RIP - Shad Gaspard

[denarii]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8336041/US-coastguard-calls-search-ex-WWE-star-pulled-sea-riptide.html?ito=push-notification&ci=15745&si=6917730

Given the freezing water, whats the chance that when his head went under he had a heart attack or similar?

[LanceD]

cold water, rip tide, inexperience=death. he drowned, panic, exhaustion, cold water

[denarii]

I think CSWOL could have floated out as far as the Catalinas.

[Thin Lizzy]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8336041/US-coastguard-calls-search-ex-WWE-star-pulled-sea-riptide.html?ito=push-notification&ci=15745&si=6917730

Given the freezing water, whats the chance that when his head went under he had a heart attack or similar?

Probably couldn’t swim and drowned.

A Riptide is essentially the water version of a windtunnel. You don’t want to go directly into it but around it. That means you should swim parallel to the beach before going towards it. Unfortunately the instinctive move is to go directly into it.

[Irongrip400]

Never seen or been in a rip tide/current that I know of. I always hear about them, but never been in a situation where I felt out of control in the water. I’m interested in what it would be like.

[Thin Lizzy]

Never seen or been in a rip tide/current that I know of. I always hear about them, but never been in a situation where I felt out of control in the water. I’m interested in what it would be like.

You usually hear about kids getting swept up in them, not adults especially a big guy like that. That’s why I suspect he couldn’t swim.

[stuntmovie]

PELLIUS might be able to confirm this but on the island of Oahu there is a beach adjacent to  Big Sandy where a rip tide could carry you out a couple of hundred yards and eventually dump you on a deserted beach about a half mile further away ... unless you fight it.

A couple of famous bodybuilders did not realize that and almost drowned in their successful attempt to get back to the beach alive.

I ain't no Kahuna but Some old time locals claim that the ocean around the Hawaiian islands does not want how-o-lies (spelling) ... so it spits them back on shore.

Or something like that.

[Rambone]

Was Franco Columbu his college swimming coach?

[LurkerNoMore]

Black folks can't swim anyhow.

[Hypertrophy]

Probably couldn’t swim and drowned.

A Riptide is essentially the water version of a windtunnel. You don’t want to go directly into it but around it. That means you should swim parallel to the beach before going towards it. Unfortunately the instinctive move is to go directly into it.

Exactly! I got caught in one while swimming off Virginia Beach one summer. I wasn't that far out - maybe 50 feet or so off shore. All of a sudden it caught me and it was like being in a wind tunnel as you said. I had learned about swimming with it so I did. Literally ended up nearly a quarter mile down the shore before it quit.

[johnnynoname]

NEWS UPDATE: they found the body

[johnnynoname]

Oh wait---nevermind----it was just a piece of whale shit

[robcguns]

Oh wait---nevermind----it was just a piece of whale shit

Hahahaha

[Irongrip400]

Exactly! I got caught in one while swimming off Virginia Beach one summer. I wasn't that far out - maybe 50 feet or so off shore. All of a sudden it caught me and it was like being in a wind tunnel as you said. I had learned about swimming with it so I did. Literally ended up nearly a quarter mile down the shore before it quit.

Fuck swimming that far off the beach in a place with murky water.

Oh wait---nevermind----it was just a piece of whale shit

Lol, Salvatore coming back with a vengeance!

[johnnynoname]

Salvatore

KAYFABE, BROTHER!!!!

[The Scott]

KAYFABE, BROTHER!!!!

Is that his real name or was it Shad?  Who names a kid after a fish?  For that matter who names a kid "Kayfabe"?  That reads like a sneeze name. That's a name where someone asks what the new born child will be named and the mother sneezes when she replies and that sound becomes the infant's name.

[Coach is Back!]

You guys that are making jokes...check yourselves. If you’re caught in a rip tide with a heavy current sometimes it doesn’t matter if you’re  Michael Phelps or you can’t swim at all

[The Keto Kid]

What exactly happened? He went for a swim and never returned?
Probably wouldn't of even been out there if gyms were open.

[Coach is Back!]

What exactly happened? He went for a swim and never returned?
Probably wouldn't of even been out there if gyms were open.

He was a regular at Golds

[The Keto Kid]

He was a regular at Golds

I saw that somewhere on IG, do you think he'd be out there swimming if the gym was open? Was he known to swim out there regularly?

[Coach is Back!]

I saw that somewhere on IG, do you think he'd be out there swimming if the gym was open? Was he known to swim out there regularly?

I’ve met him a few times just in passing but it seems he was there with his son, I’m just guessing he wanted to just take his son to the beach. But you touched on something with gyms being closed. A little off topic but It really affects people when they have no “out” Alcoholics and drug addicts that haven’t drank or done drugs in years are going back to old habits and domestic and sexual violence are up. His son almost drown that days as well, if schools weren’t closed he’d be school and Shad might not have been at the beach that day. 

[tommywishbone]

Did not know the gentlemen personally.  Today I spoke with two guys who train at Golds Venice and are real friends with Shad... They both said he was always friendly, respectful and a sincerely nice guy who was thrilled to have had some success in Pro Wrestling and was humble at all times.

Regarding rip tides and undercurrents... I grew up spending all Summer's on Cape Hatteras on North Carolina's Atlantic Ocean. A strong rip tide is a frightening force and absolutely too strong to beat. We learned as kids, relax, tread water and ride the tide out. It will stop. Most rip tides run parallel to the shore and not out to sea. I very clearly remember sitting in the line up on a surfboard and half the line up- about 6-8 surfers all got picked up in a rip tide. We were moving up the beach as fast as a person could run. The rip tide took all of us 1/4 mile up the beach. Just crazy. The experienced guys just said, "relax hang on to your board, it will spit us out..." 30 seconds later the current just stopped and we all started laughing. Scared the crap out of me.

RIP Pro Wrestler

[pellius]

PELLIUS might be able to confirm this but on the island of Oahu there is a beach adjacent to  Big Sandy where a rip tide could carry you out a couple of hundred yards and eventually dump you on a deserted beach about a half mile further away ... unless you fight it.

A couple of famous bodybuilders did not realize that and almost drowned in their successful attempt to get back to the beach alive.

I ain't no Kahuna but Some old time locals claim that the ocean around the Hawaiian islands does not want how-o-lies (spelling) ... so it spits them back on shore.

Or something like that.

LOL! You mean, Haoles.

[Ron]

From Raven - you will be missed

Thanks Raven for the pics -

[Mothballs]

The key to getting back to shore is to swim with the current nearly parallel to the shore. Angled slightly towards shore. Trying to swim in a straight line back to shore will only exhaust you and lead to your frustration, exhaustion, panic and do demise.