Maybe he just needed to prove to folks in the Pacific Northwest that he, a Florida transplant with four stints in Hawaii, could (I could have said ‘can’) slip, slide, and hit the nose.
I’m wondering what Mike is looking at. Maybe he’s checking a cut on his foot or something. I do know Mikel thinks booties obscure “the feel of the board.” So does numbness.
I stole this photo from Mike’s Facebook page. Not apologizing.