Hey Guys

I'm just after a bit of clarification of what I stood on today.
I was body dragging at Pinnaroo as I was walking out into the water and there is A LOT of sea weed there and as I waded through it I stepped on I think it might have been one of those thorn fish things? I have no Idea what they are but It felt like someone stabbed my foot with a ice pick! Yeh it hurt a fair bit.

Second question was is this common? do I just call it a once off or is it worth investing in some of those reef boots?

Cheers guys
BTW Had a blast body dragging today just enough wind I can't wait to get on a bord

Desmond,

Recent Similar experience:

I was kiting around Dongara, WA, last weekend. I stood on something very painfull amongst the seeweed on the beach. I briefly noticed some kind of hard spiky seeweed (maybe coral?). I did not pay too much attention and the pain was quickly forgotten as some beautiful wind was waiting for me!!!

Kiting cures everything!

Fred

Hey Desmond - if you cant see a big wound I would say its the sea lice considering we kite the same area, when I was doing lessons, before I got a pair of booties, I had to take antihistamines as the reaction from the sea lice was so bad.

The pain gets worse too and lasts for some time. I was getting cuts on my hands earlier this year too and the sting lasted for quite a while.

Soon enough you wont have your toes in the water and all should be fine.

What did I just step on?
Isnt that the title of a Vandals album

an echo in here .....echo in here .........in here.............here

Stone the crows, Spruce, what the? Get a dog up ya, ya flamin goose.

By the way Des, we have spiney sea urchins over here that leave small black woody spines in your feet, they love the grassy/weedy areas, might be similar.