Alex "Chumpy" Pullin with his partner Ellidy Vlug on a jet ski just days before his tragic death. Photo / Supplied
Australian Winter Olympics star Alex "Chumpy" Pullin is dead after a freak drowning incident while spearfishing on the Gold Coast.
The high-profile champion snowboarder is believed to have suffered a shallow water blackout at Palm Beach at 10.30am this morning.
According to The Courier-Mail newspaper, Pullin was found unresponsive on
the ocean floor at an artificial reef by a snorkeller, who called for help from a group of nearby surfers.
The alarm was raised and a lifeguard raced to assist, pulling him from the surf on a jet ski.
Paramedics performed CPR for 45 minutes but the 32-year-old couldn't be revived.
