Who have you saved?

[Doc]

How many peeps have you pulled outta the drink while surfing in Oregon?

Other surfers?
Kids?
Tourist from Iowa?

Lets hear it.

Doc

[Gazsurf]

I don't know who has saved the most, but Sooloo paddled 2 peeps(one the size of a whale) from Cape Kiwanda to McPhillips in 8' surf with a 20 knot wind in his face while he did the heroics.. Took him the better side of 40 minutes. Ugly day that would have been uglier had he not stepped up and quickly at that.

[Critter]

I have seen several "rescues" in the last decade. Didnt know who they were. I pulled a buddy in from the north side of PC by my leash, years ago. He got clobbered by his board. It was dusk and we were scared spitless.
As we attempted to climb up onto the beach I got worked. Came up with a bleeding fin gash on my temple and puked all over. Anyone who scoffs at the power in the northwest surf is a fool.

[RXXL]

My self from my self...

[brdsurf]

Do you mean while we have been surfing or while the "victims" have been trying to surf?

Myself, quite many. A particularly slopey shore pound in south county had a habit of grabbing tourists from the beach while we surfed the shore pound. Most likely pulled dozen or so out from there over the years.

Worst though was brohampton before it became brohampton. Had countless bendovers, portland landlubbers and such follow myself and my cohort out on big days, somehow with them only being as clever as to figure out our line of getting out. Yet at the same thime these people werent so clever as to figure out how they were going to get back in. Funny how people kind of just freeze when the sets startcoming.

The time when brohampton started becoming popular from late late 90's to early 2000's seemed like someone was always needing help. I think the growth of the crowds has somehow made it at least a little safer as there are more people to yell advice before someone really needs help. When there is only one or two in the water and someone needs help, it seems to go un-noticed until they are really in the crapper.

Pulled many out also while working for the fire department... but not all of those were surfer related. But when they were.... no mercy in the lineup and made it a whole lot easier to figure out who could have waves stolen from!

[mavericksman]

I don't know who has saved the most, but Sooloo paddled 2 peeps(one the size of a whale) from Cape Kiwanda to McPhillips in 8' surf with a 20 knot wind in his face while he did the heroics.. Took him the better side of 40 minutes. Ugly day that would have been uglier had he not stepped up and quickly at that.

Sooloos a fag punk who cant surf. respect.

[brobra]

I was rescued one of the first times "surfing" the oregon coast. I put it in quotations, because I really didn't know what I was doing at the time. It was Florence in the South Jetty. My leash broke. I hadn't spent much time in the ocean and I was flailing around. I must have looked scared. A longboarder asked me if I was ok. I told him that I never swim in the ocean. I probably could have managed, but he told me to climb on the front of his board. We just waited for the whitewater and he brought me to the beach. If that was you, thank you so much!

[SooLoo]

I'm with Mav and rxxl, I suck and have had to save myself too many times to count. I just saved myself from a slight sunburn today in fact

[SooLoo]

I'm with Mav and rxxl, I suck and have had to save myself too many times to count. I just saved myself from a slight sunburn today in fact

Oops sorry I'm a fag punk but I think he ment I suck