Pourover swimming - connor

2 days ago, right before recording our competition laps and right after lunch, all 22 of us went up to the Lorne to swim just beneath the pourover on river left. The thing that makes this so much fun is that the water body recirculates you and can push you down so far everything becomes black, and we had an unofficial competition to see who could get the furthest. Several of us, me included, made it like 20-30 feet away from the hydraulic, to the surprise and amazement of our instructors and other boaters in the eddy. On one of my runs, however, while I was attempting to swim the farthest, I had accidentally redirected myself towards the rock wall perpendicular to the pourover, and face planted it as I was swimming. Even worse, my helmet, which was badly fit on my head, slid back right before the impact, making sure I had no protection when it happened. I heard a crunch and quickly resurfaced, dizzy and in pain. I walked back to the pourover, wondering how bad the damage was, and once I removed my hand, some of the others gasped at it and asked if I was ok. I had no idea how it looked, and once we were back in our kayaks Kyle took a picture and showed me it. It was freakin massive. I had a goosebump the size of my fist on the left side of my forehead, and one part was bleeding down my face. I felt woozy and had a massive headache the rest of the day, and still feel pretty crappy when writing this. I never got checked for a concussion, and might have a mild one, but even if I don't I'll definitely remember this part of the trip.