Sally Fitzgibbons
Sally Fitzgibbons
I’ve had a few close calls over the years. I’d say a couple of heavy moments would be over in Fiji, one just recently at the event and the other on my very first trip there.
The moment on my first trip to Cloudbreak was when I was surfing a solid swell out with my brother. I thought I had my bearings all set by the second day but no the wave had another thing in mind for me.
My brother took the first wave of the set and I went for the second wave and got swallowed up inside the barrel and absolutely blown to pieces. I landed really heavily on my side on the reef and washed along the razor sharp inside section.
I came up and luckily my brother had been washed down the reef too. He saw the blood pouring out of my arm and side and towed me out of the impact zone.
He was really worried for me but tried to cheer me up by saying, “I’m an electrician I’ve got this, I’ll strap you up with my electrical tape… Just don’t tell Dad!!”
I went to get patched up back at the island and was told I had a broken arm but luckily didn’t need stitches for my cuts. I was stoked to have my brother there to pull me to safety.