World record paddle out to pay tribute to Zac Young

Manning River Times

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00:00 We're here on Town Beach at Port Macquarie.

00:02 We're here for Zach Young, who died in a shark attack about 10 years ago, so we're here to

00:07 remember him and to celebrate him and to celebrate life.

00:11 And we're trying to break a world record for the largest paddle out.

00:14 We're trying to get around 700 people, but we need more than 512.

00:18 So we're super keen to have everyone down here and paddle out, and we're going to hope

00:21 that it's a really good day.

00:23 We've got some great weather.

00:24 It's slightly drizzly, but it's perfect.

00:25 Everyone's going to get wet anyway.

00:27 So we're really keen and really excited.

00:29 The thing that we all join on, we want to love people, we want to support people, and

00:34 there's all people from all walks of life here.

00:37 Let's celebrate our differences as well as our unity here today.

00:42 Woo hoo hoo hoo!

00:44 Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

00:46 Ha ha ha ha ha!

00:48 We're going to be real good.

00:50 Yeah, we're going to be great.

00:52 Let's beat this record!

00:54 We're going to have lots of fun.

00:56 Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump.

01:00 OK, we just hit 517, and that was actually two minutes ago.

01:05 We're probably at 530, 540 right now.

01:08 We're knocking this sucker right out of the water.

01:10 So we're going to take out the record.

01:12 Now we've got to get him in the water.

01:14 So we're off to the water.

01:15 If you're watching this, run down to the beach!

01:18 Ha ha ha ha!

01:19 I was just walking along after the Port Park run this morning, meeting up for coffee with

01:24 friends, and I heard there was a world record on.

01:27 I thought, how amazing!

01:28 Board was in the car with a couple of spare boogie boards for my friends, and thought

01:31 I'd jump in and we're beating the world record!

01:33 How good is that?

01:35 Phew!

01:36 Hey, we just beat the world record.

01:38 It's cool to be a part of it.

01:40 I'm actually from New Zealand, so it's really cool to come out and just enjoy this time

01:45 and remembering that.

01:47 Yeah.

01:48 It's going to be so many people.

01:55 Let's go!

02:13 We are very excited to be part of a world record attempt in memory of Zac Young.

02:19 We need to get it done really quick because it's pretty cold.

02:27 So everybody's in the water.

02:28 We've hit way above the number.

02:30 Now we've got to pull it off.

02:32 We've got to hold hands for 60 seconds, and this is being live-streamed in national television

02:36 as we do this, as we speak.

02:38 So I'm excited.

02:39 I'm getting in the water.

02:41 I'm getting in the water.

02:43 That was my best sequence.

02:47 I'm going to get in the water.

02:48 I'm going to get in the water.

02:49 I'm going to get in the water.

02:50 I'm going to get in the water.

02:51 I'm going to get in the water.

02:52 I'm going to get in the water.

02:53 I'm going to get in the water.

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