Miracle workers.
Surfers, around the globe, had a terrible scare this week as World Surf League CEO Erik Logan suffered a life-threatening reef injury in Tahiti, underwent an emergency stabilizing procedure at the hands of deputy commissioner Renato Hickel and head judge Pritamo Ahrendt then disappeared.
In a moment of weakness, I lightly questioned whether Hickel was qualified to rub lemon or lime into Logan’s wounds and whether Ahrendt was certified to provide commentary and now deep shame rests upon my bowed head as Logan resurfaced with a bandaged foot and, though it appeared as if he had been crying, had a smile on his face.
But of course he was alive and well-ish because of course Hickel and Ahrendt knew what they were doing because of course they are surfers.
The best.
And as if to punctuate surfer heroism and my own shame, two brave San Francisco surfers just yesterday pulled a dead man from Ocean Beach’s frigid waters and brought him back to life on the sand.
Whoa.
The scene unfolded at 9:30 in the morning when the two aforementioned surfers saw an elderly man floating face down in the surf. They paddled him in while bystanders on shore called 911. When medics arrived, they discovered he had no pulse but they bashed on his chest, or whatever is recommended these days, enough to snap a light heartbeat.
He was loaded into the ambulance in critical condition, unloaded at the hospital in serious condition.
A proper improvement.
Surfers.
Sometimes angry enough to drown a fellow man. Sometimes beneficent enough to bring one back from the dead.
Poor guy was trying to drown himself after not only finding out his studio apartment was now $4k a month, but that he will also be paying off my student debt. Cheers, mate!
It was a fisherman, and his condition has been upgraded from “troublesome” to “concerning”
Better than it’s going for that sheep in your backyard.
NonJohn almost drowned once in the big waves. He survived due to his Non wellness lifestyle
Too bad Kelly is in the Maldives or we would hear about that time back in ’97 when he resuscitated over seven people in one day at a Hossegor beachie and then afterwards did a air reverse 720 but it didn’t count, because stony Tom Curren turned his head the other way and didn’t see it, but it’s ok, now he’s been doing therapy and has been able to let it go and focus on presence and mindfulness.
bone broth or such something
Thanks to C4 for rescuing this man with a bad back!
Dead floaters are the regular at OB. It’s all duck diving and french tongue resuscitation, all day long.
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Not so fast!
I’m sure Chas can squeeze at least a couple more articles out of this incident. The three people who care about it are awaiting updates.
Just wait until Pip stubs his toe at Lowers. That potentially career ending injury will warrant at least a half dozen articles.
The lack of comments should speak volumes to ole Chucky.