妊娠している 未亡人 and parents of 伝説の Olympic snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin return to the beach where he died one year on

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The 妊娠している 未亡人 of an Australian snowboarding 支持する／優勝者 has organised a 私的な 徹夜 for her boyfriend at the beach he 溺死するd 正確に／まさに a year ago.

Ellidy Vlug watched the sunrise with her Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin's parents Chris and Sally at Palm Beach, Queensland, where he died while spearfishing on July 8, 2020.

Ms Vlug and her would-be in-法律s were 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集めるd together, supporting each other as they watched the sun come up at the water's 辛勝する／優位 while their dogs scampered on the sand on the 周年記念日 of Pullin's 悲劇の death.

Ellidy Vlug (centre), girlfriend of snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin gathered on Thursday with his parents Chris and Sally Pullin and a friend for a sunrise 徹夜 at Palm Beach, where Pullin 溺死するd 正確に／まさに a year ago?

Ellidy Vlug 星／主役にするs out to sea just after the sun （機の）カム up above Palm Beach, where her boyfriend, Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin 溺死するd 正確に／まさに a year ago

Sally and Chris Pullin, the parents of Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin, hugged as they remembered their son, while Ellidy Vlug, his 妊娠している girlfriend stayed の近くに?

The family's grief was obvious as they hugged, laughed and talked together on a 冷淡な Gold Coast morning, with another friend and two kelpies there for support.

The family 拒絶する／低下するd to talk when approached by 新聞記者／雑誌記者, with Chris Pullin explaining 'bit too much grief mate'.

Alex Pullin, 32, was spearfishing when he 苦しむd a shallow water 灯火管制／停電 and 溺死するd, with his distraught partner arriving on the beach as the 悲劇 広げるd.?

Ellidy Vlug (centre, in 黒人／ボイコット) walked along Palm Beach with Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin's parents Sally and Chris (at 権利) and a friend aft er watching the sun come up on the one year 周年記念日 of the death of Alex, her boyfriend

Ms Vlug, the grieving girlfriend of 支持する／優勝者 snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin recently 明らかにする／漏らすd the bittersweet news she is 妊娠している with their child, almost a year after his death

Ellidy Vlug and Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin loved spending time together at the beach on the Gold Coast?

He was 設立する on the ocean 床に打ち倒す by another snorkeller and brought to shore by lifeguards.?

It has been a rollercoaster month for Ms Vlug, 29, who 発表するd she was 妊娠している in June 経由で IVF as her boyfriend's sperm was 収穫d before he died.

She made the heartwarming 告示 to her 57,000 Instagram 信奉者s through a 一連の photos of her swollen stomach.

Ellidy Vlug has already introduced her bump to her late partner's parents (pictured) as they 提起する／ポーズをとるd in 前線 of an image of Mr Pullin in the Winter Olympics?

Ms Vlug 陳列する，発揮するd her pregnancy 進歩 after 発表するing the happy news recently

The couple had been trying for a baby before his death, 誘発するing Ms Vlug to 捜し出す out IVF 治療 in the hope of keeping his memory alive.

Ms Vlug is 予定 to give birth to the couple's child in October.

'Bubba Chump coming this October', Ms Vlug captioned the 地位，任命する, receiving 井戸／弁護士席-wishes from プロの／賛成の-surfers Mick Fanning and Alana Blanchard in the comments.

Ms Vlug's late partner and three-time Olympian Alex Pullin, 32, tragically 溺死するd in a freak 飛び込み 事故 at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast in July last year?

Ellidy Vlug visited Palm Beach on Thursday morning for a sunrise 徹夜 with her boyfriend's family and a friend, 正確に／まさに a year after he died

'When my love had his 事故, we all held の上に hope that I'd be 妊娠している that month. We'd been trying for a baby,' the 29-year-old model wrote.

'IVF was on our cards but it wasn't something I ever imagined I'd be 取り組むing on my own. Bittersweet like 非，不，無 other, I've never been more 確かな or excited about anything in my entire life.'

The news comes after Ms Vlug spoke candidly of the 激しい heartache she feels afte r the loss of Pullin, which she 述べるs as feeling 'surreal'.

On the podcast she co-hosts with friend Chloe Fisher, the wife of international DJ Paul Fisher, she 認める to still feeling 'like a robot'.

'I 行方不明になる him. I want him 支援する. 'I just can't believe he's not about to walk in the door any day', Ms Vlug said.

'I go to text him, I go to call him still. I f***ing just wish he would come 支援する. And I still can't believe he can't.'

Ms Vlug (left) celebrates with a pal who captioned the photo: 'This angel and her Chumpy bumpy'

Ellidy Vlug is pictured with Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin and their beloved kelpie Rummi

Ellidy Vlug and her two kelpies in the car park 近づく Palm Beach, Queensland today, after she had 行為／行うd a 私的な sunrise 徹夜 with her boyfriend Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin's parents

The model 述べるd how she had 'this really crazy feeling in my heart' on the day of Pullin's death, but put it 負かす／撃墜する to 強調する／ストレス induced by the 近づいている 週末.

'It was just a feeling I've never felt before. That day I got home from that walk and it 肉親，親類d of all eventuated Chump had literally passed away... I just don't even know how to even say that word.'

Ms Vlug 以前 told Daily Mail Australia Pullin had been an experienced 解放する／自由な diver and 'had mastered the art of 持つ／拘留するing his breath for long periods of time'.

The Olympian often went out spearfishing on his own or with friends, and Ms Vlug said she never once had any 関心s a 一区切り／（ボクシングなどの）試合 anything going askew.

On the morning of his death, the couple woke late before Pullin decided to go get some sun.

Ms Vlug told Daily Mail Australia she last saw her boyfriend alive moments before he'd decided to go for a dive, telling him: 'Love you, watch out for sharks'.

Ms Vlug then went for a walk, returning home to find a 隣人 at her door telling her a spearfisher had been pulled from the ocean.

Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin was twice snowboard cross world 支持する／優勝者 and the Australian 旗-持参人払いの at the ロシアの Sochi Olympics in 2014.