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Face planting!

Posted:
Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:59 pm
by Bwgan
Don't know if its happened to anyone else, but took a swan dive off my board today and hit the water at a fair rate of knots and felt my bottom eye lids filling with water, not the nicest of feelings in the world


Posted:
Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:22 pm
by miamisurfer
i've never had that happen before but it doesn't sound to pleasant
i try to close my eyes right before i hit the water so something like that doesn't happen

Posted:
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:39 pm
by GowerCharger
yeah i gt that a lot when i go bodysurfing, it feels weird and im pretty sure it doesnt do your eyes much good


Posted:
Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:56 am
by trails surfing
ya i've taken a few dives on my new board. i go for a quick cut back and i put the nose in and take a dive. it's a retro 70's board so it has less of a rocker. never got water in my eye, so i find it hilarious. can't imagin how funny it looks to everyone watching.

Posted:
Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:43 am
by PapaW
Aye feels like you have been punched in the eye. Great stuff!

Posted:
Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:16 pm
by Old Guys Rule
I love watching those type of wipe outs. Sure hate being the one when it happens.


Posted:
Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:27 pm
by essex sucks
as long as u do it in style.

Posted:
Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:04 am
by libby
For me its all about planing across the water with most of face above water but my nostrils submerbed. It feels like the water is going up my nose and out my ears


Posted:
Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:16 am
by kitesurfer
Libby wrote:For me its all about planing across the water with most of face above water but my nostrils submerbed. It feels like the water is going up my nose and out my ears

I can imagine that looks quite amusing, a hobbit water scoop!


Posted:
Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:03 am
by libby
Yes i'm quite sure it does, in fact i usually come up (i eventually sort of sink) with a huge, if slightly confused, grin on my face. Pearling is not pretty, but its quite good fun!

Posted:
Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:05 pm
by Eliezer
I haven't done that with surfing. I did that with wakeboarding a few times though
