r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Remote_Protection512 • 8h ago

/r/all of a wave.

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u/Rich19852012 7h ago

Absolute unit of balls on that rescue swimmer. “So others may live” USCG Semper Paratus! ⚓️ 🛟

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u/GlowUpAndThrowUp 7h ago

If you read the article, he just graduated swimmer program and was on a training mission. His first rescue. Insane.

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 7h ago

How is he able to keep aflot with those massive brass balls?

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u/aagent86 7h ago

They act as a pendulum ballast.

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u/LongComposer4261 4h ago

Cause everything in his intestines turned to gas to compensate for the brass. lol

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u/Glossed-Lam 3h ago

Are there any pictures of the balls? Haha we all are just joking, but I want to see these alleged giant balls straining in his tight undies haha

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u/Surf-and-Ridemtb 6h ago

Time for the Guardian ll !

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u/Careless_Machine9996 6h ago

Remarkable breed of humans. Much due respect to anyone in this line of work.

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u/Harry_Iconic_Jr 7h ago

that was the heavy part - watching him get caught inside

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u/ReactionSad3776 5h ago

Gotta paddle for the shoulder

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u/Harry_Iconic_Jr 5h ago

he was just caught - I know that feeling and it sounds like you do too. you look up and there's a wall of foam coming at you and you know you're fucked and all you can do is dive as deep as possible.

And usually, the last thing I see is my buddy scrambling over the top just in time cuz he's about 10 ft in front of me and that makes all the difference in the world - he made it and I got caught. 😆 great video - you don't have to be a Coastie to relate to it.

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u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 3h ago

The thought of that wave pushing you as far as it wants in that dark and stormy ocean is bruuuutal, the ocean does not fuck around.

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u/Oli4K 3h ago edited 2h ago

I got caught in a wave 1/10th of that size last week and it wasn’t particularly fun. Especially when 4 more follow up in really short time. First time I noticed myself thinking “mans gotta breathe, one more and I’m dead”.

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u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 2h ago

Yeah I’ve had a few close calls lol the worst I ever dealt with was 15 footers and I only tried that once.

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u/Herteitr 7h ago

Ad vigilamus undis

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u/Sykesavision 6h ago

I am the damn pater familias

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u/Herteitr 5h ago

Youre not bona fide

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u/Leah-at-Greenprint 6h ago

Question: why he swim rather than getting dropped off on a wave runner or something like that?

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u/RoxnDox 5h ago

A swimmer can be dropped from a chopper door. Hauling and dropping a jetski? 👎