Fresh from the NEWs room.
i (Matty) was kiting at 8pm on sunday evening it was screaming on me 7 metre starting to turn offshoreish an i was jus about to come in, noone else to be seen any where around on the beach an just i was heading in i see this bloke with two little kids next to him out in the middle of hells, he yells out help, i quickly ditch me board an dragged the kids an then the bloke in, (in 2 go's) he was absolutely stuffed his kids couldnt swim an he was keepin them a float, he said he was jus about to let one child go so i could save one of them. (thats no sh-t) he offerd me money an all, he made his kids both come up an thank me for saving their lives. i couldnt believe it.
Well done Matty 
Beers on me next time.
Gut turning stuff. Sounds like it was almost all over. The dad must have been in panic mode +++
Great work. hero status for sure.
Hope you got your board back ?
well done Matty, legendary stuff
If it was 7m conditions I recon they got blown off their feet and dragged across the ground scratching and screaming out to sea!
But Mat recons the small people lost their footing while swimming and started drifting out with the offshore flow.
True hero saving people in those conditions.
It was Mat or the Mermaids.
try to put it in one of the big newspapers e.g The Australian. Be good to get the general public on our side, another argument for not banning locations
Wow !, this rescue really got to me.
Having two kids myself the thought of letting one drown to save the other is unthinkable, that would be a decision that would haunt you for the rest of your life.
Well don Matty, you’re a true hero, you will have years of great Karma for this one. The beers on me if we ever meet
Another kiter saves the day, well done.
From the sounds of things, starting to look like kiters are saving more people than killing themselves........strange, but makes perfect sense. Ricki surely has some sorts of stats on this.
Perhaps the argument can soon be made to councils that swimming should be banned except if there are kiters around.
Top effort there mate that story is freaky. I used to live in gero so i know wat the weather is like and i wouldnt of liked there chances. your a life saver.
Good story for the paper I used to live with a journalist there Ill ask her if she heard about it.
Awesome story - just got off the phone from the humble Mat .. a little bit more detail here:
Kitesurfer saves drowning family
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Content/News/Kitesurfing/Kitesurfer-saves-drowning-family_1443084.aspx
ouch! That sends shivers up my spine - what a choice to face. I don't know how anyone could ever forgive themselves in that man's situation.
No wonder he was grateful
Good work. That is certainly a story that belongs in a major paper
Hey Matty,
Thats unbelievable! Great Save. The father must have been dieing a thousand deaths with a decision like that one. Personally I couldn't do it, I couldn't make the decision.
Yup, Karma owes you BIG TIME!.
Congrats mate,
Darren @ AKS
hey guys cheers for that, for starters n8 dobbed me in by the looks of things yeah it was a real spin out hey the old fella still had his reading glasses and clothes on, i dont think he was expecting things to turn out as they did, you all would of done the same though if you were in my situation well take it easy guys see yas all in port denison i hope
top effort the bloke will never forget what you did for them
should be proud of yourself
Well done mate - unbelievable stuff!!!! I also have 2 (very) small kids and the thought of being in that situation absolutely freaks me out.
What a piece of luck you were around - you deserve a medal, although nothing could ever repay what you did for that family.
You have given them the ultimate gift.
James
its amazing how timing is these kind of situations.
if you had decided to go in a bit earlier you might not have seem them. or if you decided to kite a bit longer in the offshore, you might have not seen them, or even if you did, been too late to save them.
makes you really wonder if there really is some kinda god or greater power out there who plans everything, or is it just plain luck.
im proud of what you did.
btw you said you ditched ur board. did you get it back?
yeah got the board no worries, although it didn't really seem significant at the time.
Well done Matt "Huge Effort" all that time spent on the water certainly paid off. It is a honor to have saved lives and it will be something you will never forget for the rest of your life so enjoy the attention Mate. See you out there @ Hells Gate
Yeah mate, regardless of whether it was an easy thing for you to do, who else was going to do it? You deserve a few beers regardless and I want to buy you one at kitestock. Keep up the good work.
Just saw Matt Splashed all over the front page of our local paper.... Nice work Matt
That has truly choked me up - I would not even want to think about being in that situation with my kids. Makes me proud to be a kiter, well done mate.
Irrespective of the fact that any of us would have helped if there - you did, and this is one that will guarantee you have good karma following you and definitely get you in to have a beer with the big fella at the end of your days. I'll be buying you one if I ever get a chance to shake your hand.
I dare say that Dad would have given you anything if you had asked, not that you would have.
One thing he may do if he is willing though is to send a letter with his story to the Noosa Council with a plea not to ban kiting there. It is sure to have an influence and speaks for itself.......
Wow .. word travels .. just got this ...
"Good Morning I am writing on behalf of the Honours and Awards Committee at Royal Life Saving. I was alerted to an article this morning about an incident which took place off the coast of Geraldton. Matt Kalajzich has taken action to save the lives of three individuals and someone has requested that we follow up the story to find more information for a nomination for an award."
Sweet.
