Who hasn't had a major injury so far??

(flamethewolf) · (flamethewolf) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 09-26-2007, 9:38 PM

All the injury threads have been getting me down... I've been riding off and on for 3 years, got an X1 in April, and went hard all summer... plenty of sore muscles, mildly sprained ankle, but nothing major... who else has been mostly healthy and for how long??

(jrogers26) · (jrogers26) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 09-26-2007, 10:26 PM

i think people are afraid of jinxing themselves if they respond to your post...

(nickdakoolkat)

I just had a wierd injury yesterday, I was wakeskating in perfect butter (I didn't have my wakeboard with me)....when I say butter it was possibly the smoothest I have ever seen my lake. Anyways, I did a backside 180 and leaned too far over my toes. I fell away from the boat and my legs flew straight out. Somehow my foot caught right in the handle and i was dragged across the lake for what seemed like an eternity. It hurt like hell, I only sprained my anke and tweeked my groin but the worst part was the "rope burn" that it caused, although it wasn't actually rope burn.

(qball) · (qball) **Join Date: May 2007** 09-27-2007, 7:10 AM

i was a part of your club up to three weeks ago

now I have a messed up knee and ankle and I'm fighting with my healthcare provider to get them to pay for anything...

(hbguy) · (hbguy) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 09-27-2007, 9:23 AM

I second what Jordan said.

(bcrider) · (bcrider) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 09-27-2007, 9:44 AM

Concussion but that's it.

(blindmnkee3) · (blindmnkee3) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 09-27-2007, 9:55 AM

LOL, yeah I don't want to jinx myself but I've never been hurt on my board. 9 years and still going strong :-) Worst thing thats ever happened is I got the wind knocked out of me and saw some stars while wearing a non-approved vest. Not smart for a guy my size. That was pretty scary.

I'm lucky though, I've played basketball since I was 8 or so and I've never turned my ankle bad enough to miss more than a day.

I think some people are more injury prone, some people get ahead of themselves trying things they aren't ready for and some people just get unlucky. If you take time to get comfortable on your board before you go HUGE then you can learn how to fall without hurting yourself. Just my opinion.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 09-27-2007, 9:58 AM

I third Jordan comment

(beef) · (beef) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 09-27-2007, 10:12 AM

I fourth it. If you respond to this, you're just asking for it!

(denverd1)

yep

(shredsickgnar)

I haven't hurt myself wakeboarding for about 6 or 7 years. Snowboarding though, thats a different story.

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 09-27-2007, 12:11 PM

You wakeboard long enough and you will get hurt. You gotta pay to play. It'll likely happen when you're least expecting it, too. Maybe on a trick you've done a thousand times and got lazy with.....

Good luck.

(monkey) · (monkey) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 09-27-2007, 12:55 PM

I'm emotionally injured every time I can't land the trick I'm trying. Does that count?

(blindmnkee3) · (blindmnkee3) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 09-27-2007, 1:38 PM

I'm done for, good thing the seasons almost over :-)

(boarditup) · (boarditup) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 09-27-2007, 5:49 PM

Ridden since 1983 without an injury.

(nvboarder) · (nvboarder) **Join Date: Nov 2005** 09-27-2007, 5:59 PM

What I have learned is if your trying new tricks more than likely you will get hurt sooner or later. But the reward of landing something new out weights the pain and injuries in my eyes.

(oaboards) · (oaboards) **Join Date: Aug 2007** 09-27-2007, 6:03 PM

8 dislocations in left shoulder and one big reconstructive surgery and im only 18. Ready for that winter riding starting November 1st.

(hyperlite_boards)

Never really had a major injury one or two minor cuncussions and a few aches and pains but nuthing really

oldman1025 10-02-2007, 8:38 PM

been riding for 2 years, only a concussion or two

(absoluteboarder)

...no injuries in 4 years...I had this exact thread before....but it seems there is a superstition about talking about it. Wakeboarding is a tough sport......but apparently so is talking!

(ghostrider_2) · (ghostrider_2) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 10-03-2007, 11:58 AM

nothing major .....yet..
some good bruises, and bruised both talus's (bad spelling) years ago.. would like to just get it over with since I know that something will happen one day.. pretty lucky since I have never broken a bone in my body.. (I do some crazy •••••••••••••••

(j_money) · (j_money) **Join Date: May 2006** 10-03-2007, 12:09 PM

If you ride long enough.......... its gonna happen.......... I thought it would never happen to me. I was wrong, dislocated my shoulder, and it SUCKED!!!! wasnt even doing anything special... just hit a double up and pop, out she came...

(wakedv) · (wakedv) **Join Date: May 2007** 10-03-2007, 1:20 PM

I'm surprised at how many people put off concussions as no big deal! your head is far more important than knees or shoulders...IMO

(toby_yeo) · (toby_yeo) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 10-03-2007, 1:35 PM

BAD KNEES.

(wkbrdr) · (wkbrdr) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 10-03-2007, 7:13 PM

about 8 years...nothing yet..

(caseman1322) · (caseman1322) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 10-03-2007, 9:42 PM

I blacked out for a few minutes last weekend after a nasty fall but luckily no concussion, just a bad headache for the rest of the day. Other than that I've been free of any major injuries for the past few years. I'm sure all you superstitious guys are gonna think that I'm guarantying my self a ticket to the emergency room by saying this on this thread but I don't believe in superstitions. It just makes your life too stressful

(pdxviperguy) · (pdxviperguy) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 10-17-2007, 12:37 PM

I tore my acl saturday doing a heelside frontside 180 that I have done a million times. Dont know how I did it but it hurt worse than anything I have felt before.

(winch_mob) · (winch_mob) **Join Date: Sep 2007** 10-17-2007, 6:16 PM

JINX.COM

(jusstty) · (jusstty) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 10-18-2007, 9:30 AM

Havent had a major injury yet, but ive had like 20 minor ones over the last year.

(rnopr8) · (rnopr8) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 10-18-2007, 9:59 PM

Hey Justin...nice pic.

No injuries!!!! I can't jinx myself cause I am done for the season. (minor surgery tomorrow for non-wakeboard related stuff) And right when the temp is back up in the 80's

(liv2brd) · (liv2brd) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 10-23-2007, 8:27 PM

2 shoulder and 4 knee surgeries with 9 years of wakeboarding and 13 years snowboarding = good times even with that price tag!! But uh...give me a few months to recover from the knee surgery that I just had today and I'll be good to go - again.

(dnp33) · (dnp33) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 10-24-2007, 6:42 PM

this year i just got a concussion and i might have tore the cartiledge in my knee.