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Join Date: Sep 2006
06-19-2008, 10:10 AM
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how many know people that have broken bones on a crow...my buddy did yesterday. it was a perfect day out until that...one of the sickest crows i have seen and it was the first time he tried it. I knew tantrums were pretty notorious for injuries but not crows...i know it hurts my confidence. I have been trying tantrums but it def makes me second guess it...I need to get back on the water quick
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Join Date: Oct 2001
06-19-2008, 11:18 AM
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I hurt my knee on a scarecrow attempt gone wrong this past weekend. I have been waiting to see if it would get better with a little time and rest before having it looked at by a doctor. I think I got lucky, but I am still limping around a little. That trick has been kicking my butt forever. Sorry to hear about your friend's accident.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
06-19-2008, 11:32 AM
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Most of the tib/fib fractures I have seen on this website have been on crows. I think it is a combination of the compression and the twisting motion that causes it. Hope your buddy gets well soon.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
06-19-2008, 11:35 AM
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August 2000. Broken Tibial Plateau. 2 60mm screws. Landed on my butt with legs straight towards the boat. No walking for 3 months. Tough to sit on the couch when you have ADHD. Its never been the same.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
06-19-2008, 11:40 AM
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Mine has never been the same. 4 screws.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
06-19-2008, 11:51 AM
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Yikes. It always sounds like crows and HS fronts do the most bone breaking damage. I just learned crows recently and was surprised that I didn't tear up my knee with some of the falls I had coming up short.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
06-19-2008, 11:52 AM
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Blown knee on a crow in Oct 2006 here.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
06-19-2008, 12:04 PM
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me+crow=tib/fib aug '03
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Join Date: Jun 2003
06-19-2008, 12:20 PM
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I fractured my fib just above the ankle 4 weeks ago from a crow and I have been landing that trick for a while.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
06-19-2008, 12:31 PM
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Are you guys coming out of the bindings when you fracture or tear something?
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Join Date: Jun 2005
06-19-2008, 12:44 PM
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Dustin: I did not come out of my bindings and it really isnt a contributing factor to the injury (if I am picturing the fall correctly). Generally I think the fall is bad because most people take the trick big(er) and over-rotate just enough to land straight legged which puts all the pressure on the knee joint and tib fib. I was probably VERY close to a tib fib fracture as well since I had a massive bone bruise and even "dented" the top of the knee joint where the tib fib are. Honestly I blew my knee out because I was riding over my head. I was an "invert boy" without any real spins or control of the board or my body in the air. This didn't occur to me until I started working on basics and spins as a result of the injury.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
06-19-2008, 12:47 PM
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I'm getting more and more scared of the crow with all these. Land it all the time, but def be freaking now.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
06-19-2008, 12:49 PM
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No, my front foot on landing was turned inward in my 3DS bindings. Getting the bindings off was as fun as the fall.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
06-19-2008, 12:58 PM
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M-Dizzle is correct that my injury occured by trying to go as big as possible, over-rotating and landed with all my weight on my lead foot. I, like M-Dizzle, am also an "invert boy" without any real spins or great control. I am going back to the basics and style once my ankle is well.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
06-19-2008, 12:59 PM
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on the landing my front foot came out of the binding when the tail contacted the water. so yes I was 1 foot in 1 foot out.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
06-19-2008, 3:42 PM
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Have had 2 friends break thier ankle on the crow. One did it on a regular and one a switch. They both set the board down first and thier bodies never made it around so the the weak spot will be the tib/fib or ankle of the leading foot upon landing. Sucks though, I am still going to pt for an acl, meniscus, and tib fracture thanks to a heel 5 gone way wrong.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
06-19-2008, 3:58 PM
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Dang...I thought these were one of the 'safer' inverts. Had them solid last year and now they are starting to work me and this post isn't helping the confidence any.
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Join Date: Sep 2006
06-19-2008, 4:49 PM
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what you guys are describing on here is exactly what happened. He went huge over rotated, and just stuffed straight legged. I sear I can still see it in slow motion. One of the sickest ones I have seen though...I don't think i will be trying them anytime soon. ( don't get paid enough) haha
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Join Date: Jun 2005
06-19-2008, 4:54 PM
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For those scared of the crow I would suggest maybe a TS OLE off 5. I learned OA 5's and crow's before I blew my knee. When I came back I landed a handful of crows just to get back over the mental barrier but am moving back to try and take it ole 5 instead. So far it feels like I can take the crow and throw it more and more out the back with a handle pull in the trough to get close. Whether or not this is right I have no idea but its a transition I made away from the crow in still keeping the TS trick on the list of sorts. I am definitely keeping the trick wake to wake.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
06-19-2008, 5:17 PM
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I've heard of a lot/seen more injuries from crows than tantrums. I had a liz-franc (joint dislocation fracture) in my foot and a torn ligament at the joint from a crow gone wrong last year. I had the trick consistent, just took one a little flat on a big wake, didn't fully rotate the 180 and my foot twisted inside the binding. Needless to say, I didn't walk for about 4 months and needed a screw in my foot which eventually came back out. Haven't started doing them again yet, but I am planning on it.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
06-21-2008, 7:07 PM
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The Byerly Boot Break was a scarcrow wasn't it?
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Join Date: Jun 2008
06-22-2008, 11:07 AM
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go big or go home right?
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Join Date: Aug 2001
06-22-2008, 12:35 PM
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I had a pretty bad crash learning crows in '03. Came down and my femur compressed into/through my knee to my tib/fib thus breaking both my tib and fib as well as tearing my miniscus and slightly tearing my mcl. It was a very weird/freak accident. Its never been exactly right since.
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