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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 24, 2012 - 12:23am PT
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I'm jonesin.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 24, 2012 - 01:26pm PT
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My friend Greg Huglin shot this photo and many more from a jet ski on 12/22/12
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Dec 24, 2012 - 10:10pm PT
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Half Moon Bay a few days ago. They are much larger than they look.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 24, 2012 - 10:20pm PT
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STATEMENT FROM GREG LONG REGARDING HIS SERIOUS WIPEOUT WHILE SURFING AT THE CORTES BANK ON 12-21-12
Thank you to the entire community of friends, family and well-wishers for your concern, your outpouring of love, support and prayers, following the serious wipeout I experienced while surfing at the Cortes Bank on Friday, December 21st.
I am home, following a 24 hour stay in the UCSD Hospital in San Diego for precautionary observation as a result of the near drowning experience and blunt trauma injuries I suffered from the impact of a sequence of four large waves, and a three wave hold down. I had taken off on the second wave of a four-wave set and was forced to straighten out. After enduring an extremely violent and long hold down, I barely broke the surface and was attempting to grab a breath of air, when I received the full impact of the lip from the third and largest wave of the set. All of my breath was knocked out of me. I nearly lost consciousness at this point and was again driven deep and was subjected to a furious beating. I attempted to swim to the surface as the energy of the wave began to release me, but only made a few strokes before the next wave passed overhead, pushing me back down. As this beating started to subside, I began climbing my leash, hoping to break the surface before passing out. I made it to the tail of my board while it was still submerged in the turbulent and aerated water, at which point I blacked out from CO2 saturation and lack of oxygen.
Three rescue skis operated by D.K. Walsh, Jon Walla and Frank Quiarte were tracking me following the initial wipeout. After a fourth and smaller white water had passed, I was quickly located, floating face down along side my surfboard by D.K. Walsh. D.K. abandoned his ski, jumping in the water in order to raise my head above the surface. Jon Walla arrived on his ski, and together they pulled me onto the rescue sled. I began regaining consciousness during the ride back to the support boat we were operating from. Several other rescuers assisted getting me onboard at which point I began vomiting the small amount of water I had aspirated and a large amount of blood, which I later learned was from a combination of the blunt force trauma of impact and the rupturing of capillaries due to extreme breath holding. I was stabilized onboard the boat by the lifeguards and paramedics who were part of our safety team, and a Coast Guard helicopter was summoned to transport me back to San Diego.
Having trained for extreme breath holding, at no point did I allow myself to panic or lose confidence that I was going to survive this incident. I do, however, fully acknowledge that I did exceed my limits of endurance, and that there will always be elements of risk and danger that are beyond my control while surfing waves of any size. Because of those elements of risk, I have always insisted on working with individuals that share my focus on training and preparation. Humbly, I express my deepest gratitude to the team of rescuers and fellow surfers who’s training and precise response contributed to saving my life.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 25, 2012 - 02:47pm PT
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North shores – A new large northwest swell will arrive early Christmas morning, then lower into the middle of the week…with another arriving Thursday and again during the weekend. The largest surf along the best aligned beaches will reach 9-12 feet Hawaiian 18/24 faces. A High surf warning has been issued!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 25, 2012 - 03:32pm PT
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Here's a note and a great Christmas present from my friend Greg Huglin.
Merry Christmas!
I have a great wife, she tolerated me spending the 24th uploading my images online. Here is the link to my photos from Cortes Bank a few days ago, http://greghuglin.smugmug.com/
They are mostly untuned-up (uncropped, Photoshopped, etc.) and in complete sequences. Perhaps there’s too many, but I expect the surfers would prefer to see the whole wave rather than my selects.
There are galleries of each athlete in alphabetical order by first names:
Aaron Gold, Ben Wilkinson, Chapman Murphey, Danilo Couto, Dave Wassel, Garrett McNamara, Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker, Greg Long, Jamie Mitchell, Jason Murray, Keali’i Mamala, Kohl Christensen, Landon McNamara, Mark Healey, Peter Mel, Shane Dorian, Shawn Alladio, and Shawn Dollar.
Sorry if I didn’t catch your great wave.
I left in the wipeouts and did not include some of the ‘lifestyle shots’.
Some of the images are a little less than perfect but that’s the way it goes.
Please feel free to share this link.
Thanks to everyone involved who made this Cortes adventure happen.
It was great to see old friends and make some new ones.
Many thanks to the surfers who risked everything and put on a great performance.
It was an absolute joy and privilege to be there, thank you everyone.
Greg Huglin
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bixquite
Social climber
humboldt nation
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Dec 25, 2012 - 09:10pm PT
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thanks o-man, stoked on the link. gonna go through photos after dinner with a glass of beer.
merry festivus, enjoy the santa swell.
mahalo
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Dec 26, 2012 - 09:34pm PT
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very kool pic's sully
check out this short clip from Los angeles
[Click to View YouTube Video]
this is for frumy!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 27, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 27, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
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Unreal shot there O man.
And thanks for the link to the Cortez pics.
Those Maui boyz...nutz.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 27, 2012 - 07:05pm PT
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 28, 2012 - 11:20am PT
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Dec 28, 2012 - 11:30am PT
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San Juanico?
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 28, 2012 - 02:24pm PT
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That's a Great shot jefe!
Thanks for posting the Surfline article Chris!
I think that Andrew Louis and Rob Brown covered the event eloquently providing not only dynamic action stills and video but also a very human perspective!
We've been covering this monumental surf expedition on Surfing v. Climbing... Complimentary Pursuits upthread 942,950,952. Thanks to my friend Greg Huglin who was out there those days as well.
Many of that crew will be over here on Maui for the Peahi paddle contest which could be as early as next week so the talk on the beach has it.
We have yet another "Warning" level swell predicted for today and yet another even larger for a few days later.
It's game on for some!
I've decided personally that "High Surf Warning" level is just too big for my comfort window. After three back to back incapacitating injuries last season and similar results over the last decade of surfing and wave sailing the north shore in winter. Advisory is one thing but Warning is a whole different beast!
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:37pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Light winds and big swells today....paddling is another fun option. RE: the vid shows 6 man can be fun at times but I prefer the oc-1. This morning's paddle was beautiful, great visibility and bath tub like conditions and its a similar peace found in climbing an easy route. A couple weeks ago paddling around Makapuu the swells and wind make it feel more like a challenging route where your senses are tuned in and the outcome is not guaranteed.
Whether on a 55ft sled with the spinacker thrashing, with 5 others paddles in air wootin, on my 1 man with the forward 8 ft submerged, sliding down the face or on my 8'6" leaning into the bottom turn, it's all surfen. As much as I tried to move to Colorado to be in he mountains, there was a point where I realized the incredible outdoor fun that is available in abundance here in the Islands.
Enjoy the vid, not me, team primo getting ready for the Molokai Hoe
Aloha,
Will
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 28, 2012 - 09:49pm PT
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Second, Third, and Fourth Point.
I have friends that have hector connectored from the top of Third Point all the way through First, which is out of view on the bottom and a long point on its own.
Something like five minutes of surfing one wave.
Just Second Point alone can provide rides over a minute.
Punta Pequena is amazing.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 29, 2012 - 01:22pm PT
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Second, Third, and Fourth Point.
I have friends that have hector connectored from the top of Third Point all the way through First, which is out of view on the bottom and a long point on its own.
Something like five minutes of surfing one wave.
Just Second Point alone can provide rides over a minute.
Punta Pequena is amazing.
That's the stuff DREAMS are made of!
I had a great session yesterday evening with an all star line up of really cool folks having a great time together! STOKED!
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