so....how do you get injured wakeboarding?

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

Alright...so I am very new to this sport, I went twice last summer got hooked...just bought a boat and storing it for winter...

this whole sport seemed very "safe" but I have recently seen some pics/read about people getting injured. I thought the injuries mainly came from sliders and the like.

So...What do wakeboarding injuries mainly come from?

--cresko-- · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 496

knees.

some falls can really take it out of you.

one leg coming out of bindings.

arm through handle.

personally i wouldnt classify wakeboarding as a "safe sport"

one of my worst was the board coming off and smoking me in the head, leaving a nice forehead gash, in which i still have the scar. Laughing

snooks · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 313 City: Calgary

Knees are by far the biggest cause of injuries. Like cresko said... 1 foot out, 1 foot in can cause some serious damage. And by no means is wakeboarding a safe sport, but it dont bother me. If you want a "safe" sport...play poker...or pool...or darts or something

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I wouldn't classify it as safe but it is probably the safest extreme sport. I concur that injuries on the knees is the most likely, although the only serious thing that has happened to me was arm caught in the handle.

TP83 · Addict Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 739 City: Woodside

knee injurys or shoulder injurys mainly imo. knee injurys occur when people land in the flats kinda akward and it happens to alot of riders from going big or landings bad. i say shoulder injurys because when you get smacked around your arms are everywhere and what is hanging onto your handle? theres tons on injuries just from bad landings like knocking the wind out of yourself or knocking yourself out and getting cuncussions. lots come from sliders just because if theres a gap and people miss it they smack the other end and just in general in. like above its not really safe but its safer than some sports.

Blake · Posted: Jan 25, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

I blew out my knee from a kryp on a double up. I broke my ankle from a slider on a wakeskate. I broke my foot getting out of my truck when launching my boat.

It isnt nearly as dangerous as many would think. But, like anything physical, there is the chance of serious injury. I wouldnt let that scare you away from the sport though. My 10 years of riding, I have never once hit myself in the head with my own board.

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

awesome guys thanks for the info, it definently wont scare me away i just didnt realize that one foot out happened so often. and I was concerned about the head injuries lol.. mainly i juust wanted to find out how they happen so that i can try to avoid them. Mr. Green

HHI Dave · Posted: Jan 26, 2007 12:55 am Post subject:

racecar92 · Newbie Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 16

anyone can get hurt doin anything. like blake said getting out of the truck...
acidents can happen anywere. might as well have fun and get it on tape as much as u can so u can inpress the ladies haha have fun

howabouttheiris · Addict Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 677 City: Austin, TX

whiplash from heelside edge hooking....
busted eardrum from invert....
bagburn from too deep of a knee bend on landing....
dislocated retina from faceplant....

lots of fun can be had at this sport. Laughing

bmartin · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 794

You can crack a rib from coming up short on a backroll Crazy Eyes

There are lots of ways to get injured. Besides faceplants (ear drum / eye injury) the really bad stuff doesn't usually happen until you start going big. I suppose it is fairly safe if you do not jump and just carve around.

Sinkoumn · Posted: Jan 26, 2007 11:43 am Post subject:

People blow eardrums all the time, hasn't happened to me *knock on wood*.

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

looks like im going to need to get med. insurance Mr. Green

SeaLyon · Posted: Jan 27, 2007 9:13 am Post subject:

My wife tore a muscle around her ribs coughing??? Just be carefull and have fun.

jjaszkow · Posted: Jan 27, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject:

SeaLyon, I thought I was the only one ... my worst injury to date was due to coughing. Required surgery and put me out of commission for a week or two Sad

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Most sports have a risk of injury associated with them. I'd just go out, have fun, and stomp some tricks if I was you.

