Tom Lowe is rumoured to have suffered a second dislocation of his left shoulder at Teahupoo.
The St Ives-bred ripper, big wave charger and all round decent bloke is said to have been surfing Chopes at size when a stand-up paddle board being ridden by Laird Hamilton somehow hit him in the shoulder. Cue intense pain as the shoulder was torn from its socket. Hamilton reportedly did his best to help Lowe put the shoulder back in while in the water. Now, though, Lowe is on a plane back to the UK, where it looks as if an operation awaits him.
At this stage, this news is hearsay, and there's no suggestion that Hamilton, Lowe or anyone else was culpable. But if it's true that the shoulder has again been dislocated, here's hoping that Lowey makes a swift recovery.
Image of Tom Lowe with kind permission of Mickey Smith.
what's this? old-fashioned first on the scene journalism? from this blog??
has the patient recovered then?
hope so! good stuff - look forward to more on whetehr tom lowe is ok
Posted by: phil D | June 09, 2009 at 02:41 PM
thats bad, i wanted good news
Posted by: Traceys Tent | June 09, 2009 at 04:35 PM
good news is we have more reason to dislike sup's.......... ps comment posted after bottle of 89c vin rouge!
Posted by: jonty | June 10, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Mulled wine in June ? Jonty !
Posted by: Traceys Tent | June 11, 2009 at 02:26 PM
experimentation in the name of on shores in france, however, today offshore and 2-3 ft overhead,classic landes still worth celebrating with 1-2 bottles vin rouge!
Posted by: jonty | June 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Salut !
Posted by: Traceys Tent | June 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM