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| Man bodysurfed waves of terror |
| 2004-12-31 |
| HUNDREDS of stories of survival continue to filter back to Australia, with one Sydney man telling how he survived the Thailand tsunami waves by bodysurfing. Paul Redfern, 39, of Sydney, now lives in Phuket and was on Bang Tao beach when the waves came. Instead of running in terror, Mr Redfern bodysurfed the waves to safety. "I saw the huge waves and I thought, 'just go with it, it's a wave, don't grab anything, just ride it'," Mr Redfern said. "I think that's what saved me in the end, because I saw people who had tried to grab on to things all torn up." Mr Redfern said he bodysurfed next to a floating roof, which had been torn off a gazebo in a nearby park, and stayed with the wave until he could get to his feet on the road. "I am incredibly lucky," he said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 My wife's BS meter pegged off-scale when I read her this... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-12-31 9:19:42 PM |
| #7 TW - say it ain't so! ....got any more pics? LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-31 9:01:05 PM |
| #6 CA - If you were responding to me, I have no idea what you're asking or saying, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-31 8:53:53 PM |
| #5 Shhh!!! It was working so well! LOL! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-31 8:53:04 PM |
| #4 Wow -- an urban legend come to life! (BTW .com, the Japanese skirt thingie ain't true -- you well know photos can be shopped.) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-31 8:49:32 PM |
| #3 COM -- comments from the peanut gallery? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-12-31 7:23:40 PM |
| #2 I really really want to say something snarky here, having attended some surfing competitions waay back when, but wrong time, wrong place. The guy's very smart and, indeed, spectacularly lucky. Good on ya, mate! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-31 7:20:35 PM |
| #1 Got to admit, surfing around corpses is a rush in and of itself. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-12-31 7:12:09 PM |