has anyone ever died from a wipeout??

Yes.

l am pretty sure in Hawaii, some kid broke his back at Terrigal (a beach near my house) when me and my mates were body boarding.

depends of badly it was

no, the courses are actually pretty safe. a lot of padding. also for the last course there are under water divers to insure that no one drowns. l am pretty sure that there are medical personal on hand as well.

wtf is a wipeout ?

what is a wipeout? drowning

Of Course, however it is very rare in smaller waves. It usually happens in big waves in hawaii or at Mavericks.

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Yes, many people have died at Pipeline. Usually from drowning due to being incapacitated from hitting the reef. That is why Pipe is widely regarded as the deadliest wave in the world even though it may not be the biggest. The last person l recall dying there was Malik Joyeux, a professional surfer from Tahiti. That was like two winters ago.

Mark Foo, a Hawaiian professional surfer & big wave charger, died at Maverick is in California & last year a guy died while surfing Ghost Trees in California but when they autopsied him they found that he was all cranked up on meth, sot hat may have contributed to that.

l am kinda surprised u do not hear about it more often from some of the really shallow big wave spots like Teahupoo. Damien Hobgood got pretty messed up there this year with a broken scapula & large hole in his head.

Kim_Dude gave you a very accurate answer. l would just add that there are numerous cases of surfers being paralyzed by C-spine injuries from wipeouts, It is much like breaking one is neck while diving into shallow water. On a brighter note, however, surfing is on the whole a relatively safe sport, and statistically far fewer surfers die or suffer incapacitating injuries than do snow skiers.

l know a guy that got paralized just north of S-turns about 4 years ago. he landed on his head on the inside--he almost drown.

kim--did you hear about that? he was from VB--out of respect, l wont say his name--he was a decent surfer.

yeah heaps mate..ie pipeline and teuopu in tahiti and ours in australia its just wat l kno ay l live in australia/sydney and there r sum prity heavy waves around here ay ie shark island and ours google them u will c ay and there my local breaks.go crounulla and take it easy out there ay plz:)

yeah some at pipeline and l think 1 or 2 at mavericks

Yeah alot of people do, most probably because they go out in big surf which they can not handle and drown -some people need to respect the waves.

what kinda stupid kook question is that

mark foo and a bunch of guys at mavericks

tons of guys at pipe

even on kauai my uncle picked up a guy while paddling in.

kook

yer loads of people have died forom whipe outs trying to ride huge waves some of 30 feet and more