A daring New Year's Eve rescue saved a woman who was struggling to make it back to shore amidst a powerful swell that pounded Oahu’s North Shore on Thursday, Dec. 31.
@@72marshflower15 lol imagine trying to compare. Australian lifesavers are the best in the world son. We train you to become like us, think about that.
@@avatarofpapermagic I’ve never been trained by Aussies and I pull half a dozen people out of the water every year... Aroha from Fissure 8, Leilani Estates, Havvai’i..
That is the one thing that every experienced surfer will do. We may have many bad faults, me more than other surfers but we will help anyone in trouble in the water.
His knowledge & ability to read the waves in order to get to the right place so impressive! He is a hero. Yes instinct kicked in. His instiinct is to run toward danger to save others. True definition of a hero!
Can't have hair in your eyes in a barrel. Always have something that floats with a long line attached handy for rescue or the victim will drag you down too.
@RA H, condolences about your father! However the conditions then may have been very different to what we see in this video. It may have not been possible to safe your father at all, so those 3 people didn't have a choice but watch helplessly. There's no risk while helping this woman. "Helping" is the right word, not "saving".
@@emmcey no, thankfully later on he DID listen to her, cause she was on the beach watching the surf & directing him what to do while he was in there & unable to see it, for example she was the one that told him a "doubler" was coming, so that he could get into position to take the force of it & protect the lady from it as he used it to push them into shore. Without her the rescue would have been far more difficult, if not impossible
Daily occurrence in Hawaii, when the waves are up, and the tourists are out. It's cool to see one play out on video. Glad everything worked out. Good on ya, Mikey. Top bloke
Yes it is. What most visitors don't realize is we get a lot of long period swells especially in the winter that have long lulls or significant amount of time between series of waves when the ocean goes relatively calm. People get close to water thinking it's safe and more large waves come. There should be a safety video on the plane to alert people to the potential danger of the ocean here
@@laughteraddict1003not a bad idea. Especially because sometimes there are instances where the person being sucked out, or pounded is either too traumatized to understand that they need to calm down, or in a lot of cases, they don't even understand English. Often times in these situations, it becomes necessary to physically subdue the victim, to prevent us both from drowning. It can get extremely dangerous. I like the video idea. it ought to be something they have to watch on the plane.
@@laughteraddict1003 there are surf safety videos on planes to Australia, doesn't make a difference though! The tourists still do exactly the same thing, can't grasp how dangerous it is. Even when the flags are there & beach being patrolled, they still swim outside them, heading straight for the rips, cause that's where it looks calm & they feel safest smh!
The strength of the waves and currents was immediately obvious the second i landed in Hawaii. Treated them with respect and enjoyed my stay. You only had to go a few feet into even the breakwater running back done a steep beach to feel the power and realise its no joke.
Keiki Beach is a gnarly shorebreak even on a ‘calm’ day it it is after all the first stop on the North Shore Breaks Glad this guy was there Much Aloha to you 🌺👏🏼🤙🏼👏🏼🤙🏼
My 2 boys and I used to take turns pulling tourists out, right behind our homes, during the winter holidays. LOL. It was routine for us. Lucky you have a surfer around!
@Nelson Lugo, Well done! But nobody filmed your rescues and you aren't famous, so noone cares. You did what your human nature prompted you to do without reward or recognition. While with this video of Mikey "saving" someone from a waist deep water, all low IQ people are in awe,calling for a bravery award.
I'm 56 and bodysurfing is my favorite thing to do on this planet. I've been in a few super-sketchy situations where death was on my mind. This was a sketchy situation for sure. If I was there and even thinking about getting in the water or even close to the water, I would stand back and check the surf for about 10 minutes, perhaps. Looking at this surf, I might have gotten my feet wet and that's about it, while keeping my eye on every wave coming in. You can easily tell that if you get knocked over, there's a good chance you'll get sucked out...and that would not be a good thing. SUPER-kudos to that mate that saved the day!
Fantastic your hero with a good attitude so nice to see people like him makes up the difference great awesome to see people like you Guys and gals great teamwork make me wish I could be on your team
@@lillyess385 People drown in 2inches of water. In a puddle at the city centre. Sick, elderly, infirm, children or just a freak accident. You are missing the point. Nobody in their right mind can claim that Mike did anything remotely heroic. End of.
@@July-A7 Her son didn't seem to think so ? I guess you couldn't be bothered to watch the three people who tried to go in (before the surfer), and basically decided" discretion is the better part of valour" and sensibly took a step backwards when they realised the currents were too strong for their capacities.
Surfers save people all the time. People have no idea how often it happens, especially in the water. You'll see or hear someone caught in the current and desperate for help. If you can just get them to calm down and not fight the current, you can work your way to an area where the waves will push you towards the beach. Tourists especially don't understand how the currents work especially around Jetties, Piers, Points, or even river/creek mouths. These are the most dangerous areas for people to swim because of the rip (outward currents that form next to them).
