Craig Warren, a 40-year-old gent from Currumbin, copped this head injury at Snapper Rocks because a “hipster” (his words, not ours) wasn’t wearing a leg rope on his wooden mal.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reported Craig (a Globe employee) was surfing with his nine-year-old son two weeks ago when the, yes, bearded, man lost control of his 60’s-styled board, but allegedly not his style.
His son, Taj, and an off-duty paramedic dragged Craig to shore before he was sewn up by surgeons at hospital.
“The worst part of the whole thing is that my son and daughter saw me bleeding on the sand. I’ll never forget the look on their faces.”
It’s unclear whether the board was fitted with a leash plug or not.
Because the two are so similar, councillor Chris Robbins likened the incident to a car hitting a pedestrian: “Your board is a weapon and you may well be breaching local law if your board hits someone because you don’t have a leg rope.”
To strap or not to strap, should it be a question of style or practicality? Once upon a time, bodyboarders were the absolute devil to surfers. It’s 2014, so what would you prefer to be hit in the head with? A bodyboard, a SUP or a 60’s-style longboard?
