“We are desperately seeking funds to medi vac him from Bali to save his life.”
A couple of days back, the four-time Australian champ and 2011 World Master Mark Richardson put out a call for blood from his hozzy bed in Bali.
“Hey guys, this is a bit of a serious post. I am in a Bali hospital and desperate need of some blood transfusions. I have lost a lot of blood. My blood type is rare to find in Indo and I am looking for anyone who is a negative or O negative to help me recover from this problem I have been facing.”
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Pretty serious is right.
Now, Richo, who was famously stripped of his 2011 World Masters Title two years after winning it for testing poz to weed, has sent a fresh call for neg blood types.
Looking like hell from his bed, colour drained from his tanned face he writes, “Hey guys still needing more donations of negative blood. If you already donated and didn’t use the slip on my last story I am not getting the blood so please use much appreciated.”
One pal ain’t happy to wait and see what happens in Bali. She’s organised a fundraiser to get the fifty k needed to medi vac Richo back to Australia.
“Hi my name is Fiona Meyer and we are desperately seeking funds to medi vac Mark Richardson back to Australia from Bali to save his life. Insurance is taking forever and he doesn’t have time. He is currently in ICU, and needs to be in Australia.”
In four hours, almost ten k has been raised, CT stars Liam O’Brien and Callum Robson throwing in five hundred apiece and gal shredder Isabella Nichols two-fifty.
(Fiona has thrown in five hundred, too.)
Still no word on what put Richo into intensive care but if you want to help get him on a bird home, throw some cash here.
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Life in paradise has its bad points. Hope the bloke gets better asap. He needs to be back in civilization.
compared to the rest of humanity, not all that bad.
Isn’t it the remit of surf journalists to do SURF JOURNALISM and find out what happened?
Its almost like you have no contacts in the industry or have been blackballed.
Fuck he looks terrible, hope he pulls through.
Not looking good.. Got to be 999 more people to throw $50 his way. Got a friend living in his car in the Sandwich Islands asked for a few bucks last night on the phone too.. just gave half to your boy here Dez don’t know why. Hope he is a class act!
Exchange rate decent too, so all the USA punks can get extra bang for their dollars.
Just found a C note in a pocket of some shorts I hadn’t worn in years.. no brainer straight to the cause..funny how the universe works sometimes.
Using BG powers for good. Godspeed to him.