Aaah...the failed rock jump...love it.
I saw a bloke get flogged 300m or so down a rock point a few years back. Jumped off in front of a wave instead of on to it. Got pushed onto the rocks, sucked, pushed on, sucked back...all the way down the point and never in deeper than waist to chest high water (other than when he was in ankle deep water

). I waited until he had walked back up the point - bleeding from multiple cuts and abrasions and his board was trashed. It was very funny because he wasn't seriously hurt. Me? I paddled out through the channel. That rock jump is sketchy and only saves 30s or so.
Any other deep dark secrets fellas?