Vic shredder Nikki Van Dijk at the park's opening. | Photo: URBNSURF/Adam Gibson

Surfer in critical condition following “serious incident” at Melbourne wavepool; tank closed until further notice, police investigating

"As soon as the incident occurred, we immediately closed the park and are continuing to provide our full cooperation to the first responders and police."

A man in his forties is fighting for his life after suffering a “medical episode” while surfing at Melbourne’s Urbnsurf, Australia’s only commercially operating wavepool.

Paramedics were called at around 11:30 and the pool closed.

The man has been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital and is in a critical condition.

Per Urbnsurf’s statement to press,

There has been a serious incident at URBNSURF Melbourne, our team has provided support and care for the friends on site. Our first priority is the health and safety of our customers. 

As soon as the incident occurred, we immediately closed the park and are continuing to provide our full cooperation to the first responders and police.

The facility will remain closed until further notice. As a police investigation is under way, we are unable to provide any further comment.

More as the story develops.

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NEGATRON
NEGATRON
4 years ago

You didn’t chime into the FB comments during the week re SL forecasts?

snapper
snapper
4 years ago

“The wave breaks here…..don’t be there.”

Mapski
Mapski
4 years ago

One Ocean.

Rich Marx
Rich Marx
4 years ago

I tried to google more information about this and I got a bunch of fake youtube videos with titles claiming to show the accident.

Mapski
Mapski
4 years ago
Reply to  Rich Marx

rickrolled

Rich Marx
Rich Marx
4 years ago
Reply to  Mapski

Here is the weirdest one that I clicked on

https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Pauly Matt War-Shore
Pauly Matt War-Shore
4 years ago
Reply to  Rich Marx

I saw these too, pretty soon after it happened. Odd

Wave Wizard
Wave Wizard
4 years ago

Man was consumed with regret after mechanized surfing experience?

munnstrosity
munnstrosity
4 years ago

Fuckin technical little double up. I wanna push Jonah and Minnie into one of those

postmeta
postmeta
4 years ago

Sharks 😔

alana_blanchards_heaving_bosom
alana_blanchards_heaving_bosom
4 years ago

this random heart attack of a 40 year old is definitely not related to the Safe and Effective™ vaxxes

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
4 years ago

Being in the control group of the trial is a big risk but im happy to do my bit.

Boat Docks
Boat Docks
4 years ago

18% of heart attacks occur in men under 50. 97.6% between the ages of 40 and 49.

Your diet choices have far more impact on your risk of heart attack then a vaccination, but I guess it’s easier to rail against a “shot” then it is to put that bloomin onion down

Mosesvii
Mosesvii
4 years ago

Seems like your sarcastically implying they are related.. and that’s an embarrassing statement.
Get off the conspiracy sites. They leave rubbish in your brain.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
4 years ago

Surely not Party Pete!!
Hypothermia?
Vaxx complications ?

Gino
Gino
4 years ago

Can rule put hypothermia, it was actually warm here today with a few showers.
I think we hit 13?

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
4 years ago
Reply to  Gino

He said he was going there but he packed his 3/2 instead of his 4/3.

Gino
Gino
4 years ago

There are plenty here still in a 3/2.
Not me.

Andy C
Andy C
4 years ago

And that’s why we can’t have nice things

Sit down to pee
Sit down to pee
4 years ago

Head injury?

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins
Derek Hynd's Missing Fins
4 years ago

Or spinal. Unless a fin sliced an artery. I’m thinking spinal via getting slammed.

Low wide stinkbug stance
Low wide stinkbug stance
4 years ago

They are saying both head injury and heart attack (in the same article). Word will get out pretty quick on the grapevine as to what happened.


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