shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Man, that looked nasty. I took the same type of fall early this year, almost identical. My arms has quarter inch welts everywhere they hit the water. I was wearing a CGA and a helmet though so it didn't really hurt at all except for the welts. If your head took any trauma there, a helmet would have probably prevented it 99%. Concussions add up, and they don't show the damage they've done to you until you are old and can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago. Wear a helmet kids, that video should be the PSA.
A helmet would of helped a ton with that slap. Taken those myself with and without but hey your young. When you've got 6 or 7 under belt, you might think differently.
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Man, that looked nasty. I took the same type of fall early this year, almost identical. My arms has quarter inch welts everywhere they hit the water. I was wearing a CGA and a helmet though so it didn't really hurt at all except for the welts. If your head took any trauma there, a helmet would have probably prevented it 99%. Concussions add up, and they don't show the damage they've done to you until you are old and can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago. Wear a helmet kids, that video should be the PSA.
i do feel like a cga would help reduce impact, but iv hung a back edge twice with a helmet on, and found it to hurt muchhh worse.
^^^^^^^^^Mind sharing what brand helmet you were wearing? What hurt "much worse"? Neck, head?
just the standard protec, now that you mention neck i actually feel like my head kinda hurts the same with and without, but when i wear a helmet it tends to hurt my neck alot. i guess its just the combo of having to turn your whole body and the headache at the same time that really sucks.
^^ just my opinion, considering i catch my edge quite a bit
This was the same kind of fall I wrote about in the helmet thread. I think my helmet really helped me, but to each his own. I'm glad helmets aren't legally required. If JB or anyone else doesn't wanna wear a helmet, that's fine with me, but I'll keep mine on. This was one hell of a digger!
Looked like the handle got away from you. Looked like you might have thrown a little early and missed a little a pop. But then, I don't do petes.
ummm not really sure, i usually come around fine, but oh well... didnt get as much pop as usual, also the boats a direct drive and there was only 1 person in the boat with stock ballast haha not trying to make excuses lol just unlucky i guess
not sure luck has much to do with it, but I can appreciate your "whatever" attitude. Maybe I should stop analyzing **** so much and I would ride better. lol