http://www.news-journalonline.com/newsjournalonline/breakingnews/surfer.htm
Condolences to his family.

by boco rio » Wed May 09, 2007 10:32 pm
by tomcat360 » Thu May 10, 2007 12:15 am
by kitesurfer » Thu May 10, 2007 10:24 am
by tomcat360 » Thu May 10, 2007 1:30 pm
by kitesurfer » Thu May 10, 2007 2:08 pm
tomcat360 wrote:Were you out the day he passed?
by tomcat360 » Thu May 10, 2007 2:21 pm
by kitesurfer » Thu May 10, 2007 2:27 pm
tomcat360 wrote:I was actually asking boco, I remember when you had all that going on....
Stuff happens fast man, I know how you're feeling.
by boco rio » Thu May 10, 2007 9:31 pm
tomcat360 wrote:It really does.....never a pretty sight....
Shows us how powerful the sea really is. I think we've all had those eye openers out there when we realize how powerful it is.
Were you out the day he passed?
by WooD » Fri May 11, 2007 6:47 am
boco rio wrote:tomcat360 wrote:It really does.....never a pretty sight....
Shows us how powerful the sea really is. I think we've all had those eye openers out there when we realize how powerful it is.
Were you out the day he passed?
No, I surf up in Flagler Beach usually. I have learned my limitations, so I wait for good clean surf that won't kick my ass. I use to go out on the wild days, but that was several years ago.
I think that Scott Williams was just unlucky and it can happen to anyone that isn't use to larger than normal surf. We've all been there, so it's easy to relate. I just feel bad for his family.
by justloafing » Fri May 11, 2007 9:44 am
by boco rio » Fri May 11, 2007 12:42 pm
by boco rio » Fri May 11, 2007 12:57 pm
justloafing wrote:Well that makes two surfers that lost their lives from this storm. A guy broke his neck and drowned at Wrightsville Beach, NC this past Friday.
by WooD » Fri May 11, 2007 2:29 pm
boco rio wrote:Wood,
Great pictures. It looks like crunch time for some of those tube rides. I heard on the news they had to shut down the pier for awhile.
The last time I was in Flagler Beach was last Saturday just before the swell came. I usually try to get out during the week. I've also been checking the inlet by Summer Haven. That shows some promise when everything is right.
by Bub » Fri May 11, 2007 7:49 pm
by WooD » Fri May 11, 2007 8:41 pm
I talked to one of the guys surfing next to him before it happened. He's a friend of mine and a solid surfer, and he along with a few other guys really tried to help this guy, but it was too late. here's what happened according to my friend:
he paddled out next to this guy who was on a longboard and his friend, had a chat for twenty seconds or so about the slopey conditions out the back and the fact that he wished he had his longboard as well. Less than a minute later, the victim took a wave, and then my friend took a wave. My friend, let's call him John, kicked out of the wave since it was kind of weak and paddled back out. The victim's friend shouted to John that his friend hadn't come up. John and another guy paddled over to his upside down longboard and tugged on the leash, and this poor guy was at the end of it. They managed to get him on his longboard with extreme difficulty, as this victim was about 200 pounds. He had trauma on his neck under his chin and had blood and foam coming out of his mouth and nose. I asked John how long this guy was down and he said about 2 minutes.
One of the guys there, I think it was his friend, went in to the beach to get the lifeguards, and left John in the midsection by himself with this guy. The leashes and boards were getting mixed up and whitewater was all over him. John said he felt terrible that he couldn't do anything. It took everything he had just to keep this guy on the board, and with the trauma and water intake and his version of the story, i doubt seriously that anyone could have done anything for this guy even if he was airlifted out of the water... It's a very sad story and one of bad luck. Longboards obviously pack more of a punch when you're in big waves. It was a foot overhead out the back, but it went pretty mellow into a deep section before the mid section at around shoulder to head high pitched and slammed on that inside sandbar. There was no way to get this guy in without possibly losing him in the whitewater. After about twenty minutes, a few other surfers had paddled out to keep this guy on his board; one guy was even helping corral the boards of these guys while they waited for the jet ski/sled.
Bummer. I wanted to give "John" props, but i know he doesn't want it or have to explain the story to people... He's pretty jammed up about it. He's a good man, and I know any of us would have done the same... but still hell of a way to go.
by bgdkmetzger2003 » Sat May 12, 2007 5:42 pm
by drowningbitbybit » Tue May 15, 2007 2:22 pm
bgdkmetzger2003 wrote:How do you think he drowned? Or did he drown? In the news article it said he was in cardiac arrest. Why did he have blood coming out of his nose?? Do you think he hit the bottom and got knocked out?
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