A father-of-three is on life support after he was struck in the head by his own surfboard while at a popular Byron Bay beach. The 36-year-old, from Miami on Queensland's Gold Coast, was surfing popular break The Pass when he was struck by the board just before 1.30pm on Sunday. It was half an hour of drama His wife and three young children were watching on the beach as other surfers brought him to shore. A doctor and an off-duty paramedic, who were also in the water at the time, attempted to revive him until an ambulance arrived and transported him to Byron Bay Hospital. Local woman Maha Hindi said the break was busy with board riders at the time and that the man's wife said he had surfed the popular break before. "I remember looking out and just seeing black wet suits on boards all concentrated in the one area," she said. Suddenly I just heard a woman screaming out, somebody call out Triple Zero. Ms Hindi said people from all over the beach rushed to try and help the man. "It all happened very fast," she said. It was half an hour of drama.