Sufing Accidents

[vman1982]

Hi Guys I'm new on here, I've add my pic as my advat things, just wondering if anyone else has had my accidents on the waves? this is what happened to me!

My Surfing Accident Sutton on Sea (Black Sunday 12th November)

Basically what happen I was surfing down sutton on sea a week last Sunday and I caught a big wave but then got wiped out as it was too powerful and I ended up underneath the water as you do, but in the mean time another wave came along crashed on me whilst I was under water. The power of the wave must have made my board somehow come underwater with force and the finn from the bottom of the board hit me straight in the lip to the top of my cheek bone and split it all the way open through to my teeth and it also hit me in the eye. It was quite a shock and I'm really suprised it didn't knock me out as if it had I don't know if I would be here today as I was quite far from shore.
It really hurt, I thought it had hit my nose as I could just see all this blood pouring from everywhere, I unstraped my board strap left my board and swam like anything to the beach, On getting to the beach blood was coming out like crazy and totally covering my wetsuit. My mate Nigel who I was surfing had got out as he knew I was in trouble! I asked him was it bad and he told me I had just nicked it and best to get back to the car, I guess he told me that so I didn't panic. The walk back to the car seemed to be like miles as I was still spilling out loads of blood everywhere.
We got to car and Nigel rang an Ambulance and it came within about 10 minutes and I was bluelighted/sirened to the pilgrim. I got to pilgrim and the Doctors seem to be quite horrifed by it, I had to have a tetnus jab and pain killers injected into my bum.
After them looking and proding around alot they said I would have to be transfered to Lincoln Maxillo-facial Technology Department but I would have to wait up to 3 hours to get transfered so my mum and dad took me over to Lincoln straight away rather than wait so the Pilgrim patched me up and off I went.
I got to Lincoln and I was attended by a very good lucking lady and she stitched up from the inside and out my mouth. I had local anistec around my face which really did stink like mad. She did ask me if I want some for the eye but she said I only needed a couple in my eye so I said not to bother just do it without as it wasn't many! That must have been the worst mistake of my life as though it was only a couple of stitches it hurt like no other pain I have felt before. It took just over 3 hours to completely stitch me up but she did a really good job on it and it looks to be healing well, I will definately have a scar but I would rather have a scar than not be here today. I had my stitches out this morning which hurt alittle but it looks OK and should be back to normal soon.

[scuba steve]

how dramatic.
I got hit in the head with one of my fins once, that hurt

[vman1982]

yeah I'm still abit swollen but the stictes have come out, I never realised how sharp my finn was until after the accident

[Old Guys Rule]

That must of Hurt!!! I had a friend who had his board hit him in the head the other day with the fin and he had to have several stiches.

[vman1982]

yeah, I'm suprised it didn't knock me out, I've still got the disovable stitches in the inside of my mouth

[PapaW]

At least is a fairly good story to go with it and not that your were drunken fighting/causeing crap and somoene glassed you...!

[vman1982]

yeah I Know its a good story really as you say I've known quite a few people with stories of being glassed and stuff, so this is alot better

[northswell]

Nothing so dramatic, that looks real sore!
Worst i've had is dislocated little toe, and a broken finger. The finger happened after i kicked out of a wave grabbed my leash to pull back my board as another wave landed on my head.
But thats nowt, how many stitches?

[Dec]

Ouch!

I have had a fin snap off in my thigh. Left quite a scar!

And yea, fins are pretty sharp when they're moving that quick!

[LuckyLongboard]

Thanks, that ava is gunna keep me up all night. it looks terrible, hope your alright mate

[surfdaisy06]

Ouch... thats nasty.
Iv been whacked over the head with my board whilst I was wiped out and nearly got knocked out, and I mean a minor injury was the fin goig through my foot. But nothing as bad as yours sounds or looks.

[IdRatherBeSurfing]

worst ive had is a few split lips, one from a kook on a bic

[pault]

Well you can become the next villain in a bond movie, so thats a bonus

The worst i've had is washing up on shore with a jelly fish clamped to my face.

Hope you get better soon, and back in the water!

[sal]

one from a kook on a bic

It wasn't me!!!

(Not saying I'm not a kook on a Bic, just that it wasn't me inflicting injuries! )

[Dr Rev]

I caught my nuts on a fin during a wipe out !!!

[sal]

I caught my nuts on a fin during a wipe out !!!

sorry s-boy!

[Mitur Bin'esderty]

i got hit on the head by the nose of a shortboard..it pierced my head and it needed glueing back together
And i yanked on my leash once after a wipeout and my board flew at me and hit me in the nose

[GowerCharger]

i always seem to get nailed by my fins whenever i fall on a floater, had a nasty one once where i got cut by 2 of the fins and a huge black bruise from the other, couldnt move my arm properly for a few days. I gained a lot of respect for one armed surfers in that few days.

[gdude335]

dam!!
hope you feel better
worst ive had was a cut in my knee from the nose of my board on the first day i rid it!! grrr dinged the board
ive only been surfing for 2-3 months now
*touches wood*

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

i knew this girl who had a really dark tan and she hit her face on some reef and had to get skin graphting (sp?) and so now she has this pale scar tissue on 1/4 of her face. its really sad becvause of how tanned she is. her skin is as dark as an african americans (half white and black)

i also heard some guy here got scalped on some rocks when his head grazed passed them.

besides death, your accident is the second worst ive ever heard of. probably for most people on here too. ive had stitches and rocks lodged into my feet, but jesus that is extreme. hope you feel better.