"It landed straight on top of me and took me down twenty or thirty feet!"
In a scene similar to an 18-wheel semi truck swinging into your blind spot and impacting with the force of an Israeli Python air-to-air missile, a Sydney wing foil surfer had a whale breach and land on his chest while foiling.
Surfer Jason Breen, who is fifty-five, was foiling at Mona Vale on Sydney’s northern beaches when nature’s own IED (Improvised Explosive Device) decided to break the surface and detonate.
“I knew it was a whale. I saw the head come out, then I saw the body come out and then I saw the whole thing above me. It got bigger and bigger. It landed straight on top of me,” Jason told local news.
“Took me down about twenty-thirty feet. I was able to escape by my leash breaking. When it came down on top of me it got caught on my leash then it dragged me down with it. Something that’s not meant to break, broke. Thats why I’m here today.”
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Jason said it felt like a calf because as he was surfacing and his face was rubbing against the whale’s skin he didn’t feel any barnacles.
If there were, he says, his face would have been torn to threads.
Jason, who now calls himself The Whale Guy, is lucky he crossed paths with the kid and not his mama.
Even better she wasn’t around as we all know the wrath a feral beast gets possessed by when its offspring is threatened or even approached.
Wing foil surfing, of course, is a thrilling water sport that has gained popularity in recent years, combining elements of windsurfing, kiteboarding, and stand-up paddleboarding.
Enthusiasts of this exciting activity ride the waves while holding onto a handheld wing, which resembles a small sail.
It represents the cutting edge of modern water sports.