what is your worst surf related injury??

[g_u_m_b_y]

My board gave me a solid whack, right next to my eye...i had the choice of plastic stitches, or superglue....i chose plastic stiches..,.,.,.,

[booter]

During some rough bedroom antics I had approximately twelve inches of surfboard repeatedly insterted and removed from my rectum. Upon completion there were some minor fiberglass burns. Does this count?

[robbieg]

p.s no RECTUM injurys 4 fong....

Where all friends here mate, no need to lie...

[Alvin]

My board gave me a solid whack, right next to my eye...i had the choice of plastic stitches, or superglue....i chose plastic stiches..,.,.,.,

dunno how you ended up, but you should have gone for the superglue (assuming you mean the medical variety)...it's awesome stuff. I took some to indo one trip, about 8 years ago (my old man's a Dr. and pinched some from the operating theatre for me). I copped a fin in the face and it went right through my nostril...I could pick my nose and my finger would go right through.

Anyway....I took myself and the glue off to the kuta clinic...trying to explain to the doctor what the glue was for was classic. Took me ages, trying to do the sign-language for 'no stitches, glue together". He ended up stuffing it up and it wouldn't heal (he put glue inside the cut, rather than over the top), so I redid it myself a couple of days later. Came out a treat...you can barely see a scar, which considering what it looked like at the time is pretty impressive

Walking round with a big, crusty blob of purple gunk on the side of my schnoz for a week was a touch embarrassing though. Looked like a ding repair, pre-sanding.

[scroopulis]

I had an absolute wilderbeast knee me in the tender nether regions after falling asleep on the job.
I pulled her at a beach party so i guess its surf related....
Took me 3 weeks before I could laugh about it.

[maddog]

Finchop on the shoulders when I was surfing with someone who I thought was Layne Beachley. I was sitting there looking at her and I get cleaned up by this set and board comes to fin first on my shoulder. She came over and asked I was alright, but it wasn't Layne:(

[macca202]

some dudes surfboard hit my head (just above temple) --> 10 stitches

[Shaunm]

1. Broken & split nose- Shelley beach central coast
2. Medial Ligament left knee - Freshie
3. The muscle above/rear of elbow in both arms 2 weeks apart - carboot strutts gave and closed on me, used arms to avoid wearing boot in the head. Happened twice.

[Realbooger]

scar on leg from a surfer bailing his board while i was on the was it kinda poped up and cut me no stiches but nice scar:)

[barstardos]

Out at Freshie this morning I gut an unusual injury. Duckdiving a little set wave, the lip came down clean on the back of my left knee and the impact was like cracking a whip - but my leg was the whip!!
Bloody hurt and I had to go in.
I hope its OK cos I am walking the kokoda trail in a few weeks and I am going to need two good knees!

[Spoon]

Teeth trough bottom lip and I somehow managed to break a toe last summer which still gives me grief.

[CARPARKKING]

out at north narra point on a hefty 4 ft solid day (looking like teahupoo) tucked into this openhouse shack i was in the barrell amazingly deep, some kook tries to drop in, ends up doing a fade take off and gets thrown by the lip and hits me whilst getting shacked off my nut. no joke. a dreadfull gash up my leg and puts me 2 months out of the water. i'm planing the hunt the bastard down.

[willie]

out at north narra point on a hefty 4 ft solid day (looking like teahupoo) tucked into this openhouse shack i was in the barrell amazingly deep, some kook tries to drop in, ends up doing a fade take off and gets thrown by the lip and hits me whilst getting shacked off my nut. no joke. a dreadfull gash up my leg and puts me 2 months out of the water. i'm planing the hunt the bastard down.

reminds me of the time i surfed manly point lookin like jaws


my worst injury, grade 2 tear in the calf muscle, lovely long tear, requiring lots of physio

[g_u_m_b_y]

out at north narra point on a hefty 4 ft solid day (looking like teahupoo) tucked into this openhouse shack i was in the barrell amazingly deep, some kook tries to drop in, ends up doing a fade take off and gets thrown by the lip and hits me whilst getting shacked off my nut. no joke. a dreadfull gash up my leg and puts me 2 months out of the water. i'm planing the hunt the bastard down.

was it on purpose? if so.....wellll...tough 4 him!!!!

[bookster]

Yep, done the teeth through the bottom lip thing. Was going through the shorebreak and jumping over a wave when the lip hit the board, which hit me on the chin. Teeth come together violently, much blood results...

I also injured my pride once- dropped in on a dude and my board hit him in the scone- as my head popped up from the white water his fist connected with it.... guess I shouldn't have dropped in

[tootr]

i've had a few but NEVER been tangled, hooked, stabbed, netted, gaffed etc by a beach fisho........

(see beach fisherman thread)