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Bjorn Dunkerbeck Interview
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Tiree Wave Classic 2004
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The Legendary Tiree Wave Classic |
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TIREE WAVE CLASSIC: THE BREAKAGES
In a week of full on action, things have to go wrong. Here are the casualties…
Hold on Lucy!
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Sailor |
What Broke |
How |
James Cox |
Board |
Big tweaked table top |
James Cox |
Sail completely totalled. |
Late hit of a breaking section on the big day at Balevulin. |
James Cox |
Mast. |
Consequence of hitting the above wave at the wrong time |
Will Ward |
Sail ripped completely in half (see picture). |
Spiralling out of control on a double forward, then getting washed by a few breaking waves to finish it off. |
Will Ward |
Severely twisted boom. |
Push loop gone slightly wrong. |
Greg Martin |
Torn sail and snapped mast. |
Setting precedence for gnarly Friday, Greg took it one step too far with the wrong section of the wave. |
John Hibbard |
Sail and mast combo. |
Pretty much copied Greg on a section not too far in front of the rocks. |
Andy King |
Snapped fin clean in half. |
A super high planing forward during the expression session on day one. |
Lucy Robson |
Board smashed. |
An unexpected encounter with the largest rock in Balevulin Bay (see accidents below). |
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Greg takes a last look at his mast
John "The Rock" Hibbard follows play
Will Ward comes out of a double unlike his sail (click image to enlarge)
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Accidents requiring the Island Doctor OR How we kept Dr. John busy
Lucy Robson on the "Rock". |
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Phil (left) takes it like a man. |
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Paul Hunt eats beach |
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Sailor |
How |
Consequence |
Ben Proffitt |
Coming back from a disappointing first round, he sailed a blinder of a heat against Greg Martin, but held on to a table top forward when he shouldn’t have. |
He managed to sail back to the beach and was picked up by beach support with a badly twisted ankle. He was unable to walk yet alone compete and that was his event over. |
Timo Mullen |
Awkwardly landing a push loop in cross offshore, strong winds at Crossapol. |
Sprained his ankle and missed the best and gnarliest day of competition. |
Lucy Robson |
Got taken out by a set wave right infront of the only rock in Balevulin Bay. Got swept under the rock with 30 second hold downs and then clambered up onto the rocks before being rescued by Chris Audsley. |
Very shaken up, bruised all over and her board was smashed. |
Dave Swift |
His back foot came out of his foot strap whilst landing a backloop and smashed into the very tip of the board so hard it crushed the tail. |
Cut the top of his foot open as well as severe bruising. |
Accidents requiring the Air Ambulance back to the mainland
"Hunty" again (we love this picture!)
Never let go: first rule of looping as Ruth Elliot demonstrates
Not any safer on the beach!!
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Jamie Hancock
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Prior to competition he went for an aerial but ended up going over the falls with one foot still in the footstraps. Ouch! |
One very twisted ankle and Jamie is flown off the Island to A&E to get it x-rayed and bandaged. Told that he should not sail for three weeks although 2 weeks later he did compete. |
Event Life Guard |
On a no wind beach day, whilst going ten mile per hour on one of the mini motorbikes, he slipped off the back and landed awkwardly on his ankle. |
He ended up lying on the beach, not being able to move, for half an hour whilst everyone thought he had broken his leg. The ambulance turned up and sent him off the island by plane for an x-ray. It wasn’t broken in the end. |
Timo Mullen |
A slight push by Adam Milnes’ brother whilst on an extremely slippery floor at the prize giving, saw Timo head over heals, landing on his head and completely knocking himself out. |
Airlifted to Glasgow hospital the next day for worries about a neck injury. Fortunately for Timo he was OK but had to wait in Glasgow for his van and kit to get off the island. However he did have Miss UK to keep him company. |
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