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Owen Wright gets barrelled again at Pipe - video

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch
Saturday, 03 September 2016

OK, so the headline has a little bit of license. The Big O did indeed get barrelled at Pipe this week, however it was Aussie Pipe, a wave near his old south coast home, not the Hawaiian version where he receieved a head knock last December. That injury proved more serious than first thought, Wright pulled out of the Pipe Masters for safety sake, then he pulled out of the first half of this year's tour, then the second half. The bleak question at the back of everyone's mind was 'would he return to the tour at all?'

That thought has been somewhat allayed by the video footage and accompanying text:

"Turned the biggest corner this wk with the head injury. It's good to be feeling a lot more like myself again. Can't believe how things change!"

 

A video posted by Owen Wright (@owright) on

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lostdoggy Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 9:24am

Wow. Lookin good!

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tc Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 10:58am

exactly my thoughts

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zenagain Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 9:32am

Awesome.

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crg Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 9:42am

How good is it to see that footage

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Blowin Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 10:08am

Good news.

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tonybarber Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 11:13am

Looking forward to reading about more chapters on this story. Go you big O.

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udo Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 11:33am

Congrats to Owen....been going hard ...Mrs O has one in the oven.

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brucebruce Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 12:12pm

So good to see!

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benski Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 1:29pm

That's unreal!

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canetoad Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 6:03pm

Wow ! Best news for a while and a little O on the way.
So good. Yeeeeewwwww !!!!!

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Rickto Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 at 7:01pm

Muppet, go & harass people back at Lennox and leave these waves to the real people that don't want your media coverage.

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saltman Sunday, 4 Sep 2016 at 5:32pm

Short history lesson for rickety
The Wright family grew up surfing around culburra
Aussie pipe hasn't been semi secret for over 35 years

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OHV500 Monday, 5 Sep 2016 at 9:18am

rickto - your comment just shows who is the real muppet

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tonybarber Sunday, 4 Sep 2016 at 1:35pm

Rickto, I don't think any media took that video of OW. I think he knows a few 'real' people from around that neck of the woods. You would not call that classic 'Pipeline'.

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Island Bay Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 at 8:16am

This makes me so happy.

Edit: Also, how sharp does his timing look? Very impressive surfing from someone who was practically a vegetable earlier this year.

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Craig Monday, 5 Sep 2016 at 9:39am

Yeah this is so good to see!!

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Person Monday, 5 Sep 2016 at 6:09pm

Owen powerhouse Wright back in action what a legendary comeback.

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Layton Friday, 23 Dec 2016 at 9:10pm

So good to see this footage. Haven't seen OW surf since it all went down. Hope you take on the wild card for 2017 the tour needs ya Owen.

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Blowin Friday, 23 Dec 2016 at 10:22pm

How can such a short, nondescript vid be so all time ?

OW at 15 percent is more than most of us can ever dream of.

Get well legend.