Luke Kennedy (Editor of Tracks Magazine) stabbed in the neck with his board.

[surf4food]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lqjAy6y647A

[supthecreek]

yikers.... that is a tough watch.

He is keeping himself calm and doing everything right to survive that horror show.... very controlled in a nasty and scary situation.

God bless him and the guys that kept him stable until rescue arrived. Lifeguarding on the North Shore is no day at the beach.

I hope it all turns into a happy ending story for the magazine.

[SUPcheat]

Looks like he gave himself a lateral tracheotomy.  Should be fine as long as larynx isn't generally crushed, but he needs to be examined to make sure the major vessels in the area weren't damaged/bruised/ weakened and to assure the patency of his airway otherwise.

[SeaMe]

yikers.... that is a tough watch.

He is keeping himself calm and doing everything right to survive that horror show.... very controlled in a nasty and scary situation.

God bless him and the guys that kept him stable until rescue arrived. Lifeguarding on the North Shore is no day at the beach.

I hope it all turns into a happy ending story for the magazine.

Happened five years ago according to the website:
http://www.tracksmag.com/when-it-all-goes-wrong-on-the-north-shore/

He's whole and surfing again, back at the scene of the crime no less.   

[WingSuit]

Looks like he gave himself a lateral tracheotomy.  Should be fine as long as larynx isn't generally crushed, but he needs to be examined to make sure the major vessels in the area weren't damaged/bruised/ weakened and to assure the patency of his airway otherwise.

hope the ER docs are reading this thread ...

[Weasels wake]

From the YouTube link~

Graphic footage of the day the Editor, Luke Kennedy, nearly died at Sunset in 2010.

It’s been five years since I nearly died at Sunset, courtesy of being stabbed in the throat by my board. Although the footage of the incident has been available for some time I didn’t feel comfortable sharing it until now. Just a warning, it’s pretty squeamish if you can’t handle the gory details. The full details of what transpired are at tracksmag.com in an abridged version of the story that appeared in the Sun Herald newspaper.

The incident was filmed by Adam Klevin, who I encouraged to keep shooting while I was being treated on the beach by surgeon, Chris Maguire. Adam’s encouragement and words of support were much appreciated.

I’d also like to thank all the other people who helped me that day, in particular, Dr Chris Maguire, Kalen Tanaka, the Hawaiian lifeguard team, Ross Clarke-Jones, Chip Heartman, Colin Bernasconi, Freddie Patacchia, Georgia Westaway, Richard Alexander and the entire medical team at Queen’s hospital.