle he said, finally life guards (who were no where near by and showed up in mass) came out on those big boards, she was a big ole lady on his 5-6, she could barely float. Luckily, he didn’t get to her before his board, because she did the obvious and climbed tried to drown him as well. scary stuff.
They love getting lost out there ….
Btw, 15 second long period closed out shite here. It’s true what they say , Jersey sucks.
Friend sent me a screen shot of points up north though ….. yum …seriously thinking of waking up at 3 AM and driving there …..
Rhode Island this afternoon
Yeeepppp,,,,,, U see the point Judith cam…??? Dare I say Steamer lane …..
it didn’t pan out but a few fun ones. further north, like way further I am sure the magnet was working. my other bud pulled up in Jersey and saw in 20 minutes, 3 boards broken. he left, LOL. (he is recovering shoulder surgery)
It’s was a nightmare…. Saw the 13/14 second period on the buoy reading…. But like an idiot I went anyway in the dark. I literally saw one wave close out from jetty to jetty (about 80 yards ) I paddled out and said to myself “is this worth a snapped deck or fin to the cranium ?” I paddled in without even an attempt…. U made feel better with the broken boards. Those hurricane swells needs some type of rock bottom …. Cue Ruggles…. And the tennis hall of fame of course ….
ja.. mile long closeouts… made delicious with a camera man.
Completely confused do ill just leave this/
https://youtu.be/vGn2iMneR84
I can’t stop laughing….thanks!
You’re very welcome! Too good not to share
Happiness is not having to answer for the eighties.
I saw them in Sydney in the goddamn 80s. Not that I was a huge fan, but I didn’t mind ‘Big Black Nemesis’. And I think there was a girl I was interested in who was going, so ‘yeah, I’m going too’.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
A lot of conviction in that band…always makes me think about where they were from and what drugs they were on!?
All Lined Up definitely sounds like it’s about coke (+ surfing , buy here) or speed.
The video screams shrooms or LSD.
Possibly all of the above?
https://youtu.be/4mo3yt0VUjw
True SSD..great mix of what was on offer!…
That seems to be a pattern in bands. There’s definitely a thing about where bands are from that defines their sound in mysterious ways. I can’t imagine Shriekback ever coming from a country other than England anymore than the Ramones coming from anywhere else than New York, or Black Flag from LA. Australian music seems to have something as well.
Amazing time and place that keeps it all on the level!..we so lucky to be able to tie it all in to a sound!…a beat a tune!..a note…cheers posty!
I love Australian garage/underground bands. Some of the finest to do it and always sounds fresh to my ears. Been turned on to some great ones on here thanks to you and some of the other cats. Always appreciated!
Celibate Rifles were always a great one live
My brain is numb now and I can’t think of any more at the moment (just woke up)
Will have to randomly mention them occasionally when they spring to mind haha
Hard-ons
On it! Thanks
Shit after mentioning things now to Scott and Lemon I just remembered the time I gave a bag of primo and some elephant beers to Tex Perkins after a brilliant show in his Beasts of Bourbon era, he really wanted some smack but it wasn’t my thing, oh well haha
Haha! Good story!
Tex grabbed the microphone liked it owed him money…sounds like a great night!
Bloody oath, and on top of that, a very intelligent bloke and great conversationalist too
Yeah different beast than today’s ” men”
I saw them around 85 I think, Hoodoo Gurus opened for em! Maybe the same tour you saw?
Possible. I didn’t move to Sydney until early 1986. I’m beginning to think I should have kept a better record of that time than relying on my memory. (Just looked up a blog about an Australian tour that was 1987). Quite possible the (or Le) Hoodoo Gurus were the support. Back then they were known, but weren’t quite the behemoths they became later.
Lime Spiders were hitting their straps about then.
Brilliant live in the pubs.
Just remembered I once gave acid to the Painters and Dockers, crazy night…
Good times.
Looking back it seems weird the Hoodoos were the opening act. It was a small club at San Diego State University so got the real feel. Awesome show. Bass player, I believe it was Clyde Bramley, was in a catatonic state the whole set. Basically stared at the floor motionless except for fingers playing his bass. Not sure what he was on but it was a trip watching a band with so much energy and him being unaffected.
Ahhh, Clyde. He was playing in a band that supported a band I was working for a little while after he quit the Hoodoos. I asked him what it was like playing smaller venues again. He said he missed having a roadie to do all the hard work…
Was the catatonic style his thing or just on a good (or really bad?) one when I saw him?
He was definitely more of shoegazer in the background style than extroverted. But he saw his job being more about locking it down with the drummer and letting Brad and Dave do the up front showy stuff.
I saw the Hoodoos a couple of times in ’84 at a tiny pub in NZ.
Great live band at close quarters.
Shriekback didn’t visit us for another few years and played bigger clubs, I don’t recall much other than having a great time on some mild acid haha
Acid always makes for a great time!
Dave Allen’s bass playing is one of my favorites! Love gang of 4