TAHITI PRO 2019

[Lucky Al]

Wasn't Mark Foo in a comp at Mavericks when he drowned?

He was free surfing.

[Lucky Al]

Although from an outsider's perspective he often seemed to be not free surfing. If that makes sense.

[The Mighty Sunbird]

I almost died in that Phillip Island comp I reckon

[Beanpole]

Wasn't Mark Foo in a comp at Mavericks when he drowned?

He was free surfing.

Okay. Maybe they just held the comp soon after he carked it.

[Nick Carroll]

Mark Foo died in 1994, five years before any contest was held there.

[Beanpole]

Typical....knowledgeable surf journo correcting my dubious assumptions with detailed facts.

[godsavetheking]

There was a slightly curious article on the guardian website about concussions in surfing. Apparently surfing’s culture “encouraged risk-taking behaviors and the denial and downplaying of the injury” and, ooh, “traumatic head injuries in surfing are the shadow amid the sunshine”. So there

[steve shearer]

I reckon I've had a half dozen concussions from whacking my head on the reef.

[godsavetheking]

I reckon I’ve only had two concussions. One after falling off me BMX the other ice skating

[Nick Carroll]

How does the Guardian know anything about surfing?

[Nick Carroll]

Maybe they just mean surfing in Cornwall, I hear that’s a fcuken roll of the dice every day you paddle out

[godsavetheking]

I’m reading that in the choked and panicked voice of the journo who knows he’s been scooped