what kind of injuries while wakeboarding?

peteslash01 · Newbie Joined: 14 Jun 2010 Posts: 21

what is the worst it could happen while wakeboarding, doing tricks Etc...
do you rellay need a helmet?

bridges · Addict Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 683 City: Decatur, TX

the 2 most common injuries have to be concussions or knee problems.. quite a few people mess up there knees. so if you have a bad knee i suggest get a knee brace.. helment is your choice.. if u have had a bad fall before then it might not be a bad a idea but most people behinde the boat usually dont wear one.. just ur call..

GnarShredd · Posted: Jun 16, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject:

Lazershark attacks.

ryan351w · Addict Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 532

Tore my ACL and strained MCL on right knee and strained ACL on left.
When I'm learning any type of spin where you can catch an edge and raleys I will throw on my helmet and I also wear a hockey mouth guard, my buddy caught a toe edge last year and chipped his front tooth.

intotheflats · Posted: Jun 16, 2010 12:42 pm Post subject:

The only serious injury I had was a chipped bone in my heal from a huge double up. I've seen worse though. I had a friend end up with 12 stitches in his chin from a raley gone bad and saw another friend end up with a concussion.

As far as a helmet, unless your going to be hitting objects like sliders, I woudlnt wear one but thats just me.

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

edittman1 · Outlaw Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 151 City: San Jose

A buddy broke his nose REAL bad last weekend when he tried a 360 and fell, hitting his knee on his face. Doh!

Medina · Posted: Jun 17, 2010 2:41 am Post subject:

The worst thing were some headaches...

BrianABE · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 210

Or you bust your balls trying to do a scarecrow! Mr. Green

Medina · Posted: Jun 17, 2010 4:26 am Post subject:

JeffreyCH · Posted: Jun 17, 2010 4:30 am Post subject:

BrianABE · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 210

BSDM?

JeffreyCH · Posted: Jun 17, 2010 4:31 am Post subject:

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

herniated a disk in my back in '06 and still suffer from back pain when i wakeboard because of it

HHI Dave · Posted: Jun 20, 2010 1:54 pm Post subject:

So far? Dislocated shoulder, sprained ankle, torn oblique abdominal...

I consider myself lucky. Laughing

Kip · Newbie Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

I had a good portion of the skin on my heal ripped off. The only thing I can figure is one of my binding strings got wedged in behind my heal then did it damage when I came out of the binding. I wore sandals for the next couple months and didnt even look at the wakeboard.

lukus01 · Newbie Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 32 City: Austin

I've dislocated my shoulder, fractured a foot, got a concussion, and busted an eardrum and I'm only in my second season. Right now I'm working on getting the shoulder dislocation consistent and have a goal to nail down an ACL or MCL by the end of the summer!

OperationROL · Criminal Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 92 City: Rockford

Aim High.......I guess

mseller · Outlaw Joined: 05 May 2010 Posts: 220 City: Charleston

just tore my acl and miniscus last weekend just doing a huge wake to wake...pissed cause shaun murray is coming to lake murray sc this weekend for weekend with the pros 2010 http://www.southcarolinaroughriders.com/

i was just starting to really progress too...landed the backroll this season, almost full extended raley...was trying the tantrum next...soo pissed i have to wait till next season to continue Evil or Very Mad

Bama_Wake · Criminal Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 77 City: Mobile

3 years of wakeboarding and not a single injury yet =]. my cousin had a board hit him in the back of the head and he needed a few stiches, but thats the worst ive seen.

srhboarder · Posted: Jun 23, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject:

I broke my face.... Broke 3 bones. Cheek bone, eye socket and some other one next to my nose... And ruptured my nasal cavity and needed 15 stitches! Fun day! Just a HS w2w.. Sad

I think the board hit me in the face but i dont remember!

Worst ive seen/been in, other than that its just been bruises and headaches!

Chocoholic · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 363 City: Dubai

You certainly don't have to be doing big air or complex tricks to get injuries, just getting something slightly wrong and catching an edge will do it.

Here's my list:

Black eyes, concussion, split lip, teeth through bottom lip, split eyelid (that one is really gross), bruised ribs.

There's different schools of thought on using helmets, personally I go for the thinking that unless you're using kickers and sliders, they actually do more harm than good when you hit just the water, as there's a bigger surface area and you get almost a double impact.

Just toughen up yer noggin'!

Rhawn · Posted: Jun 24, 2010 6:24 am Post subject:

I think you can pull off just about any injury while wakeboarding. My most interesting injury was a torn retina from a faceslap.

cheesewizz · Outlaw Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 231

ruptured ear drum here, and the odd whiplash from time to time, i feel like the list is going to go up this season, bigger boat going to step it up!

rc5695 · Criminal Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 94 City: Greenville

My son split his head open this year already. Board never left his feet. If he'd had a helmet on, that wouldn't have happened...

Chocoholic · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 363 City: Dubai