recognizes danger when he sees it. the cable is still swinging and he jumps in front of it taking the full force of the rebounding wire to the face. i remember being hit with it. after that, i don t remember anything until emergency people were around me asking how i was. doctors later tell him that if the wire had hit him a few inches lower, it could have killed him. the side of my face, by the corner of my eye right here, is still very sensitive. it looked like i had gone 12 rounds with a professional fighter. josh s injuries are far worse than al s. and i hit the ground, and i was like i opened my eyes, and i was knocked out. i kind of knew my femur was broke and my arm was messed up, but i didn t know my elbow was literally split wide open. like it busted right in half. two bones in my forearm were broken. my wrist fractured.
and i was like i didn t know if it was going to like cut me in half or what was going to happen. in midair, josh has no time to react. so i was just like in shock that there was a cable there looking at me. i didn t know if i was going to hit it or not. and then like i hit it. but i felt like i didn t hit the bike because of just the way i flipped over it, it was just weird. it was crazy. also there for the final performance, al bazner, aka yum yum the clown. he is from the shriner s group from mid michigan. i sensed something, caught something out of the corner of my eye. knew that it was not a good thing. in the front row, al immediately knows the jump has gone horribly wrong. i saw him when he hit the wire. that was it. for josh, the terrifying midair moment seems to take much, much longer.
and i was like i didn t know if it was going to like cut me in half or what was going to happen. in midair, josh has no time to react. so i was just like in shock that there was a cable there looking at me. i didn t know if i was going to hit it or not. and then like i hit it. but i felt like i didn t hit the bike because of just the way i flipped over it, it was just weird. it was crazy. also there for the final performance, al bazner, aka yum yum the clown. he is from the local shriners group representing mid michigan. i sensed something, caught something out of the corner of my eye. knew that it was not a good thing. in the front row, al immediately knows the jump has gone horribly wrong. i saw him when he hit the wire. that was it. for josh, the terrifies midair moment seems to take much, much longer.
but he is a veteran of the vietnam and gulf wars, and he recognizes danger when he sees it. the cable is still swinging, and he jumps in front of it, taking the full force of it to the face. i remember being hit with it. after that, i don t remember anything until emergency people were around me asking how i was. doctors later tell him that if the wire had hit him a few inches lower, it could have killed him. the side of my face, by the corner of my eye right here, is still very sensitive. it looked like i had gone 12 rounds with a professional fighter. josh s injuries are far worse than al s. and i hit the ground, and i was like i opened my eyes, and i was knocked out. i kind of knew my femur was broke and my arm was messed up, but i didn t know my elbow was literally split wide open. like it busted right in half. two bones in my forearm were fractured pretty good. my wrist fractured. my shoulder blade.
with toe surfing, now you have a partner. so there s that relationship. and that all plays on every given moment. on this day, garrett is the designated tower. his friends, al and andrew, catch the majority of the waves. while garrett never even intends to get on his board. they wanted to surf the left in front the rocks. and i didn t really want anything to do with that left. if you fall there, you re probably not coming home. so we go back out, and they re like, garrett, you go. and i m like, no, i m just driving you guys. with waves crashing all around him, it doesn t take much to convince this life-long water adventurer who has been surfing since age 11. i was like, ok, i ll take a wave. and we start going out, and he started to try and turn for the first wave. and i m like, number two, number two. so then we go over the first wave, and there is this mountain