Handle Mis-hap with pics

(xbones) · (xbones) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 04-19-2007, 8:05 PM

Heelside 3 and I got OA and when down pretty nasty. The arm Pic is after 4 days of healing. My buddy driving said he thought the tower was going to rip off the boat

(jjakober) · (jjakober) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 04-19-2007, 8:15 PM

Here is mine:

Took almost a month for the bruise to work it's way down to my fingers. Now I have a nice little hole in my bicep where the muscle tore.

(otiswunguy) · (otiswunguy) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 04-19-2007, 8:55 PM

jakober-I think you have been on the receiving end of wakeboard a$$ kickings more than anyone I know. No pain no gain I guess?

(poser007) · (poser007) **Join Date: Nov 2004** 04-19-2007, 8:59 PM

I was thinking wow then I went down and saw Jakober and thought ok Luker suck it

up

(jjakober) · (jjakober) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 04-19-2007, 9:03 PM

I guess during 17 years of wakeboarding some bad things are bound to happen

(xbones) · (xbones) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 04-20-2007, 6:56 AM

It wasn't so much the arm...but the handle that surprised me. I knew it hurt like sh*t but when I saw the handle and tried to bend it back with my hands and it wouldn't go I knew I had gotten lucky.

(jjakober) · (jjakober) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 04-20-2007, 7:21 AM

When I did mine in '99 the handle was up to my arm pit, the boat didn't stop till it popped out because they thought I was just holding on. The funny thing is I still use that exact same handle, StraightLine SquidGrip. I guess they just don't make stuff like they used to.

Luker, glad you are ok.

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 04-20-2007, 8:23 AM

Jakober..... I did the exact same thing. I've got the nice matching dent in my bicep, too. Of all my wakeboarding crashes I think that's the one that freaked my out the most. I had to check and make sure my arm was still attached when I was laying in the water.

Luker, good to see you didn't get it too bad. You definitely did a number on that handle.