“That Was Close!”: Popular American Surfer Gets Rescued Just in Time at One of the Most Horrifying Surfing Destinations

Hawaiian pro big wave surfer Nathan Florence is widely recognized for the spunk and fortitude he adds to his surfing prompts. He has made it to the pinnacle of the surfing world by trouncing some of the giant wave barrels, like Pipeline and Mavericks. Nonetheless, as social media content creator, the 28-year-old often documents his surfing drills and shares them with his fandom. Likewise, the 28-year-old set on the voyage to conquer yet another wave at Teahupo’o. However, things went downhill when a brutal wipeout took him by surprise. 

Growing up in the proximity of the ocean has its own perks, and Nathan Florence has certainly used the contiguity to his favor. However, during his spree at the little Tahitian Island, the surfer almost fell prey to the ferocious wipeout of one of the deadliest waves in the world, Teahupo’o. But did he reach the shore safely?

What happened following the wipeout?

In his latest Instagram post, the 28-year-old shared the vlog of his paddling session at Teahupo’o. In the video, Tahitian bodyboarder, Tahurai Henry can be seen towing Florence toward the wave barrel with his jet ski. As they approached the wave, Florence separated his surfboard from the jet ski and paddled toward the crest. However, before reaching the pinnacle, the wave torrent drowned him.

Before the next wave comes in, Henry came to his rescue and accelerated his jet ski toward the shore. In the caption, Florence expressed his gratitude toward Henry and penned, “I bring you what its like gettin rescued just in time by the master @tahuraihenry at teahupoo thank you bro! That was close!!”. Clearly, Henry’s eleventh-hour rescue really helped the 28-year-old to pull himself out from the deadly clutches.

However, this isn’t the only time when Florence became the victim of such an accident. Earlier this year, the Hawaiian got brutally lacerated while paddling toward one of the most merciless wave pinnacles.

A terrifying surfing mishap at Oahu’s North shore

In January 2023, the YouTube content creator faced a vicious wipeout at Jaws, which is the hub for surfers and paddlers diving into the world’s notorious wave. It turned out Florence got lesions on his back while chasing the XXL Jaws. Sharing the whole surfing mishap with his fans through his social media fandom, the 28-year-old wrote, “Enjoy my friends! I’m healing up don’t worry about me! Thanks for coming along the journey!”.

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Despite suffering from a rapacious accident, he made a promise of coming back to surf the big wave barrel. “Jaws I will be back for my wave”, added Florence. After six weeks of recovery from his back injury, the surfer is once again back to chasing some more giant barrels. Though he got extricated from Teahupo’o, he is waiting for his next big wave adventure to arrive. 

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