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The World Surf League sure is in a heap of mess right now. What with champion Joel Tudor demanding responsibility for rumored decimation of the longboard world tour, jettisoning of the once ballyhooed WSL Studios and… general incompetence, I supposed, it finds itself adrift like an unmanned, badly burned cargo ship filled with luxury cars.
Well, to add injury to insult*, Sally Cohen, a professional longboarder on the rumored decimated longboard world tour, was gravely injured last year at Surf Ranch whilst practicing for the event there and has turned to the public in order to help pay catastrophic bills.
I lost 4 of my front teeth, received more than 30 stitches on my chin, and a fracture to the jaw. Although I was rushed to the hospital, the hospital was at full capacity so I received all of my medical attention in the hallway and unfortunately due to the poor medical attention, things didn’t heal as hoped (frown face)
Hi. My name is Sally Cohen. I am a professional surfer currently on the WSL world longboard tour. Last year I was practicing for an event at the Surf Ranch, where I suffered a terrible accident; a surfboard to the face. This surfboard hit my chin, resulting to: two huge lacerations, 30+ stitches, 4 lost front teeth, and a fracture to the jaw. I received all of my medical attention in the hallways, due to the hospital being at full capacity. I had no call buttons, barely any help/attention, and I felt completely helpless for hours at a time. They didn’t have any space for me.
But hours later, they gave me stitches on my face and a temporary splint to hold my teeth together, since they didn’t have an oral surgeon at that location.
A few days later, I found an oral surgeon that took me in as an emergency case, where I received a CT scan and was informed that I had to remove all four of my front bottom teeth.
What was meant to be a four day trip, ended up being quite an expensive month-long trip.
RECENT UPDATE:
[6 months since my injury] I recently found an oral surgeon in Hawaii that took a CT scan of my mouth and informed me with both some good and bad news.
Good News: My gums are finally healed and ready for dental implants.
Bad News: My insurance refused to cover any of the expenses regarding this accident, since they considered all of the procedures “cosmetic”…
As many of you may know, it really hasn’t been the easiest year for me with back to back injuries. Currently I am out of the water, healing from a second surgery on my foot. This was related to an unexpected freak accident… The wood on the balcony of a friend’s porch was rotten and I fell through it and landed on the concrete from 2 floors up…
I’m not one to normally ask for help or for donations, but after paying off all of my previous medical bills and receiving another pile of bills to pay off, I realized I can’t do this alone.
No amount is too small, anything truly helps. I appreciate all of the love and support from all of you and can’t wait to get back in the water with high hopes to be 100% myself again.
… Even though, as of now, it seems like that’ll be in a few years… I can’t wait!!
Wait. How is the World Surf League not paying for an injury sustained by one of its athletes at one of its pools ahead of one of its events?
Hmmmm.
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*Injury to insult, in this context, is good no?
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Wow someone actually got hurt at Surf Ranch? How dorky is that?
what insurance company?
Will donate for a blowjob from her.
Went to La Paloma theater past couple times i was in California. Saw Kalohes movie and Searching for Tom Curren – epic.
Bring back Surf Cinema! ALIVE
I’ve only watched the first three min but the whole thing seems set up to prove that pro contests homogenized surfing.
Community college journalism did me dirty.
Something is no right here. The wood on the balcony of a friend’s porch was rotten and I fell through it – and no pending multi-million $$ lawsuit against the property developer / owner / city inspectors / county permitting office??
The subtext of that video is not exactly subtext.
OnlyFans?
Outside of the ring fenced money needed to keep the Ziffmeister’s dream of world surf domination by his baby, the WSL haven’t got a pot to piss in. There was no way in the world this poor lass was going to get any financial help for her wounds in the Ranch tank if they could snake out of it. Obviously they knew how to. If she needs justice she should go seek it through some legal route instead of trying to bludge the bucks off any Tom Dick or Harry. It’s immoral.
I had basically the exact same injury when I was 16 and I got walloped by a police officer with a night stick. Took out 3 and two haves of my front top teeth. Took four years to get it completely fixed. I’m a guy and thick skinned so I was just able to roll with it and ignore all the BS but that is probably a lot harder for this woman. I feel bad for her. It is messed up that insurance won’t cover it. America is fd in this (and other) regard. Hope she is able to figure it out as without a doubt it was/is still a pretty traumatic thing to go through.
Blah blah blah, boo hoo….. I let someone cave my face in with a sledge hammer to get a day at the ranch.
“we are not getting you a helicopter.”
Kind of a millennial attitude , someone has to bail me out, Go fund me .
Apparently that was how it happened.
I just watched that. Flashbacks. Didn’t know Derek Hynd made surf movies. I know he was the creative director on Sonny Millers movie Searching for Tom Curren.
Move to australia and get medicare
I moved to Australia. I don’t get Medicare.
5 years good behaviour and you’ll be eligible for citizenship.
That’s just a chinner. Happens all the time. She is a vile douche.
We are doomed.
Drink rum rationsASAP.
Good looking couple, life taking a turn.
So gnarly.