Anyone sanded their foils, I did after slicing my wetsuit.

Sand any sharp spots if you want to avoid stitches.

Umm? I think I better go & check.

You will get cut occasionally by your foil just from kicking the thing accidently.

The wounds take ages to heal on your feet because you are constantl putting them back into salt water.

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bigtone667 said..
The wounds take ages to heal on your feet because you are constantl putting them back into salt water.

For cuts, I use spray-on bandages, they work surprisingly well. I love cooking so I often have finger cuts :-)

But you may want to shave before applying them :-)

Don't have sharp trailing edges on your foils or mast, they confer zero performance advantage and sooner or later will give you a nasty surprise.

After two years foiling (wind and wing) I fell last Friday (.. silly concentration lapse... ), for the first time, right on top of the edge of my front wing. The tip of the wing went nearly 90 degrees into my upper butt/lower back.

Moments after I felt cold water entering my wetsuit. Scary. Tried to see if there was blood gushing out. Couldn't see anything. Checked if my board was red with blood. Nothing. Looked behind the board to see if the lake was getting red. Nothing.

After the session... 5 cm cut in my wetsuit. 0.5 cm deep. 1 cm long cut on my skin, 1 mm deep. No stitches needed.
I am looking for a wake impact vest now.

Same. Fall straight on to tip of Armstrong HS1250 luckily not to sharp but still 150mm slice in back of suit and skin. No stitches but sore all the same.
Bought impact vest next day on insistence of wife.
Not sure I ever want to fall on the end of an HA foil, scary!!

I might look to get one of the new Ride engine impact vests when they come out. Also their new soft surf helmets look good.