At a crowded break over the weekend, I had a very close call with what surely would have been a knock out blow to the head by someone else's surfboard. It made me wonder why neither I nor anyone else in the line up was wearing a helmet. Helmets have become commonplace on mountains but not in oceans yet.

"As long as you're not surfing 2ft Linda Mar or 10ft Pipe you'll be fine without one. "

"I was happily puttering around on 2ft Linda Mar tonight; another gentleman was sporting a ..."

"Ain't no shame wearing a helmet. I almost plowed somebody that cut in front of me the oth ..."

"My advice is stop surfing crowded spots where kooks reside. There are many other surf-able ..."

"@obsfobsf - The close call was at one of the main peaks in Santa Cruz (no, not C0wells). ..."