That's it... I'm blunting the trailing edge of my fins tonight! I'm sure I won't notice the difference - and better to have a F'ing great lump and bruise than that sort of wound.
Not sure of the move he was performing, but it was 2 foot and hot. surfing in shorts. A wettie helps protect more than just cold. I haven't seen him this week but he got the week off work and at least 1 week out of the water. There may have been the summer time crowd in the line up too.
I think he did it defending himself against all the glamour girls he has chasing him, tripped over and cut himself on a rock. Or It was a 15 foot GWS that he just made it away, but it managed to get one tooth on just for a tatse.