"The athlete required stitches on his nose..."
Just yesterday, surfers everywhere learned that four in ten of us were destined to have a head or face injury. To prove the veracity, Italo Ferreira proceeded to bounce his face off his surfboard rail, whilst practicing for the Fiji Pro, thereby needing stitches.
His team took to Instagram to share, “We would like to inform you that @italoferreira suffered a minor accident during a training session on Wednesday morning in Fiji (local time). The athlete required stitches on his nose after hitting the rail of his surfboard, but he is stable and receiving medical treatment. Despite the incident, Italo is confirmed to compete in the event. We will provide any updates here.”
The injury appears gross.
Italo, in any case, did compete in the event, taking down the South African Matthew McGillivray in a fancy round two matchup. The waves were nice, lightly ruffled by the wind, and the Brazilian put on quite a show while wearing a bright yellow jersey.
He will face Japan’s Connor O’Leary round 3.
But how are you when it comes to surfing with injury? Do you put on a brave face and act as if nothing is wrong or cry like an infant?
More as the story develops.
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These guys are on an all inclusive surf tour. Catered, pampered, and sunned its gross that he really thinks we give two shits more or less one steaming turd..
More likely he got punched in the nose dropping in on someone.
OH 🐗. How sanding. Faaaa.. eww.. NOT!!!! Y.F.C. ” Ode to Strayan. Keats.
minor Flesh wound…it didn’t kill him!
who nose what happened?
bit of duct tape and it’ll be fine
RedBull gives you wings
Minor
I was injured recently. On the biggest day of my last surf trip I accidentally tore my labia on the walk out to the top of the point. Took a quick dunk in the water then hobbled back to my cabana. Thankfully it healed up over night though and was able to surf the next day when the surf dropped.
Majora or minora?
Fortunately Majora.
The hymen is still intact?
Xox
“Shaken, Knot Stirred” 👈🏻👀🍸
Boomers just rub dirt(or sand) on it and keep surfing.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much dirt or sand out on the reef at Cloudbreak.
Rub coral on it?
I’d guess Italo rubs Red Bull into it.
That might be a watch winning comment if it was on the live comp thread. Touché
“Git Ya Filthy MIT’s Off Of It.. ya Varment..” Sammity
duct tape
Super glue is cleaner and works better.
Tell my dad that.
…when the glue wears off.
Mastic and myrrh