The Narrabeen-born surfer, Jesse Faen, magazine editor, WSL broadcaster, peer and best friends with Ozzie Wright and Vaughan Blakey, has been critically injured in a motorcycle accident on the morning of his fiftieth birthday.
In a message posted to Instagram by the mama of his kid Gypsy, Jessie Samedi, she wrote:
Jesse was hit on his motorcycle by a car doing an illegal U-turn on Lincoln Boulevard last Saturday the morning of his 50th birthday party. He was immediately rushed to the hospital and soon after in the operating room for 11 hours reconstructing his leg and both arms. It went well as he had an amazing team of doctors and seems there will be more operations and procedures in his near future.
So far the goal has been keeping him comfortable and trying to get as much rest as possible. He’s currently at UCLA Westwood and will be for the foreseeable future and then transferred to a skilled nursing facility where he’ll start his rehabilitation. This will absolutely be a marathon for Jesse. We so grateful to say the least as we are lucky he’s he with us still.
Because Jesse has been essentially training his whole life as an athlete – we have faith in his bodies ability to heal, the tenacity and discipline of his mind and comradery and love of his community to get him through this difficult journey. We appreciate all the love and we will soon send out some information on how you can help and contribute support and start visits. For now – sending love, encouragement, insight or any sort of resources that you may think could be useful for his healing would be inspiring and helpful.
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Jesse Faen is one of those wildly rare men who was blessed with the good looks of a model and the surfing ability of a pro, which is usually a cold recipe for disaster but ol Jess balanced his yin with plenty of yang, writing, broadcaster etc.
More on his situation as it comes.
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