Sad news from Mavericks. Hawaiian big wave surfer Sion Milosky, 35, reportedly drowned at approximately 6 PM Wednesday, March 16, 2011, while surfing the Northern California big wave spot, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle.
“He went down the face of the wave. He made a bottom turn and he totally made the wave, but the water caught up to him and it just kind of engulfed him and raced him down,” said the surfer, who did not wish to be identified because he had taken the day off from work but did tell his employers that he would be surfing. . . “The last image I have of him was of him standing on his board as the whitewater was kind of engulfing him,” he said.
Mikosky’s body was reportedly found by Nathan Fletcher near the Pillar Point Harbor mouth.
Milosky was pronounced dead at Seton Coastside Hospital in Moss Beach. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
Milosky, described by Transworld Surf as “one of (if not the hardest) charging surfers in the world)” was featured on a recent cover of Transworld Surf Magazine’s Tales From The North Shore issue. Our thoughts are with Milosky’s friends and particularly with his wife and daughters.
Click here for a little more background on Milosky and his getting into one of the biggest waves ever paddled into (Abstractlines.TV via The Surfer’s Journal).
[Link: San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Transworld Surf]
Sion Milosky Biggest Wave Ever Paddled into from abstractlines.tv on Vimeo.
very sad, he was an inspiration, RIP
http://vimeo.com/8975988
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