sad to hear today of a 30 year old surfer drowning at marrawah on the west coast on the easter weekend

1 st drowning in living memory at this beach , still a bit of a mystery as to what happened ,conditions were not too bad and he apparently was an experienced surfer

could be a bit of a wake up call to the dangers of surfing alone
thinking maybe should grab a helmet ,

I also read that on the weekend RIP,30 experience surfer may have knocked himself out,anyone know if he was surfing alone.

Sad so young.

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62mac said...
I also read that on the weekend RIP,30 experience surfer may have knocked himself out,anyone know if he was surfing alone.

Sad so young.

From what Igather Mac yeah was surfing alone , was found floating 100 meters off shore

Sorry to hear that TD - RIP and thoughts to the family.

Yep sad story .

We were heading to that same beach Easter Sunday . But with the wind roaring and Rhonda not being designed aerodynamically to drive straight in a big cross wind we decided to give it a miss .

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Tassiedevel said...

sad to hear today of a 30 year old surfer drowning at marrawah on the west coast on the easter weekend

1 st drowning in living memory at this beach , still a bit of a mystery as to what happened ,conditions were not too bad and he apparently was an experienced surfer

could be a bit of a wake up call to the dangers of surfing alone
thinking maybe should grab a helmet ,

You don't see too many helmets in the surf, but they have become very common in snowboarding.

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could be a bit of a wake up call to the dangers of surfing alone
thinking maybe should grab a helmet ,

You don't see too many helmets in the surf, but they have become very common in snowboarding.

Have been thinking about one for a while Kadi ,
been smacked in the head twice by longboards in the last 12 months and last week had a 10 foot long 4 inch thick 666 fly past my noggin .
We all grab our helmets to jump on pushbikes but go out in the surf with no head protection .

The keeper upstairs takes some froffers way too early - RIP to his folks Taz!

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Tassiedevel said...


could be a bit of a wake up call to the dangers of surfing alone
thinking maybe should grab a helmet ,

You don't see too many helmets in the surf, but they have become very common in snowboarding.

Have been thinking about one for a while Kadi ,
been smacked in the head twice by longboards in the last 12 months and last week had a 10 foot long 4 inch thick 666 fly past my noggin .
We all grab our helmets to jump on pushbikes but go out in the surf with no head protection .

Tassie, those who know me at all know that I would not judge anyone for being practical ahead of fashionable (eg surf hat, sunglasses tied to my rashie, etc) I think it is a great idea, but the helmet I have for skateboarding is less than inspiring