Just yesterday I was heading into a shory and decided to jump ship and landed heavily on my left foot spraining my ankle. So today I'm a bit of a limp- a- lot.

Just thinking back on some of the past injuries, broken rib where a leggy flung the board back at me. A fin chop missing my left eye by a half inch. Assorted cuts and abrasions from being dragged over the reef.

Never mind the shark issue surfings dangerous enough already.

I was surfing a very sucky 15' teahupoo wave, I remember getting in the wrong zone and very very late after the 10' freefall drop i thought it was a soft wave . Then in happened I was sitting in the foam ball just waiting to get spat out when out of the blue this speck of coral got caught under my eyelid I couldn't see where I was going and I had to surf the next 80 meters by feel . After 3 blowouts of the barrel it finaly dislodged the coral just as I was gliding over the shoulder,

i did my ACL many moons ago. I think Chrispy might win this one in terms of recent battle scars n picks. Hope you recover shortly Stu.

My worst injury was to my..a smack on the melon with a board..fins between the fingers..cut to the ankle with fins again...learn't my lesson..use a loner leggie

Broken jaw and a coupla smashed teeth from leggy recoil. I looked like Ptheven.

LL I know you have done it tough - but we are talking surf injuries not 666

Still I am glad you are on the mend and back out dominating.

laceys lane said..

cardiac arrest, heart and breathing stopped 5 times- minor nuisance.


boofy, after having my rib cage cut in two and spread open, i think its safe to say i know your pain with your rib injury thing.

a lung infection from sea water meant coughing up stuff that week in hospital- be careful lifting yourself out of bed they said- geez i just about split myself in two coughing up crap



plus had the usual stitches to the head, face and other body parts from fins over the years

Umm you win... It's a **** prize but you won it.... Good to hear your on the mend. That last bit sound particularly disgusting.

i think as you get smarter you learn to ball up, when to cover your head, when to stay down in the water etc.

that comes with experience copping those cuts and stitches and learning from it.

plus a big 666 isn't a board you want hitting you

Glad your ok lacey you're one tough MF you seem to have the right attitude so I'm sure these minor set backs are not going to stop you.hats off