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1 maj 2023 · Big-wave surfer Tom Lowe was hospitalized following a wipeout at Teahupo’o, Tahiti. The incident went down Friday, April 28th during the first significant swell of the South Pacific season. Lowe scrapped into a wave, got pitched on the takeoff, and catapulted headfirst to the bottom.
9 maj 2023 · British born big-wave surfer Tom Lowe nearly died recently in Tahiti. Lowe was there, like a lot of swell-chasing, screw-loosed surfers, for the opening swell of the season at the famed lefthand slab, Teahupo’o.
Five surfers have died at the iconic and infamous Tahitian break, venue for the Olympic competition in July, which translates as “place of skulls” in the local Polynesian dialect.
2 maj 2023 · Tom Lowe — a beloved and talented big wave surfer, husband, and father — is hospitalized in Tahiti with a punctured lung and five broken ribs after taking the elevator shaft on a set wave on Friday. Before the incident, Tom was having a successful morning at Teahupo’o.
25 lip 2024 · But others at Teahupo’o have suffered head injuries, punctured lungs, broken ribs or gashes that demand dozens of stitches. Many have nearly drowned; and a few have even been killed.
24 cze 2024 · Professional surfer and lifeguard Tamayo Perry died on Sunday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Oahu. Perry, who was also an actor and stuntman, was attacked in the early afternoon...
