Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[Euphylliaphyle]

We used to paddle across the inlet at Wrightsville beach to Mansonboro island to catch the break there, a shipping lane and a 1/4 mile paddle through insane current. Anyway, my first trip a friend says "be careful the rocks are really slippery on the Masonboro side."

As I stepped out of the water onto the rip-rap, I thought "what a baby, slippery.. meh?" and then I stepped on the second rock. Long story short, I am lucky I am alive. I am rather sure that I surfed with a concussion that day and I don't remember the paddle back to Wrightsville.

Those rocks are like teflon coated ice.

But better and a much longer story than there is room for here, we had a friends friend come on a surfing trip to Barbado, Short version. He was trying to hang with us surfing breaks he had no business paddling out in. Day 3 of a 2.5 week trip he got absolutely rolled across a shallow reef (knee deep) by 1.5x overhead wave. He stood in shock as if to say "I'm good" and within seconds you could see trickles of blood seeping form hundreds of razor cuts all over his chest, back, arms and shoulders, knees, etc. like he had been tenderized. Then he stepped on several black long spine urchins trying to walk in.

We poured peroxide on him for 2 weeks. He fizzed like mentos in coke every time and screamed like a little kid at the dentist. It was amazing. Yes, I said that out loud, worth the price of admission and then some. One of the greatest things I have ever seen and been part of... in an that odd kind of way.

I am glad you didn't get hurt Randy.

Oyster colonies do not make for a soft landing.

 

[dwest]

I literally put tire studs on the soles of my creek wading fishing shoes because of slippery rocks. Slippery rocks are no joke.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Oyster colonies do not make for a soft landing.

Ohh, a lot of it was fire coral. My only hard contact was in a bed of turf algae. The break is called “soup bowl”. Massive rip to the left and crossing waves that make that area treacherous if you are not strong enough to paddle out of the rip to the break. Peroxide boy wasn’t strong enough and the reef rash was his reward. Break is outside center, often easily double overhead. Left is shallow all the way out. You can see the rip in front of the group. You ride the rip out and then paddle hard right to get into the lineup. If you can’t paddle, you are not goi going to have a good time.

Anyway, back to Rand’s adventures. Mine are for another day.

 

[Minifoot77]

Ohh, a lot of it was fire coral. My only hard contact was in a bed of turf algae. The break is called “soup bowl”. Massive rip to the left and crossing waves that make that area treacherous if you are not strong enough to paddle out of the rip to the break. Peroxide boy wasn’t strong enough and the reef rash was his reward. Break is outside center, often easily double overhead. Left is shallow all the way out. You can see the rip in front of the group. You ride the rip out and then paddle hard right to get into the lineup. If you can’t paddle, you are not goi going to have a good time.

Anyway, back to Rand’s adventures. Mine are for another day.