Australian surfer Mikey Wright in dramatic surf rescue

Australian pro surfer Mikey Wright has been filmed saving a beachgoer who was struggling in the surf on Oahu’s north shore.

Mikey Wright, the brother of World Surfing Champion Tyler Wright, has saved a life in dramatic scenes on Hawaii.

Just over a week from Tyler’s win at the Roxy Pro, the two-time world champion was with her brother and friends at Ke Iki Beach in Hawaii on New Year’s Eve afternoon.

“Oh no, he’s getting dragged out,” a woman said on the video.

In the background, Mikey, who appeared to be holding the camera, said “he’s going to need to be saved” before racing into action.

“You can’t save him,” someone else said.

The camera dropped but when it came back up, Mikey was sprinting down the beach towards the choppy surf.

He wasn’t the only one but he was the only one able to make it out to a woman who was bobbing in the water.

While it appeared to be shallow, the water was ferocious, knocking down the surfer and the other potential rescuers.

At one point, he even had to hold the woman he was saving as a huge wave smashed into his back.

But a group of others — including Tyler — were finally able to get to Mikey and the woman and drag them away from the water.

Mikey told The Saturday Telegraphthat he pulled his phone out and filmed the bystanders trying to save the woman but quickly realised he needed to help.

Lifeguards were performing another rescue down the beach at the time.

“Then I realised it was getting pretty dangerous so I gave my wife my phone and said ‘let’s go get her’,” he said.

“She was trying to come in (over the rocks) and I said ‘we have to go down the beach’.

“We ended up grabbing a hold of her and going down with the current. I just said to her ‘don’t let go and hold on’.”

He added he only had a few scratches on his back after the incident and was glad the woman was safe.

Tyler also told The Saturday Telegraph that the pair’s surf lifesaving training kicked in with one of the pair going into the surf and the other directing from the beach.

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ROOT

ROOT from wade carroll

Curtains drawn. Lights dimmed. The slurred voices of the Costa Mesa crowd settled into a gentle roar. Mikey Wright’s new edit, “Root”, was only seconds away from premiering. Mikey was 7000 miles away. 

He was in town for the US Open, but an early loss meant a disappointed phone call and the copping of a Qantas Airlines ticket change fee. He took his frustration out via a super session at Lowers then went on his way. “I know what’s good for me right now,” he said. An evening of free alcohol and oversized bowls filled with condoms bearing his edit’s name didn’t fit into that picture. Some call it maturity. Others call it trying to qualify. 

Right now, Mikey is putting his head/mullet down and hoping to smash his way onto the CT. He’s been partying less. Training more. Working with a coach, Troy Brooks, and figuring it out. Fresh off an injury, he made a semifinal at the first Prime of the year in Ballito and is sitting in a great spot on the QS (15th). 

Here’s an edit that Wade Carroll put together after a few weeks with Mikey in West Oz. And here’s to seeing this raw, reckless breed of surfing on the World Tour. 

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Trunk Talk - Mikey Wright 2016

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The future of Championship Tour surfing; Mikey Wright, Zeke Lau and Leo Fioravanti. Current World Title runners; Jeremy Flores, Matt Banting, Wiggolly Dantas and Kanoa Igarashi.

The legends of the sport; Matt Hoy and Mark Richards, here to make sure surfing still has rock & roll. Power surfers, big wave surfers, and skaters who are now committed surfers... all on Gold Coast shores.

They came to get stoked and feel the high. The same high we all get from the ocean. The one we get from the cheer of the crowd or the hoot of a friend down the line, just as we drop in. And although the salt has washed off, the scaffolding has been pulled down, and the crowds are returning to normal, the buzz is still here…they were some Radical Times.

No Breakfast

No Breakfast - A surf clip by a snowboarder Bryan Fox. Featuring Dane Reynolds, Mikey Wright, Steph Gilmore, Koa Rothman and Michael Dunphy. 

Editor Bryan Fox explains: “This is a movie I made for Quiksilver. They flew me to France for the Quiksilver Pro and while I was there I asked them if I could edit a couple clips together from the week. They obliged and here it is. It's titled "No Breakfast" because, with all due respect, the French suck at making breakfast. They are like the soup nazi in that seinfeld episode...no breakfast for you!"