Just a reminder, last week I was windsurfing in a shelly spot with my wife and I felt from the board and while falling I put my foot over a broken beer bottle that was just sitting on the bottom of the beach.
Fuc...ing bas...ard the person that thrown the bottle in the sea and stupid me that I didn't wear my water shoes.
Now I got 3 stitches on the bottom of my foot, just in the middle of it, and for 10 f...ing days I can't windsurf or either walk.

Meh.... You take your chances, like crossing the road.

Or even traveling on an escalator, I have heard of people both falling down them and being toppled over by a passerby... Resulting in serious injury, but still, I rarely hold the hand rail!

For the one time you stepped on glass there are a hundred you didn't, I personally don't think risk is that bad compared to the awkwardness and discomfort of windsurfing in booties.

And before someone mentions it helmets and life saving gear are a different kettle of fish, you sure a few stitches or a less severe cut will ruin you day or even your weekly, but you only need one fatal blow to the head, or to drown once for it to be a REALLY bad day ( that said I wear neither a hard hat nor a floater, but had this discussion before)

ive tied volleys to the boom clamp many times when doing a crabbing run. works a treat!

At safety bay there's always a bottle or two in the water
To step on when you come in, I try to avoid feet first landings

I almost never wear shoes PERIOD....the last place I would start wearing them regularly is out on the water...