Speaking of getting the lines stuck in between your toes, years ago (late 90s early 2000s) my friend Wayne German ended up flipping over his ski and getting his toe stuck between the cable and the rail. Luckily there were several other paddlers there to help him, but he said he would have probably drowned if not for the help. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been an older model ski with the cables on the inside and it was his big toe that got stuck.
PSwitzer, if you know or run into Wayne, ask him about the story. For years he ran all the Kanaka Ikaika races in Hawaii.