Evan Geiselman, 22, nearly drowned after wiping out on a massive wave at Pipeline, but was saved by a bodyboarder who brought him to shore while also administering CPR.
Evan Geiselman catches the wave that he fell on in Hawaii.
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A professional surfer almost died Sunday after a big wave he was riding at Hawaii's famous Pipeline crashed and sucked him under the ocean.
Evan Geiselman, 22, did not immediately resurface, but a nearby bodyboarder, Andre Botha, found him unconscious in the water.
"I just remember his eyes sort of like rolling down from being back, and just sort of... just this blank look in his eyes, almost like he was looking through me," Botha, who is from South Africa, told the Associated Press. "I thought this guy was dead."
Botha paddled the unconscious surfer to the shore, while pounding his chest and giving him rescue breaths.
Botha said he lost his hold of Geiselman several times before reaching lifeguards, who then helped him bring the surfer to shore.
"The waves were still hitting ... I ended up losing him again," Botha said. "I knew I had done what I could at that point."
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