A 2016 drowning at a NSW beach spurred a rescuer and a film-maker to create a series of documentaries that would change the conversation around our number one coastal hazard
teve Kudzius is not comfortable talking about himself. He would love nothing more than for this story to be told with only the most fleeting of references to his input. Better still, no mention at all.
Erin and Steve Kudzius with Gold Coast film-maker Jason Markland at Fingal Head, where the rescue of a young girl turned to tragedy, inspiring the trio to create rip current safety documentaries.Kudzius’s story is filled with so many of the things readers connect with – drama and tragedy, heartache and hope.
Ryan Martin drowned in 2016 while trying to rescue a seven-year-old girl, inspiring a series of rip current documentaries. “That’s a higher death toll than a lot of the natural disasters we get in Australia,” says Surf Life Saving Australia lead researcher Jasmin Lawes. “In the last five years we’ve seen evidence that more Australians are becoming aware of the rip current hazard … but research has repeatedly shown people are no good at identifying them.”Professor Rob Brander – AKA ‘Dr Rip’ – uses dye in the water to demonstrate how a rip works. Video: ripcurrentsafety.
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