A horror scenario but it was going to happen sooner or later. Heart attacks in middle-aged surfers are common as hell.
A few more details on yesterday’s “serious incident” at Urbnsurf’s only Australian wave tank that has left a man in a critical condition at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
While the pool’s PR team can’t say much ‘cause of an ongoing police investigation, it can be revealed the surfer, a man in his forties, was pulled from the water unconscious and with a head injury by other surfers who performed CPR on his until the ambo’s turned up.
A review of the footage, says Urbnsurf, showed “the surfer collapsed while paddling out and did not the hit the wall”.
The tank owners have done everything right, which ain’t surprising given they’ve practised for this scenario since it opened two years ago.
The pool has been closed until further notice, counselling has been offered to friends of the man and surfers involved in his rescue and police have a free hand to investigate.
Horror scenario but it was always gonna happen.
Heart attacks while surfing are common as hell; a few years back it seemed like middle-aged surfers in the Mentawais were blowing hearts out every other week.
As for head injuries, yeah, it’s surfing, it’s shallow, it’s concrete.
I’ve seen two first-hand. One, a friend, has never gone back.
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After having a friend suffer a serious heart attack during a session, the shit is no joke. He was getting barreled off his nut though while it was happening so that made me really disgusted with barrel dodging from then on
Yeah but add about 30 reps x 3 or 4 sets for each. Pushups and squats are done w celly on your back/shoulder once you get to that next level.
Hahahahaha
Fuck dude lemme know! I’ll patronize
I don’t think that photo is of my beloved Basura unless taken from the harbor at a weird angle
Helmets. Safety, period. – Kaipo
Lemme in on dat! location, location, location
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The Kielmeister Pub & Grub?
They definitely need to ban leashes as well!
Or maybe not send VALS out in Off-The-Wall setting…
Where are at LGR?
If I had a time machine.
Im sitting here in Melbourne getting pissed on a cold Saturday night.
Forecast has been shit, and continues.
I was 25 in 89. Lived in a $4mil house in Kahala with my best friend and my beautiful 20 yr old Norwegian girlfriend.
I’ll take shitty Portlock over my life now any day.
Sw wind and low tide = lorne or kennett
Sad to say, but I don’t want to surf that bad.
I only head that way in summer when my boys are at Torquay.
Not to mention it would be a $100 surf at this point.
I usually hit the bay on a SW. Were some at Pines today. At this point Im not driving down unless its an 80% 5chance it will be good. I’d rather bike ride or swim, and pick up a slab instead of paying $50 to get skunked.
Looking at that footage above is shocking.
There is absolutely zero signage provided to indicate which way the surfer should be going.
It’s clear. Waiting to happen accident.
More signs. Maybe a stiff, sharp metal arrow. Pointing from the wall.
Same here, the wave jacked and through me into the finger. The backwash somehow saved my face, but the shit HIC board was snapped.
Yeah, I thought the whole area was Portlock, but along the wall was China Walls. I lived on Kahala Ave with a crooked cop. We were house sitting.
Use to surf Hunakai quite a bit, and Black Point.
You are correct. The area is referred to as portlock . Portlock road runs along the point to China walls
Guy we bodysurfed with lived there. We did a snorkle from the wall into Hanauma Bay and took a cab back. Had fishermen casting lead weights onto our heads.
I hope he was boosted otherwise it could have been much worse
Sounds like someone has a Wife earning the big money?
Free counseling available!
When I’m not online being a
trolling cunt I deal with public liability incidents here in Vic, and I’d bet there’s more chance Bethany Hamilton giving a round of applause than Urban Surf getting insurance coverage next year for shit like this
Ever insured a marathon? More middle aged fat cunts blow a gasket and cark it doing fun runs.
Some european races mandate you get a doc certificate beforehand, but most ive competed in just have a disclaimer.
Im more surprised they dont mandate gath hats at urbnsurf tbh.
Surely you just sign your life away before partaking? Like Skydiving.
In many jurisdictions there is a limit to the likelihood or severity of the risk a business can require a consumer to consent to waive a legal claim for. It doesn’t mean the business is not allowed to over that product/service just that they cannot exclude liability.
I can’t see how a heart attack victim could sue the venue he has a heart attack in? Maybe if it was an all you can eat fried chicken and donut joint.
Seen cunts get 100k here for similar things
Lovely in theory. These equations are elegant on the page. Applying them to the quagmire is a whole ‘nother matter.
Eating a bowl of cereal late at night has become my only vice. It’s certainly cheaper than many others that I’ve pursued in times past.
It’s crazy though if I just surf a few days in a row or a couple times a week my weight balances itself out…then I’m just sore as hell. Like Twillsy said, “stretch like fuck”…I’m basically no booze anymore yet lots of weed. Surfing matters way too much.
hillside just slid, just sold…bought a fishin boat…sold it…bought the hillside 40 back…thinkin seafood restaurant colony…camp?
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Danes sushi and salsa Yoga Retreat.
Can’t go wrong, dane. Really.
Fuck all outlay, high prices – recipe for success.
featuring The Last Shaman, courted by a dennison of Baywatch Babes, that paddle canoes, fish sustainably with hooks made from bones, practice native ceremonial drinking games, and never argue with the chef, or complain about anything…location: One Shaman Way
Artillery range?
Hurluley Area 51 testing facility?