Surfing legend's 20-year-old son ‘fighting for his life' after being pinned between cars in devastating accident
The 20-year-old son of Pipeline surfing great Shawn Briley is 'fighting for his life' in the ICU after he was 'pinned between two vehicles' in Hawaii over the weekend and 'sustained serious and extensive injuries.'
Dakota Briley, a surfer based on the North Shore of Oahu, was struck on the side of the island's Kamehameha Highway and hospitalized with 'multiple fractures in his legs, pelvis, ribs, and skull,' according to a GoFundMe page set up on behalf of the athlete, who also endured 'unthinkable injuries' to his spine.
4 Dakota Briley, the son of Pipeline surfing great Shawn Briley, is 'fighting for his life' following a devastating incident over the weekend.
Ryder Briley/Instagram
4 The young surfer is currently hospitalized.
Ryder Briley/Instagram
'Please continue to pray for our Dakota, he's in really rough shape and needs a miracle from god,' Dakota's brother Ryder wrote in an Instagram Story Monday.
'His ribs have been crushed, his spine is severed and broken in multiple places, the back of his skull has been crushed, fractured in over 8 places, from the hip down his legs have been crushed. He needs a miracle, please pray for God to make him whole again.'
As of Tuesday, more than $51,000 has been raised, surpassing the fundraiser's original goal of $50,000.
4 Dakota Briley, pictured here in 2023 and tagged on Instagram at the far left, with his family.
Natasha Briley/Instagram
4 A GoFundMe has been set up on Dakota Briley's behalf.
Ryder Briley/Instagram
'[Dakota's] incredible medical team were able to stabilize his legs and are now working tirelessly on multiple surgeries to the rest of his body,' the GoFundMe page noted.
'… Our hope is that God performs a miracle.'
Ryder added in a separate Instagram slide Monday that Dakota is 'the strongest person' he knows.
'This boy is a true warrior, the strongest person I know, so stubborn, I know you're not going anywhere,' he wrote of Dakota. 'Keep fighting for us.'
The elder Briley won the Tavarua Tube Classic in 1995.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Indianapolis Star
10 hours ago
- Indianapolis Star
'I'm going to protect my teammates.' Sophie Cunningham gains nearly a million followers after ejection
LAS VEGAS – Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham will always stick up for her teammates. Even if that includes being part of a late-game melee. Cunningham was ejected from the Fever's game Tuesday after committing a flagrant 2 foul on Sun guard Jacy Sheldon, pulling her down by the head as she was going up for a layup. Sheldon and fellow Sun guard Lindsay Allen immediately reacted, rushing Cunningham and pushing her back into the fans sitting on the baseline. Cunningham grabbed Sheldon's hair as their other teammates and officials ran in, working to separate them. It turned into what the officials and league eventually ruled a fight — Cunningham was ejected because of the foul on Sheldon, while Sheldon and Allen were both giving technical fouls for fighting and ejected. It was the second scrum of the night, with the first coming midway through the third quarter. Sheldon poked Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye, and Clark immediately recoiled and reacted, turning to Sheldon as the two shoved each other. Sun center Tina Charles got in between the two, but Sun guard Marina Mabrey also came running into the scrum, puffing out her chest and knocking Clark to the ground. A lot of people, including media and fans across the league, thought Mabrey would get ejected for that hit. She was instead given a technical foul, as the referees thought "the contact made by Mabrey did not rise to the level of an ejection. Additionally, (it) did not meet the criteria for a flagrant foul penalty two," according to a postgame pool report conducted by IndyStar. Clark and Charles were also given technical fouls for acting in an "unsportsmanlike manner," while Sheldon's foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1. So, that second dustup, Cunningham said Saturday, was a buildup of multiple years of poor officiating and her desire to stick up for her teammates. "I'm not focused on the extracurricular activities, and you know what, during that, it was just part of the game," Cunningham said. "I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was a build up for a couple years now of them just not protecting the star player of the WNBA. So, at the end of the day, I'm going to protect my teammates, that's what I do, and I'm a team player." Fever coach Stephanie White also admonished the referees after the game, saying they allowed the game to get out of control on separate instances. Cunningham saw a lot of support from Fever fans immediately, as they were chanting "Sophie! Sophie!" during the review period and when she was eventually ejected. She has also has seen a significant surge in popularity over the past week. Her jersey first sold out in the Fever team store. She has gained nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram and jumped from 300,000 to over 1.2 million followers on TikTok. She posted a video playing into what happened on Tuesday, lip-syncing "Can't keep my hands to myself / I mean I could, but why would I want to?" from the song "Hands to Myself" by Selena Gomez on Friday, with the caption "It's a joke... the sound was too fitting!" . "It's cool, its funny what people are kind of attracted to," Cunningham said Saturday of gaining so many followers. "I'm just trying to keep the main thing the main thing, and that's basketball, trying to win games, sticking up for my teammates, that's all part of it."
