Two-time world champ Filipe Toledo drags Eimeo Czermak out of financial purgatory!
The two-time world champion surfer Filipe Toledo has bolstered the crowdfunding account of Tahitian Eimeo Czermak, the surfer sent to ICU after a wipeout at the Vans Pipe Masters.
To recap, every so briefly, Eimeo suffered spine and head injuries after being pitched head-first into the reef during his heat with the three Florence bros during the aforementioned Vans Pipe Masters.
Eimeo revealed he was 55k in the hole ‘cause he didn’t have travel insurance, wrongly thinking he’d be covered by the Vans-sponsored contest and was asking for a little help to get him through.
In his GoFundMe message Eimeo wrote,
I was taken by an ambulance to the ICU at a local hospital where they performed various procedures and, although I told them I did not have health insurance, they required me to stay overnight which cost me $37,000.
After that, I couldn’t feel or move my legs for a week and a half, and still to this day am dealing with the effects of the injury and concussion, which has resulted in depression. I’ve never been one to ask people for money or help, but this situation unfolded without my control and has put me and my surfing career in a very difficult position.
The combination of the ambulance ride, hospital stay, MRI and other tests, ended up costing me $55,000.
If I’m unable to pay back the hospital bills, I won’t be allowed to return to the United States or surf in Hawaii again since I am from Tahiti (French Polynesia).
This is heartbreaking for me because Hawaii is like a second home to me and has played a huge role in growing my career because of the major contests’ I’ve been able to compete in there. If I’m unable to return to Hawaii, it’ll have a huge negative impact on my surfing career.
Fans were furious about two things. His lack of insurance coverage, for one, but mostly the revelation that Vans, who recently made news by sacking most of their surf team, appear to’ve ignored the kid after he left in the event all trussed up in an ambo.
Whatever the case, and wherever you stand on the issue, Filipe Toledo has swung into town and gifted Eimeo five thousand dollars, almost ten percent of the fifty-fifty k he was chasing.
Eimeo is now only twelve gees short of his goal and an escape from his financial purgatory.
Also a notable donor was the co-founder of Stab magazine Sam McIntosh who pledged one thousand dollars.
Less notable is the shoe giant Vans, who are yet to contribute even one shekel.
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Time to award the surfer who has the most FUN as champion.
We have lost respect for the ocean.
Heard few of the girls for years from QS, some from CS doing Only Fans. Why not him? Time to think outside of the box lad.
If
I would only donate 5 gees if it meant I could jump the pecking order at chopes. In Fils case, he’s just a good cunt.
and possibly Filipe (essentially a celebrity) identifying himself will inspire others to donate, especially other pro athletes
Felipe’s a good hearted man.
q. if you were a vans sponsored athlete, would you pull a Wichman and burn your clothes in the sponsors parking lot?
When Pottz was dumped by Gotcha he buried his in his backyard.
Have a hard time believing the OG’s and locals on North Shore will be letting Vans come back anytime soon if this is how they run shit. Bad look for all involved.
Good deed, Filipe
You’re not wrong. Telling people in this forum is a little different – one thing to encourage others in this space by letting them know that we’re all in it together. Another to put your name on the actual list.
I always use my real name just like I do here as I want everyone to know that Mr Madeoff is making it rain!
pennies from heaven!!
THIS! Never forget the power of pennies!
Arse pennies
Surfivors Guilt
How’d you know of the guilt shpiel? That’s spooky brah
Vans looking more pathetic by the minute. I came into this whole discussion kind of lukewarm about whether they had any obligation but getting more irritated by the minute.
Boycott them. Clearly their new CEO doesn’t know shit, if he can’t figure out that reconnecting with your “core” includes not hanging out to dry the surfers who make your flagship contest interesting by throwing themselves over insane ledges in 3 feet of water with a concrete, jagged reef underneath when they impact said reef.
WTF Vans. Get it together.
The General Cousel or outside legal counsel surely advised Vans to NOT donate under the Vans name as that could be perceived as an admission of liability. YES that is the litigious world we live in BUT I’m guessing they donated anonymously.
If that’s true, it’s even worse — the top ‘anonymous’ donor on the list gave $250, which is about $55,000 less than Vans should be donating.
