Catching up with Koa Rothman after Spine Surgery…starting with the most recent good news clip.

STOKED! Congrats Koa!

“They said you either stop surfing,” he said, “or you get the surgery.”

“You have vertebrae in your spine,” he explained. “C5 is a vertebrae and C6 is a vertebrae. In between every vertebrae, there’s this little squishy disc of cartilage that allows your body to move and function however you move. What happened to me is that I actually herniated one of those discs.”