This past weekend Rusty’s Rick Downes went for a little surf session and on a fly-away sustained a brutal ear injury. The tail of the board sliced into his head, shattering his ear drum and severing several nerves. Luckily, he went into surgery and everything will be fine in a couple months, but he is temporarily left without control of the left side of his face. This gnarly video depicts the maneuver that caused his injury and some of the operation to repair his ear, so be warned, this is not for the squeamish. From all the Rusty Team we hope you feel better and keep charging!