the board severed his femoral artery. He was 44 years old – Corriere.it

The disappearance of Mikala Jones rocks the surfing world. The Hawaiian, surfer professional, died at 44the. An accident was fatal for him during a session in Indonesiaoff the Mentawai Islands, where he lived to devote himself to documentaries after choosing to say goodbye to competitions. bled to death from a cut in the groin area, to the femoral arteryprobably caused by the surfboard fin.

Mikala Jones was immediately rescued, but there was nothing to be done. The tragedy took place – reports his team – on Sunday when the Hawaiian surfer decided to riding yet another wave to make a videobut at that moment something went wrong: the 44-year-old flew towards a gigantic wave, armed with GoPro as he used to do because for years he had been in the habit of filming himself with portable cams and then reproducing the extraordinary videos and still images on his social accounts. However, according to the testimonies of friends, colleagues and nephew, the surfer He was seen to suddenly go under water and then reemerge already losing a lot of blood.

Those present tried to plug the wound and they dragged him onto a boat to take him to shore: after about twenty minutes the American boarded on the ambulancein Tuapejat, but it was already unconscious. Then the news of the death of one of the legends of surfing.

When he emerged from the foam several seconds later, he realized he had cut his crotch, like this he let go of the camera and all and tried to row with his hands flat on the board, said his Uruguayan colleague Santiago Pereira. And again: We immediately went looking for him together with his nephew who gave him his table and, when he hoisted himself, passed out. She was losing a lot of blood. We put it in the boat, we applied a tourniquetmeanwhile we held his hands telling him not to fall asleep and to stay with us.

Jones had found a second home in Indonesia and had become a reference for surfers from all over the world. Many wanted to share a memory of Mikala, even from Italy. Touching the message posted by Roberto D’Amico, a great friend of Jones. Life is precious, unpredictable, every day must be lived as if it were the last. I love you Mikala, thank you for enriching my life and that of all the people who met you. So instead daughter, Isabella Lokelani Jones: I’m glad she was doing what she loved best. Life will never be the same without you. I miss you so much, I would do anything to have one more moment with you, even fight, then laugh out loud. Thank you for teaching me so many lessons of life and for always being there for me. Jones is not the first victim of the surfing world this year: in January it was the turn of the Brazilian Marcio Freire, overwhelmed by one of the giant waves of Nazar, in Portugal.