Indianapolis Star
10 hours ago
- Indianapolis Star
'I'm going to protect my teammates.' Sophie Cunningham gains nearly a million followers after ejection
LAS VEGAS – Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham will always stick up for her teammates. Even if that includes being part of a late-game melee. Cunningham was ejected from the Fever's game Tuesday after committing a flagrant 2 foul on Sun guard Jacy Sheldon, pulling her down by the head as she was going up for a layup. Sheldon and fellow Sun guard Lindsay Allen immediately reacted, rushing Cunningham and pushing her back into the fans sitting on the baseline. Cunningham grabbed Sheldon's hair as their other teammates and officials ran in, working to separate them. It turned into what the officials and league eventually ruled a fight — Cunningham was ejected because of the foul on Sheldon, while Sheldon and Allen were both giving technical fouls for fighting and ejected. It was the second scrum of the night, with the first coming midway through the third quarter. Sheldon poked Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye, and Clark immediately recoiled and reacted, turning to Sheldon as the two shoved each other. Sun center Tina Charles got in between the two, but Sun guard Marina Mabrey also came running into the scrum, puffing out her chest and knocking Clark to the ground. A lot of people, including media and fans across the league, thought Mabrey would get ejected for that hit. She was instead given a technical foul, as the referees thought "the contact made by Mabrey did not rise to the level of an ejection. Additionally, (it) did not meet the criteria for a flagrant foul penalty two," according to a postgame pool report conducted by IndyStar. Clark and Charles were also given technical fouls for acting in an "unsportsmanlike manner," while Sheldon's foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. So, that second dustup, Cunningham said Saturday, was a buildup of multiple years of poor officiating and her desire to stick up for her teammates. "I'm not focused on the extracurricular activities, and you know what, during that, it was just part of the game," Cunningham said. "I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was a build up for a couple years now of them just not protecting the star player of the WNBA. So, at the end of the day, I'm going to protect my teammates, that's what I do, and I'm a team player." Fever coach Stephanie White also admonished the referees after the game, saying they allowed the game to get out of control on separate instances. Cunningham saw a lot of support from Fever fans immediately, as they were chanting "Sophie! Sophie!" during the review period and when she was eventually ejected. She has also has seen a significant surge in popularity over the past week. Her jersey first sold out in the Fever team store. She has gained nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram and jumped from 300,000 to over 1.2 million followers on TikTok. She posted a video playing into what happened on Tuesday, lip-syncing "Can't keep my hands to myself / I mean I could, but why would I want to?" from the song "Hands to Myself" by Selena Gomez on Friday, with the caption "It's a joke... the sound was too fitting!" . "It's cool, its funny what people are kind of attracted to," Cunningham said Saturday of gaining so many followers. "I'm just trying to keep the main thing the main thing, and that's basketball, trying to win games, sticking up for my teammates, that's all part of it."
USA Today
14 hours ago
- USA Today
Lamar Jackson gifts NBA star Jayson Tatum a signed Ravens jersey wishing a speedy recovery
Looking to boost his recovery from an Achilles injury, Baltimore star QB Lamar Jackson gifted Celtics star Jayson Tatum a signed Ravens jersey wishing a speedy recovery Hours after the Celtics lost Jayson Tatum to a similar injury, the Baltimore Ravens lost Ar'Darius Washington for all of 2025 after the talented safety suffered a torn Achilles during conditioning drills. Tatum is recovering from surgery and received a gift from Ravens MVP candidate and quarterback, Lamar Jackson. Tatum posted a picture of the signed jersey to his Instagram story and wrote, "Love. The Boston Celtics star forward tore his Achilles during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and underwent surgery for the injury the following day.