Do we believe these donors, especially the 1st one, are real or possibly Van’s execs using random aliases:
Filipe Toledo
$5,000
2 d
Timothy Whitfield
$2,500
2 d
sam mcintosh
$1,000
1 d
Kamoka Pearl
$1,000
2 d
Join this list. Donate now.
Tejas Arurkar
$501
2 d
NATURA Captain Ju
$500
4 hrs
Lindsay Weber
$500
1 d
I guess you could put a fake name. And I’m guessing there’s no other ‘natura captain ju’ out there to call you on it. Although still not anywhere near 55k!
funnily enough Vans were also notably quiet when their athlete, Tom Lowe, had his wipe-out at Chopes last year. Clearly Van’s has lost it’s core ways.
I got no problem joining the boycott
I really hope to make fifty-fifty k someday.
so does the tax man (tax men)
And gals! And the mighty, but less common, hermaphrodite!
Could this just be Pip’s atonement to the place of skulls for waves gone by? Surely we’re seeing prepayment for locals’ insight & coaching with the olympics on the horizon. Bigly if true.
Payola! Bribery will get you Everything on a remote Island. Pip Smaht Ahhh….
Not their money. Hillsong a big donater to stab.
True?
Does stab help with Australian idol voting advice?
I’m making this up as I go along…give me a minute
lol
Current Millionaire ” wirld champ” posts zero point totals In Tahiti. These heats cuntain 50 year old men scoring 8s and 9s in priority formats. This doesn’t look too good.
Makes the whole “Wirld Tour” look meaningless, greasing palms in the joint hosting the Olympics is a well played chess move. The longer I live the more I understand how decisions get made by humans it is mostly out of fear, greed, and OPTICS of said decision/ situation. Surfers Die and are permanently crippled and concussed at pipe/ chopes, surfers twist their knees and have to saddle up an e-bike to safety at trestles. Money well spent for the current Wirld Champ who appears unstoppable given the evilution the current yawn fest Wirld Tour has degenerated into.
Oh ffs,
I’m in charge of being miserable and bitter around here.
Now fuckkkk off while I can enjoy helping a 20 year old bloke out who has been bitten big time following his dreams while at the same time giving big corporate vans “ surfing “ a cunt of a serve.
I don’t get these opportunities often,
Fuck the wsl and fuckkkk vans.
please join me/. Us
That’s fucken cool from Pip.
I’m good for a $100 next pay ( probably equals $25 us) .
But all I can afford.
So great to read this !
Let’s help this bloke.
I’m be burning a pair of vans shortly and posting the pictures.
Don’t be in em when you post
Ditto … I just sent him the $100 USD I would have spent on Vans and then will burn another $100 every year instead of spending it on a new pair.
Do send!
Wonder if that shit’s tax deductibe
and BG donated 5,000 words…a couple times!
ha … did a spit take with this one!
I’ll give him $12 if sends me pics of bobs and vagine
Happy to donate some advice.
I stubbed my toe. Can’t walk.. depressed.. ×_×
What do I get from you cunts?
Narthin! And that’s the way it should be!
Sympathy, oh wait, typo, it’s right next to syphilis in the dictionary
maybe nothing from us, but definitely should be something from the massive corporate Godzilla that put their name on the contest … they might be losing $$ on paper, but they still have revenues in the stratosphere as compared to the rest of this crew.
All jokes aside, you’re right, they should front up.
VF Corp, the parent co of Vans, had $11.6 billion USD in revenue last year. Just the “active” segment of their business, which is where Vans resides and is the main driver, had $4.9 billion USD in revenue (and these numbers include their foreign currency losses).
https://www.vfc.com/investo…
Their executives at the very least have received millions of US dollars worth of stocks/stock options (check out the SEC report filings at the above link), and who knows what base comp because I ran out of time to spend digging through this shit. Bottom line is they can absolutely do better.
Van’s compensation is still going through legal channels. They are trying to figure out if giving shoes to someone potentially unable to walk is going to be a PR issue. Otherwise he would have his shoes and a nice discount voucher already. Pesky PC problems and all.
Vans off the wheel chair just doesn’t sound right ‘eh
A cynical person might think Felipe has donated in such a public manner in an attempt at end of the road appeasement…
Makes cents…
Joojoo doll shit ain’t Gunna work for him. He’ll be smeared across that reef and the insurers will be holding their heads in pain