big wave surfing deaths

Big Waves, Huge Risks · Dickie Cross | 1926-1943 · Joaquín Miró Quesada | ?-1967 · Mark Foo | 1958-1994 · Donnie Solomon | ?-1995 · Todd Chesser | 1968-1997 · Briece ...

Big wave surfing is at a point when it's safer than ever, and that's why the death numbers have been steadily going down as the years have gone by.

The statistics don't point to a very fatal situation. In their article about the deadliness of big-wave surfing, Forbes writes: “Surfing is misleading. These ...

Pipeline has killed more surfers than anywhere. Since 1989 it has taken the lives of seven surfers, and threatened the lives of countless others.

15 sep. 2014 — Those big wave surfers who died in the act – men who took their final breaths while cascading down the face of monstrous ocean waves.

These hazards have killed several big-wave surfers. Some of the most notable are Mark Foo, who died surfing Mavericks on 23 December 1994; Donnie Solomon, who ...

13 juni 2018 — In the last ten years only four big wave surfers have died; Sion Milosky at Mavericks in 2011, Kirk Passmore, at Alligators, Hawaii in 2013, ...

27 sep. 2025 — The only two deaths at Mavericks have been Mark Foo (1994) and Sion Milosky (2011). While riding the first wave of a set, Sion took a “liquid ...

Seven Surfers Who Have Died While Surfing · Mark Foo · Sion Milosky · Donnie Solomon · Ace Cool · Todd Chesser · Malik Joyeux · Kirk Passmore · Mikala Jones.

31 aug. 2023 — The surfers who lost their lives included Andy Chuda in 1989, Travis Mussleman in 2000, Moto Watanabe in 2004, Malik Joyeux and Jon Mozo in 2005 ...