In a message dated 12/6/00 10:58:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net writes: > I have been > flipped before in which my head hit the bottom hard enough to require > medical attention. No rocks, just a fast impact on a sandy bottom in which > This is the reason I always wear a helmet in the surf zone. Getting your head sandwiched between the deck and the sand hurts. Punching though a wave face with the top of your head acting as a battering ram is also painful. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 08 2000 - 23:18:42 PST
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