Ignorance Is Bliss

A few seconds before launching himself off the shelf at Inner Pool Justin boldly proclaimed "Ignorance is Bliss!"... at least he knows for next time.

It just goes to show that when giving instructions you should be as specific as possible. You see this was his first session in Mossels and I said "Dude, you jump off the shelf". Thinking he'd save himself 5 meters of paddling, he tried to pull a superman off the front of the shelf.

Damn I should have said "Dude, you jump off the inside edge of the shelf!". You live and learn they say.

I'm not sure how he pulled it off but he only slashed a tiny bit of his suit and quite a bit of his elbow. Good thing I never mentioned that the locals had seen a Great White in the water the previous day: his elbow was dripping quite a bit of blood!

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sharks scare me so i would have been out that water faster than you could say SHARK! lol...why bc im a wussy....still love to get out there though.....YEAH GO SURFING!!!!! ima dork cant help it....

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