Dings... !!!

Am I a ding machine or something?  I'm not sure if it's normal to basically put some kind of damage into your board about every 2-3 sessions.  Someone tell me yes or no.  It could be my skill level is too low, and that I must level up.  Or maybe I'm in that weird zone where I'm good enough to be trying stuff that has ding-potential, but not good enough to not be falling on top of my board with my knees and elbows all the damn time.

Today was small and weak, 1-3 feet, but fairly clean.  We went at the right time, just before the tide bottomed out and before the wind messed it up.  I was totally snaking Daniel, paddling around him to position myself for a left, while even telling him "Daniel I'm snaking you!"  I managed to eat shit, flip my board over, and drive my left knee into the bottom, right were the "North Shore" Griffin emblem is.  I have good aim, because I've dinged the Griffish in the same place.  Twice.


I was considering selling that board too.. now it's got a dent in the bottom.  Karma for snaking Daniel "the Honey-Badger" Lee.  It's still water tight, so at least I don't have to fix it.  But it's still an interesting board that is super fast and pumpable.  I always manage at least some kind of pumping practice on that thing, no matter how shitty and small it is.  But the fact remains that it still feels weird to me.  I tried standing farther back, putting my rear foot between the fins, but it just feels like it's WAY back there.  And when it's there, the board doesn't feel stable.  I dunno.

I still want a mini-simmons for small days... Infinity Tombstone 5'2".