V1 OPERATOR HAVING NO EXPERIENCE ON BOATS, TOOK FLORIDA TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE TEST AND PASSED.  V1 OPERATOR RENTED A PWC AND LEFT THE BEACH IN CHOPPY WATERS.  WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, V1 HIT A LARGE WAVE, EJECTING BOTH OCCUPANTS.  V1 OPERATOR STRUCK HIS HEAD ON V1 WHEN EJECTED.  V1 PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  V1 OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL WALK-IN MEDICAL CLINIC BY FRIENDS.  THE CLINIC HAD HIM TRANSPORTED TO GULF COAST HOSPITAL VIA EMS FOR A CT SCAN AND TO RECEIVE 11 STITCHES.  THE INJURY WAS NEAR HIS LEFT EYE, TOWARDS THE TEMPLE.
PANAMA CITY BEACH             