In some unfortunate news, my friend, Nate Fletcher, broke his femur at Pipe yesterday morning.-- The weird part is he did it doing a cutback.-- The waves were 4 to 6 ft. and Uncle Eddie decided not to run the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout, so everyone was out free surfing.-- Apparently, Nate got a fun one, pulled in, got spit out, and threw down a ridiculously high speed cutback, and when he banked of the whitewater. Snap!-- It was the crack heard around the world. --See, quads go fast!

Dave Wassel said he heard the bone break from the beach, and Ryan Hackman said he heard it from the Quiksilver house.-- Fuck, that's gnarly.-- Dave and Myles Padaca pulled Nate out of the water and onto the beach where the lifeguards were waiting.-- He was taken to Wahiawa Hospital, and had surgery today at Queens Memorial Hospital in Honolulu. --Turns out, he has two fractures of the femur, and metal rods were inserted into his leg during surgery. --

Nate has always been the future of surfing.-- The guy was riding quads years before the fad, and I've always looked to him to see what's next.-- Let's hope what's next is some more ripping from Nate.-- Make a speedy recovery buddy!-- The photo above I took, the photo below is from Surfline taken by Sean Davey.