Sally Fitzgibbons stitched up after surf mishap with own board

Sally Fitzgibbons has had to rush from the surf to an emergency room after she was hit by her own board while competing on the Gold Coast.

She was brutally cut from the World Surf League championship tour and now Sally Fitzgibbons is sporting stitches after being struck by her own board while competing on the Gold Coast.

Fitzgibbons is surfing in the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro Challenger Series event at Snapper Rocks after missing the WSL’s controversial new mid-year cut-off, eliminating her from the elite championship tour for the first time in 14 years.

She was warming up for the Gold Coast event when she suffered a nasty head wound courtesy of her fin and was taken to Tweed Heads Hospital for stitches.

Sally Fitzgibbons after stitches. Picture: Instagram

Fitzgibbons suffered a nasty cut. Picture Instagram

“I was trying to stay out of the way and not get run over (by other surfers),” she said of the injury.

“I went down to the (Rainbow) bay and ran myself over. I ended up in emergency and getting stitched up – the doctors at Tweed were amazing.”

Fitzgibbons said the doctor who stitched her up was the same one who treated her after she ruptured her eardrum competing in the Fiji Women’s Pro in 2015.

“My angels were watching me … I’m feeling good,” she said.

Fitzgibbons, who continued surfing after the eardrum injury, is expected to shrug off the head wound and take her place in the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro.

She is not expected to compete until Sunday.

Sally Fitzgibbons went to Tweed Hospital after she was whacked by her own board while competing at Snapper Rocks. Picture: Instagram