knee braces? anyone where them?

r_brown 02-10-2003, 7:27 PM

Do any of you where kneebraces?My knee's are not messed up but I want to protect them.I have heard a lot of people say they messed up their knee wakeboarding .Any thoughts on this? thanks

david_fletcher 02-10-2003, 9:02 PM

I messed mine up and am in the process OF paying big bucks for the CTI2.

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 02-10-2003, 11:05 PM

Check out the fifth installment of our Blown ACL series that we just posted today. Marty talks about his knee brace and getting it fit.

http://www.wakeworld.com/articles/2003/acl1.asp

(lakeaustinrider)

I wear a CTi2 brace for a PCL and MCL partial tear. Insurance paid for everything and it ran about $2200. I wear it for wakeboarding and wakeskating. As long as I put it on correctly, it doesn't bother me at all. The knee braces sold for skiing and wakeboarding that are just a neoprene wrap won't do much to prevent injury. If your knees aren't messed up I wouldn't worry about it. Just make sure you have good medical insurance.

(highrider) · (highrider) **Join Date: Nov 2001** 02-11-2003, 12:23 PM

Check out the Cell brace by Asterisk. It is a motorcross brace, but has a custom fit and will take to the water fine. I wore mine for about 3/4 of a season, 3 to 4 days a week while riding - it held up great. I was having problems with one of my knees hyperextending, this brace took care of that problem and offers support elsewhere too.