{"id":45260,"date":"2017-08-11T04:39:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/diamond-ring-almost-fish-food-sams-brave-surfing-proposal-hannah\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T06:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:55:53","slug":"diamond-ring-almost-fish-food-sams-brave-surfing-proposal-hannah","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/diamond-ring-almost-fish-food-sams-brave-surfing-proposal-hannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond ring almost fish-food in Sam\u2019s brave surfing proposal to Hannah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine withdrawing thousands of dollars from the ATM then pocketing it in your boardies before hitting the surf.<\/p>\n

This may have well been the case for Brisbane groom Sam Pilgrim when he proposed to then-girlfriend Hannah Whitehead back on September 20, 2015.<\/p>\n

But all is not as crazy as it seems!<\/p>\n

The avid surfers had hit the beach at Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast for their regular Sunday surf, the conditions perfect for catching a few romantic tandem rides on their longboard.<\/p>\n

But as Hannah describes, Sam\u2019s usually chillaxed vibe was soon replaced with a puzzling one.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe caught a number of waves and all of a sudden, Sam looked concerned,\u201d recalls Hannah.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked what was wrong and he said, \u2018I just need to go in for a minute \u2013 wait here.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so confused because he only went back in waist-deep and then turned around and came back out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enquiring if he was OK, Hannah got the romantic reply every girl dreams of: \u201cI thought I needed a poo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair continued having fun catching waves but unbeknownst to Hannah, Sam was trying to plan his move.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point,\u201d recalls Hannah, \u201che said, \u2018Let\u2019s sit up on the board together\u2019.\u201d But all Hannah could say was, \u201cLet\u2019s keep catching waves!\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually Hannah agreed to a break and, as they sat facing each other on their beloved surfboard, that\u2019s when Sam pulled out a $2000 trilogy-set diamond ring from his shorts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had no idea that\u2019s what he had planned!\u201d smiles Hannah of Sam\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found out the reason he had looked so confused and concerned earlier on was because the ring had come untied from his boardies.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut luckily he had found it in his undies!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hannah<\/p>\n

So, Sam\u2019s grand proposal plan had paid off and he even had the whole thing caught on camera by his brother Rhys back on the beach.<\/p>\n

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Hannah says she loves that Sam\u2019s proposal was so personal. \u201cFor Sam and I surfing is a special thing we do together and so for me, it was super special that this is how he chose to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair, who first met at Cotton Tree camping and surfing as kids, have since married, on March 2016, on the same section of beach.<\/p>\n

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See more real proposals here<\/a>, or submit your proposal here<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45261,"template":"","au_article_tag":[144,1574,1537,39],"class_list":["post-45260","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-real-proposals","au_article_tag-engaged","au_article_tag-proposals","au_article_tag-real-proposals","au_article_tag-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/45260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/45260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=45260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}