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It was a year ago today...
That Cole Ortega's arm was severed...
By a prop of a Pacific City dory...
By all accounts Cole is doing well...
Hucking big air in pipes at Bachelor...
The fleet seems far more aware...
Although the surfers are still largely clueless...
I don't mean that in any nasty way...
Other than it seems to be true...
Clearly the locals and able surfers...
Seem to respect the dorys, the ocean & even each other...
But a handful continue to be oblivious...
Not moving out of the way when horns blast...
Dropping in blatantly on waves already taken...
I'm glad Cole's doing good...
It's a miracle in many ways...
Hopefully the lesson won't be utterly lost with time.
2 comments:
Not that cut and dried Doc.
Still have clueless dory owners. Surfers can improve their awareness but the sense of "beach ownership" by dories that sometimes is displayed needs to end and end before another event like that occurs.
It was unfortunate that Cole happened to be on the beach for the first time in a year last week and witnessed aggressive landing by a doryman, it was quite avoidable.
Yeah...
Nothing's cut and dried...
You're there way more than I...
The few times I've seen the boats come in they've blown their horns and followed the proscribed protocol...
But that's only been a handful of times...
I'm more critical of surfers most likely...
Because I get to witness their stupidities up close & personal on a regular basis...
Like you said there's still clueless dory owners out there too...
With surfing you might get a ding on your board or noggin or elsewhere...
But it's generally mild...
With a boat collisions are much more serious obviously...
Which Cole's accident illustrates...
Like I said, hopefully the lesson won't be lost...
And someone will confront aggressive dorymen...
Preferably one of their own...
Who commands at least some measure of respect.
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