I heard he actually acted his way back to the surface.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/12/20/gerard-butler-rescued-while-filming-surf-movie-at-mavericks/ > > So apparently Butler has been filming a movie about a Mavs surfer in the > Santa Cruz area, and he was in the water at Mavericks a few days ago when a > 20' set came through and nearly ended his acting career. He was with a > group of Mavs surfers when the set rolled in and caught them on the inside. > He took a two-wave hold down, snapped his leash on the second wave, but > managed to get back to the surface to a rescue ski. > > Not sure why or how the movie folks allowed a guy who isn't an experienced > surfer to jump in the water at Mavs on a legit big wave swell, but I'm glad > he made it through OK. > > His near miss reminds me of a story, the Cataract at Lushan: > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=h2dRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1ONIlJ2xCAc1VXPARt5aWecLP6Zg&ci=171%2C1051%2C717%2C69&edge=0 > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=h2dRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1miemtq_icItAix9zuBM59RAR_Mg&ci=140%2C207%2C699%2C1235&edge=0 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344945 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
