“My whole life is dictated around nature and what gets thrown at me, I love that."
Reports are filtering in from the Pacific island of Tahiti that the British surfer Tom Lowe has been rushed to hospital following a catastrophic wipeout in a building swell at Teahupoo.
The wildly talented Lowe, twenty-nine and from the Cornish beachside town of St Ives, has long been a stand-out at Irish big waves Aileens and Mullaghmore, as well as at Jaws on Maui, Mavs in California and at Mexico’s Puerto Escondido.
BeachGrit’s source says Lowe is, “seriously injured with six broken ribs and internal bleeding and a punctured lung.”
More as it comes.
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Zzzzzzzzz..
Thoughts and prayers
Is there a go-fund page that I won’t contribute to?
Derek, I’m surprised you did not went on a full-softcore-erotica tour de force regarding Tom’s evident good looks. That’s very journalistic of you.
“My whole life is dictated around nature and what gets thrown at me, I love that.”
Tombro forgot about the jet skis and jet airplanes that tow him around.
Surf with Tom at home occasionally, an absolute gent in the water. Here’s to a speedy recovery!
Tom has hit a new low
A low blow
Can’t catch a break
*Lowe blow
*Lowe
Pretty sure Tom is around 39 or 40.
“Beachgrit’s source”?
Do you mean Surfline? Because the story (with a video of the wipeout) has been on Surfline since yesterday.
Beachgrit’s source in Tahiti is the hospitals janitors 2nd Cousin.
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Is he related to Rob Lowe?
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Whichever clown (aka games official) thought it’d be a good idea to hold the Olympics there should be having second thoughts right about now…
Not to worry beef. They’ll prolly get a pro like Mdme Roleau de Chocolat in for the calls.
Hey, pissing down up there? Or not bad ?
Just dashed out to check the gauge for ya
86mm since I emptied it yesterday afternoon
Still coming down heavy and more on the radar
Looks dry (ish) to the north and south of us haha
who’s wheelin you round? read lono~
Legiondary! On ya death bed and still dashed out to check on a rain gauge. Grtty af.
Out of the death bed for the last few days
Taking it easy in front of the TV and ignoring everything else
Biggest job I have to do this week is open and close a few gates to let stock through in a few days time haha
You guys are still getting rain? Been months, eh?
Are all the bars working?
View from your ladder?
By the time the pre-qualification ISA rounds are done at some radomn shitty beachbreak and CT Surfers jumping the queue you’ll only be getting the top tier Surfers paddling out at Chopes.
So definitely no Eddie the Eagle or Jamaican Bobsled scenarios.
You see the clip of the wipeout? Fucking heavy. And not even close to maxing Chopes in size. Dude went straight down though.
Nah I didn’t! Link?
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The Jamaican bobsled team would absolutely pack bombs at teahupoo.
I would imagine lots of hastily arranged sign ups to the minnow nation contenders by the top lads and lasses a la Italian Jessie and others, some already in situ. It would be unwise for the Lithuanian surf champion to be paddling into a life changing/ending wave.
Maybe Toledo can fulfill the role of Eagle Edwards hurtling without control or clue down the giant ski slope of Teahupoo.
Are you fuckin joking?? Surfing at Chopes for the Olympics is epic. Any Olympic surfer who can’t handle it doesn’t deserve to be there