# Near Death?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/near-death/56237>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [July 1, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/near-death/56237 "2004-07-01T20:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ordinathorreur](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ordinathorreur/32/536_2.png) [@Ordinathorreur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ordinathorreur)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/near-death/56237/1 "2004-07-01T20:57:15Z")

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Have any of you had an experience when you seriously thought you were going to die?

I was surfing in Bali a while back and was waiting for the big one, just behind the smaller sets. All of a sudden there comes my chance… I paddle as hard as I can and start to catch the wave.  
Right at the critical moment my nose goes under and I am launched over the wave with the break. I was held under water for two more waves and pretty much gave up. I grabbed my leash, pulled it and got ahold of my board then just relaxed to conserve what little air I still had. Thank god I came up again.  
The experience really changed my life. Helped me do what I wanted to do, and not what anybody else wanted me to do.

If you have had a similair experience, share it and tell us how it changed you…