Forum whore
Sometimes there are four....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8406...-from-drowning
Strange wee story but its one dangerous beach and good on all those folks that made a certain drowning a happy outcome...
Oddly - in a few years he will probably be throwing bottles at them....
KB's Chief Cats
fucken dumbass.
FFS teach your kids not to fight the ocean, swim across rips, not against them. wouldn't have been a story if he'd swum out behind the breakers...
Forum whore
Jesus - have you ever even been to that beach? The rip? Its the undertow thats the killer due to the changes from the napier earthquake hence the human chain required to pull him out of the surf. Its not a normal surf beachOriginally Posted by Akzle
Fully qualified Sifter.
Yeah it's hell nasty.
Suffers from peterpan syndrome
Just read that!
Damn fine effort from all involved
A strong undertow combined with a rip is bloody dangerous!...throw in some large surf as well!...kids lucky to still be with us...as is the German tourist and the two popo that jumped in to save him
(In those conditions...even a seasoned swimmer wouldn't last long!)
I think Its bloody great to see the popo & community working together to save a life, and to help each other in the process...would be a much better country if this was the norm!
...So glad those parents got there kid back
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
Forum whore
Just read that!
Damn fine effort from all involved
A strong undertow combined with a rip is bloody dangerous!...throw in some large surf as well!
I think Its bloody great to see the popo & community working together to save a life, and to help each other in the process...would be a much better country if this was the norm!
...So glad those parents got there kid back
Good one Wtk. Hopefully that boy learned a few social lessons apart from safe swimming practices.
KB's Chief Cats
no, i haven't.
but if it's so farken dangerous why are kids playing there out of reach of their parents?
Hardcore Biker
Why not 'community working together ' ? You make your post sound like 'cops' are bloody Gods, they are far from that !Just read that!
Damn fine effort from all involved
A strong undertow combined with a rip is bloody dangerous!...throw in some large surf as well!
I think Its bloody great to see the popo & community working together to save a life, and to help each other in the process...would be a much better country if this was the norm!
...So glad those parents got there kid back
Forum whore
Maybe they read one of your posts and it really fucked them up for a short time.
Forum whore
It certainly read the cops motto of being "Safer communities together" to me and not that cops were "Gods".
Forum whore
He was 12 its an awkward age and yes - there are signs warning you NOT to go near the ocean when its rough. It IS that farking dangerous...
Yes - he was careless but this thread isnt about that...
Suffers from peterpan syndrome
...GODS???
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
Hardcore Biker
Yes we are, Buddha is my name and image.
Mad nagging bitch!
That beach has claimed many lives in the 20 odd years that we have lived in Napier. It is particularly dangerous in an Easterly weather pattern, which we have had a lot of lately. You can be 3 or 4 metres from the water's edge one minute and dragged out fighting for your life the next.
Great work from those involved, they surely averted a tragedy.
Diarrhoea is hereditary - it runs in your jeans
If my nose was running money, I'd blow it all on you...
Forum whore
yup the outgoing waves suck you into a big troff/troth hole then the big incoming wave smashes on top of you, rinse and repeat.
Good on them all.
I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........
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