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

true

I will, thanks for the insight everyone Cool

RadDad · Criminal Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 51 City: Raleigh NC

Another easy way toget injured - bindings too tight. They need to be tight enough to stay on but not so tight they will not release on a hard crash.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Jan 28, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject:

RadDad, You'll get to a point where you don't want your bindings loose at all. If you take a digger bad enough, the shoes get sacrificed. I went through 4 pairs over the summer. The funny thing is, None of my injuries came from binding-breaking crashes. To date, I've suffered:
two fractured fibulae,
torn forearm muscle (arm through handle)
more concussions than I care to remember (that's funny, I can't remember them at all)
Split the back of my head w/ my board,
Tore an abdominal muscle, (dock starting, to be completely honest)
a few head knocks on a rail,
spilt my shin open on a rail,
and few broken ribs (triple-up session on a wakeskate...no impact vest can absorb that much shock)
dislocated knee (but no surgery, thank god, just a few weeks off the water)

jjaszkow · Posted: Jan 29, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

I think I'd rather have both my feet stay in the bindings than one stay in and the other come out. Could be hard on the knees.

Canucked · Addict Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 873 City: Edmonton

tore my ACL on a small simple W2W 180, but it was on its way out anyways. My buddy got the handle stuck in his arm and screwed up his shoulder.

Funny part about it is his house got robbed while he was upstairs sleeping the next day. the crackhead that was robbing him yelled he was going to kill him so he threw a texas mickey full of change at him and jumped out the 2nd story window

Proabably didn't help the shoulder healing

SeaLyon · Posted: Jan 29, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

nickl011 · Posted: Jan 29, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject:

Question, why do you want to know?, The worst I've had is wiplash, a crunched right nut, chipped teeth, and a lot of bad headaches

Catch This Wake · Addict Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 590 City: Miami

I pulled my groin the other day wakeskating. A little advice, wake jumps on skates work alot better when both feet land on the board. lol As dangerous as the sport is though that was my first injury. Don't get me wrong though I wipe out all the time and it hurts like hell. Anyways if it wasn't dangerous everyone would do it. No nuts no glory. right?

nsxxtreme · Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

Regarding the bindings issue. I am new to wakeboarding.

Last year I had the one foot pop out thing happen. Damn that hurts so bad was limping for a week. Sucks big time.

How do you prevent that from happening? Better bindings?

I would expect this to be similiar to snowboarding and I have yet to be injured there (knock on wood). But I have never had my foot pop out of the bindings either. So how is everyone hurting their knees? Is it better to stay in the bindings. I was fine crashing until one foot came out, I was out of commision after that.

Catch This Wake · Addict Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 590 City: Miami

whether its better to stay in your boots or come out is all a matter of how the fall happens. there is really no preference.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Jan 30, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

nsxxtreme, Crash better. For real as you progress you will get a feel for how to fall that makes it easiest on your body. The ones that really mess you up are the ones that you don't see coming. That's why your crashes hurt so bad when you're just starting...you don't have the instinctual feel for when your going down and how to make the best of it.

Waking up the World · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 164 City: Olathe

Usually if anything its knee injuries, just make sure you got some good bindings. Plus you can face plant but thats normal , if it hurts bad just get back on that pony or youll just be scared the next time you pull up. Unless you blow a limb, in that case a nearby hospital is hopefully accessible

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

Knee injuries, and you never want one foot in and one foot out. Face plants hurt a lot and sometimes concussions happen. Also getting your arm caught in the rope.

SeaLyon · Posted: Feb 01, 2007 11:41 am Post subject:

Make sure you streach, Your back can also get injured.

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

good good info guys, thanks again...

now, how does your board hit you in the head?? or teeth?? ouch...think i might just buy a helmet to.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

I've had a total newb fist time getting up on a board behind my boat n his one foot came out of the binding when he lost balance the board swung around n put a lil 4 sticher in his cheek. but for me the worst is a small chip from a knee to face after landing back seat after a b-roll Twisted Evil

. besides the odd faceplant or reverse head smack it's not bad...after all it's just water right Very Happy

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 02, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

lol o i'm well aware of that but before i go for any new invert or spins i tell myself "how bad can it really hurt? It's only falling into water Twisted Evil

" But yah i've knocked the wind outta my sails numerous times. Coming from both skateboarding and snowboarding i'll take a fall on water over either any day.