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For some reason, I keep coming back to the recent loss of Sion Milosky. I'm not into big waves, but I find this photo exudes a kind of tranquility for me.
I only became aware of who Sion was after he made some mag covers and outrageous mag photos just prior to his death at Mavericks. After he died, I read up on everything I could find on him (and a bit on Mark Foo as well, as mentioned in a prior post).
Some have said thats the risk you take surfing huge waves like that, and I don't deny it. But at the same time, an acquaintance of mine died from surfing small waves, hit his head on a rock, went to the hospital with a bad headache the next day, and died of a brain aneurism there in the hospital.
I don't accept the "when your time is up" thinking myself, but I do believe that life is pretty fragile, and the end could come at any time.