Photos courtesy of PWA/ John Carter.

We’re not talking about amateur wounds; a dead leg from a catapult or the odd nosebleed from bashing the boom. We’re on about professional injuries, the kind that leave you with lifelong scars and an impressive tale to tell of your near death experience on the water! Not surprisingly, pro riders who jump far too high and go out in waves far too big for sane folk, tend to end up with the most scars.