get scratches!!
mine took 78 days last season and a fair share of licks and are still mint...
down the third bowl at crusty butte i ate a little something that in hindsight seemed like big ass rock...
a 6 pack of buds, a nice bloke in the shop and i was back on the mountain 45 mins after i took out a gash to the woven core...
you wouldnt know it ever happened and the edges are as sturdy as turnip in soil rail after rail...