Carnage on the reef

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Hideaways is sharp and claimed a bit of flesh while we were at Wavepark

Tom's reef burn after being scrubbed clean with a toothbrush.

Theo our surf guide dinged his head on the reef at hideaways

Pretty nasty gash that Theo got, went right down to his skull bone

Luckily we had some local anaesthetic on the island, pity it expired 3 years ago

Attempting to numb things up

Phil stitching up Theo's head

Took 8 internal and 8 external stitches to close this up

Theo was a good patient, sat still even though I'm sure that expired local wasn't working so well

Theo happy it's all over

Not a bad view from the surgery

Tom's board was hideaways first victim

After a week out of the water, this is how Tom had to tape up for a surf