Yallingup waterman Rich Myers is in drydock (rehabilitation) after shoulder reconstruction surgery. His stitches have been removed, and he now faces another six weeks in a sling, with full recovery expected to take up to eight months.
Rich. “I’m sitting here in a sling healing from shoulder surgery waiting very impatiently to get back in the water, but I know I have to be patient. Kinda feel like a blowfly in a straitjacket.” 
Rich injured his shoulder paddling out at Balian surf break Bali in June 2026.
2026 Rich with injured shoulder in Balian Bali. Photo Anne Waddell.
2026 Rich at his Yallingup residence with his pirate port hole & beaver in beaver trap. Photo Jim King.
2026 Rich in his Beaver boat shed with mounted dhufish framed by vintage teak windsurfing boom. Photo Jim King.
2026 Rich in his recently renovated Beaver boat shed. Photo Jim King.
2026 Rich in his Beaver boat in the new boat shed. Photo Jim King.
Click on link for a look back at Rich’s 1980s windsurfing adventures in Hawaii.
Get well soon Rich.
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