I like to fish from a paddleboard in salt water marsh creeks. Last week I decided to try a new area, lots of signs warning about the strong tides. It was a new moon and the tide was falling. At one point I decided to target a point where a major creek entered the main river. Both were flowing very fast and strong. I used my sand spike to hold the board in position just off the point of land between the two rivers. Nothing was biting so I decided to move. The sand spur is behind me so imagine sitting on bucket reaching back to your left grabbing the sand spur and pulling up. It's a big twist and pull. As soon as the sand spur pulled up the current on the main river caught the board sideways and threatened to pitch and dump me and my gear into the very fast flowing water. It was not a good situation, I had a life jacket but I could easily have lost my gear and maybe even the board while being pushed toward the inlet and the open sea. I instinctually leaned back to balance the board in an awkward side stretch position still holding the sand spike. The board rocked but stabilized, but I also felt something pull painfully all along my left side. I was glad I wasn't in the water, but I suspected I just injured myself. I gave myself a couple minutes to collect myself and tried to paddle, it was sore and cramped up a couple of times but worked itself out and I made it back to the car. I loaded the board up and thought hmm, feels pretty good now but I bet I'll be suffering in the morning. Well morning came and I felt fine. As started my next MTNTOUGH workout on Monday I thought about how lucky I was, how that incident could have been a lot worse, and the injury a lot more impacting than it was. And I thought of all the twisting and lateral movements I've done in the on ramp, foundation, kb20, and now the mountain. I think that is what made the difference. It's not something I would have worked on by myself, and I bet I would still be nursing a muscle pull without it. Thanks MTNTOUGH!