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Quiksilver Boss Pierre Agnes Missing at Sea, Boat Found Washed up on French Beach
ABC (Australa) ^ | 1/30

Posted on 01/30/2018 2:30:04 PM PST by nickcarraway

Boats and helicopters have joined the search for the chief executive of sportswear maker Quiksilver, after his empty boat was found washed ashore in south-west France.

The port authority of the Atlantic beach town of Capbreton said the search was launched after Pierre Agnes' empty boat was found washed up Tuesday in nearby Hossegor.

Maritime authorities said two boats and three helicopters are involved in the search.

The area is known for intense, sometimes dangerous waves that are prized by surfers.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: clothes; franve; surfing
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1 posted on 01/30/2018 2:30:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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If the water temp is less than 80°F he’s a goner...............


2 posted on 01/30/2018 2:33:40 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: nickcarraway

Capbreton Weather: 41°F (5°C), Wind SE at 5 mph (8 km/h), 100% Humidity


3 posted on 01/30/2018 2:35:29 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: nickcarraway

Never heard of him or the company, and the photo didn’t help.

Note to self: Next time this happens, it’s not worth clicking on the link.

HUMAN LOST AT SEA, HAD JOB


4 posted on 01/30/2018 2:43:25 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: nickcarraway

Was he smuggling in refugees?


5 posted on 01/30/2018 2:52:02 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: treetopsandroofs

Never heard of him or the company, and the photo didn’t help.

Note to self: Next time this happens, it’s not worth clicking on the link.

HUMAN LOST AT SEA, HAD JOB


You must not get out much. Quiksilver has been a big surf/summer clothing company for 30+ years.


6 posted on 01/30/2018 2:58:51 PM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90

Thanks, I’ve visited surf shops in the last 30 years, but can’t say I’ve ever noticed brand names.

I only knew of quicksilver before now as a colloquial name for Hg.


7 posted on 01/30/2018 3:08:03 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: nickcarraway

Resembles a skinny Mike Roe. Beautiful wife-daughter-girl friend, spends time in the sun, may have heart trouble. Boat name “Mascare’” The bench top behind him looks busy, like my workbench.

I wish him well, but he is in the Atlantic, not the Gulf of Mexico.


8 posted on 01/30/2018 3:10:45 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: lodi90

All my California grandsons wear Quicksilver.


9 posted on 01/30/2018 3:27:33 PM PST by sheana
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

His boats name is Mascaret. With a T.


10 posted on 01/30/2018 3:28:48 PM PST by sheana
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To: nickcarraway

I have read in many of these cases they find the body with an open fly. The guy has a few beers, stands on the side of the boat to pee and falls in.


11 posted on 01/30/2018 3:39:50 PM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: nickcarraway

Did he have any connections to the Clinton Foundation?


12 posted on 01/30/2018 3:48:43 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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ping


13 posted on 01/30/2018 3:57:54 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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To: sheana

Ok. It was not in the picture.


14 posted on 01/30/2018 4:47:35 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: nickcarraway

Hope he was wearing Under Armour.


15 posted on 01/30/2018 4:50:20 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Shithole".)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

It means big wave from a tide or something close to that.


16 posted on 01/30/2018 5:00:36 PM PST by sheana
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I wasn’t trying to be witchy. We have a boat and I’m big on boat names. Lol. I always notice them.


17 posted on 01/30/2018 5:02:14 PM PST by sheana
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To: sheana; Pete from Shawnee Mission

A mascaret is a tidal bore. When a wave from the ocean goes upstream against the current in a river, bay, or inlet.


18 posted on 01/30/2018 5:02:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Thx! I was close. Lol
I always notice boat names and their meaning.


19 posted on 01/30/2018 5:03:58 PM PST by sheana
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To: alternatives?

Had that happen once in center console open-fisherman. Guy was taking a leak off the back when we took off.

We got about a mile away before we noticed he was missing. followed the wake and found him waving at us.


20 posted on 01/30/2018 5:21:05 PM PST by Rebelbase
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