“It was a very scary scene and it scared the fuck out of me”
Surfers don’t come much cooler than Australian Kai McKenzie whose leg was bitten off by a 10-foot Great White five days back, only for it to be washed ashore shortly after, put on ice and sent off to the hozzy with Kai in the chopper.
The twenty-three-year-old Rage teamrider was surfing a breakwall in Port Macquarie when the shark hit. Leg gone, Kai made it shore where an off-duty cop used his dog’s leash as a tourniquet, saving the kid’s life.
“Breaking his back last year, he never once complained … [he] always just got on with doing what he loved as soon as possible,” Rage wrote on Instagram. “He is an inspiring person.”
In a missive posted from his bed in Newcastle’s John Hunter hospital, Kai writes;
Man ohh fucking man to be here right now just to fucking be able to hold my beautiful Eve and my family is everything to me, a few days ago I went through a crazy shark attack ( biggest shark I’ve ever seen ) which was a very crazy scene and scared the living fuck out of me ,but to all you fucking kind hearted people, all you legends, to anyone and everyone all your support has meant the absolute world to me. It’s so cool to see so many beautiful people support me. There are so many messages to get back to but I wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone for your generous donations on the go fund me page. We are so very grateful for everything. I can tell you now if you know my personality this means fuck all. I’ll be back in that water In no time ! BIG FUCK OFF TO THAT SHARK and BIG THANKS to Steve for saving my life.
Jump into his GoFundMe here.
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