: I usually take the shoes off for paddling, but I wanted to go over
: a reef and surf some small waves so I decided to wear my Tevas
: just in case. Lucky thing. I didn't even make it to that reef.
: Took a spill in the rock garden and ended up in the surf zone.
: It was UGLY... and to make it worse, it happened by some ocean
: side apartments where many of my friends live. They were on the
: balconies watching me. One actually got the paddle from shore
: when it washed up and threw it out to me. The beach was very
: rocky and the waves break at the beach so it's no place to try
: to land. I am just glad I carry a storm paddle, but I did learn
: that a storm paddle does little good trying to get out of surf.
: I will now carry TWO GP's and a storm paddle.

: That was three weeks ago. I still have sea urchin spines in my
: feet. The Tevas worked well on the bottom, but they got my toes.
: Some urchins here have spines as long as 10". One of those
: punctured my toe and went sideways through the skin about
: 3" and came out, leaving a huge open wound. My biggest fear
: is that one day I'll roll and hit my head on one and put an eye
: out. And mom was worried about me running with scissors!

It's a rule, when you do something dumb it's always in front of an audience :)