There was some good swell today which produced some nice little wave rides and some jumps. I was getting quite confident and going after some of the bigger waves with some good results. I wiped out a lot but I was having fun, My recovery and waterstarts are quicker so I'm not getting put through the washer as much these days.
I was getting a little too confident...The wind picked up and my brain was telling me to come in and change down, Did I listen...No.
Well overpowerd and just screaming, I kept it all together for quite a while before I lost It....
I lost it in a big way, Damaged board and blood....
As I turned downwind to enter a gybe I knew I was over powered but I continued, I sheeted in hard and started the carve...I got smashed with a gust and some how lost my grip on the boom, As the sail sheeted out and the board lost grip everything just exploded. I got whipped around the front and I felt my knee hit the board then I hit the water. When I came up I was about 10m from my kit and a head high wave was about to smash me. I ducked under the wave and when I surfaced my kit was now about 50m away...I don't like swimming after my kit....
I eventually got to my gear, waterstarted and headed for the shore...It was time to change down.
I got to the beach and noticed a big crack in my boards rail, It must have been my knee....I had the shits now. I know that damaging stuff is part of the game we play but I don't have to like It.
I left the board on the beach and took my sail up to the car, While returning to the beach for the board some dude asked me If I was ok and was pointing at my leg...There was blood from my knee to my foot, It appears as my right knee hit the board and crushed the rail I had slid my left shin over the non-slip deck and had a graze from my knee to my ankle....Nothing life threatening but It could have been avoided If I'd listened to that little voice that said "Your out of you league, Go and change down...NOW!"
Anyway the boards in getting fixed and the leg is not a problem, Skin grows back...eventually. It did sting like a bitch when I got in the shower though.
Its back on tomorrow 25-30 knots....Can't wait.....I will listen this time.
Looked like a good one...
But after we cleaned it up, Nothing more then a graze.
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