"Hopefully I can walk again soon."
Ain’t it just one of the wildest quirks of surfing that Tahitian-born Eimeo Czermak would be an unbackable favourite against the reigning and two-time world champ Filipe Toledo if they ever surfed against each other at Teahupoo? Or legit Pipe?
Eimeo Czermak, who is twenty, has been throwing wild edits since 2018 since he was fifteen and putting himself inside the sorta west bowls that make better credentialed surfers tremble right down to the bones.
Now, it can be revealed, only days after world number four João Chianca was dragged unconscious from the water Pipe, Eimeo Czermak was hospitalised following a wipeout during his heat with the three Florence bros at the Vans Pipe Masters.
“This was probably one of the hardest and scariest moment of my life,” the carrot-topped heartthrob told his fans on Instagram.
“In the second slide there’s a little video of what happened and the crazy part is I don’t even remember anything of this…💔 I don’t know if I can even talk about what happened after I left the contest so I’m gonna keep it to myself but I’m so happy and grateful to be alive and looking forward to heal.
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“I am really disappointed in myself for what I’ve showed in this contest, it’s really hard for me to accept but it is what it is and at the end of the day I came so close to losing everything but I’m alive and gonna be able to walk again hopefully soon so that’s what matters.
“The next few days are gonna be really hard for me so I think I’m gonna take a break from social media and work on my health.”
In the video, Eimeo Czermak is pitched head first, driven to shore by the water patrol where we find him retching on the beach.
As a testament to his brilliance in terrifying waves, a conga line of surf stars were quick to send their wishes for a swift recovery. Doz, Kai Lenny, Ian Walsh, Cory Lopez, Barron Mamiya… even North Shore strongman and daddy to Koa Rothman, Fast Eddie.
U a warrior and you will be back soon. Love u boy
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I know this is going to sound harsh,considering the situation but who the fuck uses a broken heart emoji that you’d want to know
He got Owened by pipeline….can’t talk about what happened afterward??..
.i smell the stink of lawyerly greed
So what is the nature of his injury? Back? Neck? Head Injury?
Get that boy a HamSammish.
You’ll like to shit on Felipe, or other surfers, for not trying to surf in waves that they don’t belong in (fear) but they know what the consequences are. Besides loss of life, there’s millions at stake for the top guys.
I, too, want to see all the best out at huge Pipe/Tahiti but if some top surfers have a size limit on pitching slabs then so be it. No shortage of other surfers to take their place in the later stages of those contests.
Well go-cart racers don’t belong in a real car so they will never be F1 champions. Thats how I feel about Felipe. If you are not doing things good surfers can’t do in waves of consequence then you should be champion. Trestles is for the NSSA. Pipe is for Champions.
Most f1 champions if not all of them started off as kart racers.
Exactly. They start off as champions at Trestles and end up champions at Pipe if they are really champions.
Felipe has all the skill, he needs a sports psychologist.
Trestles is for the NSSA, spot on.
WSL needs to die.
Agree but I would add that I believe Filipe would have ever gotten to the top of the heap if the tour was in waves of consequence 75% of the tour. On a true dream tour he lands in the middle of the pack as the JJF, Robbo, Jordy, Owen, Gabe, Italo, and more keep him far from the 5 going to the finals.
owen has been gone a long time, but maybe yes. Felipe is so talented. Like ridiculous. If he could flip the switch in waves of consequence in your opinion…. he is the best surfer. not even close. Chopes is a mental thing, all the quick twitch is there. Dude needs coaching, not parenting.
100%! Do you think his pops would ever let that happen?
The legendary Pipeline has taken some notable scalps recently.
Yup. Packed lineups. Kids who think they’re in a movie and they’re supposed to become the main character within a season or two.
Go for it, if you must, just make sure your affairs are in order. Wonder what the annual cost of living as a paraplegic is, in the US in 2023.
BRUTAL!
seems as if the Champion Toledo has figured out that it’s better to be a healthy, fit and uninjured, multiple world champion than a hard core charger who continuously tells you the epic tale of how his entire pro career was fucked in one epic wave.
Or maybe he is just a pussy?
hmmm. maybe.
but I would always prefer a healthy, fit, uninjured pussy with a long and glorious life span as opposed to a beat-up and tattered pussy that went hard, charged and got destroyed, young.
Heroes get remembered, head high shredders never die 🤙🏻
But are you fucking these guys or are you watching them entertain you? They’re female pornstars in this analogy, not wives, so it doesn’t really matter what a pussy feels like if you’ll never touch it…
sir, who I fuck is none of your business and I’d kindly ask that you stay out of mine.
Yup. Risks were measured. Decisions were made. Cheques will be cashed.
I heard life is Southern California is a wee bit expensive these days.
I reckon he’ll prove the naysayers wrong next year. Hey I’m trying to be positive!
Was that bail a lesson learnt from flick or KK?
Glad the youngster is alright.
It’s an absolutely wicked wipeout when you’re far too disoriented to pay attention to the girl in the g-string following you up the beach thereafter https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
The sort of situation where you’re better off with the firm grip of an 80s van-halen bystander
Lord have Mercy!
didn’t miss her wave!
Wait, he walked off?
she could be his chiropractor. girl could give a proper adjustment with those cheeks.
okay boy. lay down, put your neck between my cheeks and I’ll give em a squeeze.
all fixed
Highlight of the day’s coverage and there were some nice waves….maybe harry’s wave live was equal
Poor bugger, hopefully he’ll come right soon
Though what about Brutus ?
Sorta feels like some of these guys are pushing themselves toward an unrecoverable point in the near future. How quickly the memories fade.
For sure. See Red Bill Rampage also
If it was a diving competition, he looked like he was doing belly flops.
Is social media like Scientology?
Yes
You play with fire, your gonna get stoned.
A bird in the hand, makes the heart grow fonder.