The brush with death comes less than one year after he was hospitalised following a helmet-crushing wipeout at Pipeline.
One week of American euphoria following the fairytale election of a devil-may-care, dare-to-dream businessman to the highest office in the land was almost squashed earlier today when the country’s most beloved surfer, Kai Lenny, nearly died in a foil-boarding accident.
Lenny, who is thirty two and with lips as red as if he’d just applied a fresh coat of pomegranate lipstick, was surfing his foil-board in Maui when he “wiped out” after a back-flip attempt and the board’s hydro-foil slashed his chest, dagger style, and perilously close to his heart.
“It got a little spicy and I foiled myself across my chest,” Kai Lenny explained in a video posted to YouTube. “I really wanted to land a backflip. And I had this perfect section, so I threw the backflip and I sort of missed the grab.
The near-fatal collision comes less than one year after the was hospitalised after a wipeout that destroyed his helmet during the Backdoor Shootout, becoming Pipeline’s sixth high-profile scalp for the winter.
The world’s best surfers were quick to acknowledge how his life might’ve drastically zigged if Kai Lenny didn’t have the polycarbonate shell on his head.
“The helmet,” wrote Jack Robinson, punctuating the profundity with two sets of prayer hands.
Kai Lenny posted a photograph of his brain being examined by the noted medico Dr Jason Keifer at Brain Health Hawaii.
“Since my head injury at PIPELINE on January 4th, I’ve been doing everything I can to get back on the horse and become better than I was.
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Im still off him for liking Zoard’s pro Trump rant.
Zardoz…SKe will tunt it all around
BuT did he die?
the fog, the tide, the virus…died…surfing?
Near epic foil. In fact riding those things says something about the rider. And none of those things are particularly complimentary.
source: 1998 Surfer mag with noted injuries & Sunny clipping a round-houser…
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“anal laceration”
“kick off the helmut and join Marine X on board the good ship lolly pop” Kai’s wife
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Dewey, I’m cut in half pretty bad…
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Do you blame him?
you raise an interesting question—can an ignoramus truly be blamed for his or her actions if said person is just too dense to know any better?
The question is moot.
You being both an ignoramus and dense are simply accepted as BG’s resident village idiot.
speaking things I don’t necessarily have the answer to, are you just incredibly thin-skinned, or is it that you’re off your meds again and chirping more than usual?
Neither!
However, asking the question indicates an inquisitive mind and does you credit.
Q-What do foils and mopeds have in common?
A-They’re fun to ride, but you don’t want anyone seeing you riding them.
weed eater almost took my leg off. Perlious times.
In surf blogger parlance, you “almost died”! 😲
Self mutilation seems like a fair outcome for foil riders. And any Steve Irwinesque outcomes are also welcome.
beat me with my spiked tail used to work in closeted circles of surf journalists. am out of the closet youfucking gay floppy-haired reporters/ over self-harm homies~
pet the sting rays w/ cair here there
Yeah people can’t shoot straight and foils should be razor sharp
Someone’s gonna Dai!
Anyone that rides a foil is a cunt
You’re real normal!
What a coninkydink. All your Mum’s LOVE my helmet, when I go backdoor. Period*
These surf vloggers seem to almost die a lot! One of the most dangerous careers out there. So thankful they risk it all for us
More proof why foils should be banned from the line-up.
Should probably ban Lenny too.
Someone needs to start a Disqus Poll to see if Kai is the greatest surfer of the 21st C.
Probably not, but I want to see a Poll, for the first time, anyway.
Greatest surfer “To nearly die” ?
Maybe, but All surfers nearly die at some point.
I had been surfing for 20 years before I hit the bottom at an angle , on my neck, that paralyses people. I’ve nearly drowned a couple times but that bounce was way scarier (after the fact). It just came out of nowhere.
I got a fin up the arse…
smells like I almost died !
a year ago
Polls prove nothing, as evidenced by all the pre-election polls showed Harris likely to win.
And—the best Surfer in the water is—the one having the most fun.
“The best surfer in the water is the one with highest two-wave point total.” –Gabriel Medina