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A former Australian specialist surfer has broken the planet record for the longest-recorded surfing session in Sydney on Friday immediately after he clocked additional than 40 hours.

Blake Johnston began surfing at Cronulla Beach south of Sydney at 1am on Thursday and carried on till 7.11am on Friday.

Hundreds lined up to see him and cheered as he moved previous the previous record of 30 hours and 11 minutes held by South Africa’s Josh Enslin.

Mr Johnston stated he was “pretty cooked” when he briefly returned to the beach to answer concerns from the media.

“Thanks everybody, you are the greatest,” he stated, ahead of going back into the ocean.

“I nonetheless have a job to do. I will go and give it a crack.

“Everyone deserves to really feel amazing, deserves to take care of yourselves. Very good on you.”

He continued to surf till 5pm on Friday, developing a new planet record.

Australian surfer Blake Johnston is checked by medics as his family members watches on immediately after reaching a new planet record for the longest surf session of 500 waves in more than 30 hours, at The Alley in Cronulla, in Sydney, Australia, 17 March 2023

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His group stated he fought via dangers like blindness, infected ears, dehydration, sleep deprivation, hypothermia, shark attacks and drowning in the course of his record-breaking surf session, reported 9News.

Spotlights had been utilized at evening to aid guide Mr Johnston and medics on the beach had been monitoring his wellness.

Mr Johnston surfed additional than 600 waves in the course of his session, wanted raise revenue for youth mental wellness initiatives in collaboration with the Chumpy Pullin Foundation.

According to the BBC, he raised about £185,000 for the charity.

Blake Johnston is greeted by his wife Lauren and youngsters as properly as his help group immediately after reaching a new planet record for the longest surf session of 500 waves in more than 30 hours, at The Alley in Cronulla, in Sydney, Australia, 17 March 2023

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The charity was set up in memory of planet-champion snowboarder Alex “Chumpy” Pullin, who died immediately after drowning on the Gold Coast 3 years ago, at the age of 32.

His wife, Ellidy was amongst the group of people today gathered to help Mr Johnston via the bring about.

“I just know that Chumpy is out there and he would be appropriate beside Blakey cheering him on, and each of them have that Viking power about them,” she was quoted as saying by ABC News.

Mr Johnston’s wife Lauren also cheered him, saying she knew “he was generally going to get the purpose that he set”.

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