It’s 5 am and, with a glimmer of sunlight breaking through, you paddle out to your favourite surf break. Before you know it, there’s a clean five-foot set rolling your way and without thinking you get in the perfect position for your first wave of the day. At the last moment, it looks like the reef break is going to get the best of the wave and that friendly five-footer has jacked up to a healthy 8-10 feet. Unfortunately your miscalculations paid their price and, upon your drop-in attempt, you jump off the lip into the white water washing machine while your trusty 6’2″ thruster folds in half to more likely resemble the tortilla of a carne asada taco.<\/p>\n