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Health fears lead Aussie star to quit surfing - CtrlF.XYZ

Health fears lead Aussie star to quit surfing

2 years ago 75

Australian surfer Owen Wright volition discontinue from the World Surf League aft adjacent month's Rip Curl Pro astatine Bells Beach, citing fears of suffering different concussion.

The Aussie surfer represents the eventual comeback communicative after helium suffered a traumatic encephalon wounded erstwhile surfing successful Hawaii successful precocious 2015.

Having learnt to walk, speech and surf again, Wright capped disconnected a occurrence return with a triumph astatine the 2017 Quicksilver Pro connected the Gold Coast, the 2019 Billabong Pro Teahupoo successful Tahiti and a bronze medal successful shortboard astatine the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Wright, 33, who has been fixed a wildcard to vie astatine Bells, decided to telephone it quits aft adjacent month's marquee lawsuit successful Victoria, and said the athletics poses excessively overmuch of a hazard to his semipermanent health.

"Given my caller past with caput injuries and concussions, competing astatine immoderate of the heaviest waves connected the satellite is nary longer successful the champion involvement of my semipermanent health," said Wright.

"I excelled successful these conditions implicit my career, but the risks associated with this benignant of surfing are excessively important for idiosyncratic successful my position, fixed my aesculapian history.

"I volition not discontinue from surfing altogether – conscionable from surfing dense waves. I anticipation to support surfing for the remainder of my life; I emotion surfing and convey the athletics for everything I have."

World Surf League main enforcement Erik Logan lauded Wright for his achievements, and the surfer said he's arrogant of accomplishing what helium acceptable retired to bash successful his instrumentality from the accident.

"After my traumatic encephalon wounded successful 2015, my tendency to beryllium to myself and the satellite that I could inactive beryllium large and flooded this life-threatening incidental inspired my recovery," helium said.

"Now 8 years later, aft challenges and accomplishments, I tin look backmost happily, knowing I achieved that goal.

"My past lawsuit volition beryllium astatine the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, wherever I look guardant to celebrating my vocation and thanking my fans, friends, and household for each their enactment implicit the years.

"I anticipation that successful this caller section of my life, I tin assistance beryllium a dependable for encephalon wellness and an advocator for athletes crossed each sports who person suffered traumatic encephalon injuries and concussions passim their careers."

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