James Taylor | I broke my back surfing @ejamestaylor | Uploaded May 2010 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
While surfing some very hollow big waves at a beach break near Cape Town I hit the bottom and fractured my L1 vertebra. Footage shows the wave that did it, how I made it to the beach and how my friends helped me while we waited for medical emergency helicopter to evacuate me.