How do I surf with a broken finger?

[bolli]

so i broke my left pinky finger skating, its not terribly bad, in between the fisrt and secon nuckle. it happened about 2 and a half weeks ago and its suppose to be healed in 4 weeks. im gonna go surfing on friday, and i was just wondering if anyone had any strategic advise on surfing with a broken finger. haha its a pretty dumb question, i think im just gonna wear a splint in the water and use my palm to pop up. but yeah if youve ever done this let me know!

[Hang11]

Busted mine surfing a few years ago. What I did was to wear wetsuit gloves and use duck tape to tape my fingers together. Hurt like hell, but was still able to paddle into some waves.

[surferdude_scarborough]

hmm never broken a finger but i broke my foot about 3 na half weeks ago was sposed to be 6 weeks to heal but i want surfing yesterday n it was fine.

[Sillysausage]

i surfed about 3 weeks after breaking my index finger, was quite painful but when i wasnt thinking about it i felt fine, but when i though, hows my finger doing?? statred to hurt then

[el_timmo]

I broke my finger a few years ago, and didn't even know it and went surfing and windsurfing with it. Hurts a bit, but it's not too bad. Funnily enough I can't straighten that finger though!

[bolli]

cool thanks for the info,

el timmo do you go to the uni at plymoth? if you do you know this girl named catkin? she surfs n stuff, yea you probably dont but its worth a shot

[el_timmo]

sorry mate but I'm in the Navy, however catkin is very welcome to come surfing with me whenever she wants! hehehe

Phil goes to Plymouth uni, so you can ask him

[SDCali]

I broke a finger many years ago, before I started surfing, but I guess like the others said, paddling out would hurt the most. At the time I was a competitive swimmer and just taped the fingers together and swam like that, wasn't too painful though.

[crepuscular]

you can use a palm pad, it's suppose to be for the learner surfers who doesnt paddle very well, but it should work if you got a broken finger...