The Hawaiian Professional Surfer Michael Jones has died at the age of 44 after suffering an accident during training in las islas Mentawai en Indonesia.
He Uruguayan surfer Santiago Pereirapresent in the area, has recounted what happened as reported by the Duke website: “Jones put his Gopro in his mouth and began paddling with great energy to surf the second wave of a giant series. It was very big, three times its size… Coming out of the foam several seconds later, he noticed that he had cut himself in the groin, so he decided to let go of the leash. More waves came. She was able to pass them below, but without strength. We went looking for it. His nephew gave him the board, and when he got on top of it, he fainted. He was losing a lot of blood. We got him on the boat, we made a tourniquet for him with a leash and we squeezed him with a stick, while we grabbed his hands telling him not to fall asleep and for him to stay with us,” explains Pereira.
“He was breathing. We called for help. We arrived 20 minutes later at the coast of Tuapejat where the ambulance was waiting for us. We got him off the boat. He was unconscious. We took him to the ambulance stretcher, closed the doors and he went to the hospital but it was too late. Mikala was already gone, more than 20 minutes before I put him on the boat. Mikala had already lost a lot of blood,” the story ends.
His daughter, Isabella JonesThrough Instagram, she wanted to thank her father for having “taught her so many life lessons and always being there for her.”
“I wish you were here with us right now. I will always think of you. I love you so much and thank you for everything. Fly high, you’re a fucking legend“, it is finished.