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

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 02, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject:

Diddo

LFwake51993 · Newbie Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

if ur new then ur face will hurt an ur knees
if ur new to the waters with ur new boat make sure ur not where there will be any kinda crab pots i hit one once at 35 mph and cracked my board and it hurt

Goodhands · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 136 City: Murfreesboro

If you get hurt just rub some dirt in it.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Feb 22, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

LFwake51993, why were you wakeboarding at 35 mph?

Blake · Posted: Feb 22, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject:

LFwake51993, I call stuff on that... 35 mph will do more then "hurt" you.

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

thanks for the info guys, i wont be anywhere near crab pots as i dislike salt water very much and will never go in it

oh yea...I know this is a little off topic but since it's my thread gues i can do what i want...

since this is the first boat i will be driving (19' bayliner capri with ford cobra engine (I/O)

can i flip this thing? I was in my buddys V-drive (b-52) and he had to turn around to pick up our fallen wakeboarder and IIRC he "floor'd" it and made a very tight U-Turn, boat seemed to handle it well and it felt really cool.

So if I were to try that can I flip this boat? and how do you usually attack incoming waves--like if they are coming to me at an angle should i try to hit them head on or "roll" through them at the best angle...

jjaszkow · Posted: Feb 22, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject:

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 24, 2007 8:05 am Post subject:

rowlex, as far as oncumming waves try and hit them dead on, if not an angle will not do anything, if you are paralell with the rollers, be careful, I have done that, but nothing bad happened, we were goin 50 (not pulling anybody) and I almost crapped my pants

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

ok thanks guys Smile

I know it sends rollers and is not the correct thing to do... I was just curious if higher speed sharp turns will make the boat flip

wakeboardcamp · Soul Rider Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 496 City: Halifax

Knees will be the most common injury...

but actually this summer I was teaching this girl how to ride (my co-counselor) and it was her first time and she was super good (she snowboarded before) and she wanted to get some air. So she fell her first couple of tries but then landed on her 4th attempt and got about 2 feet of air! She was so stoked though that she tried again and went a lot bigger... fell... and end of story had to go to th hospital to get staples in her head because when she fell one of the bindings released and the momentum of the board followed through and smoked her head. To add insult to injury it was a CWB Flame that she was riding and they have jagged tips and part of the tip of the board snapped off and they had to take the little piece of board outta her head... it wasn't pretty but 2 days later she was back in the water!

Gotta luv a girl who is a trooper like her.

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

wow man that sucks!

seems a lot like it would be best to have bindings that dont slip off easily. Do they make bindings like this? Would it be a good idea?

Ctipping · Posted: Feb 24, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

rowlex, it's a catch 22....come out easy = one comes out and one doesn't...come out hard, same thing happens on a hard fall...

WattsBarRiDr · Outlaw Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 115 City: knoxville

I personally got hurt by the first pull of the season i figured that if i go really big that i might be able to be where i left off...not too smart..i landed weird and and lost some short term memory for a bit

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

ctipping..seems like coming out easy isnt the best plan tho...

watts: what did you hit your head on??

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 25, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

I have old velcro bindings from only god knows when, they have never falled me, except comming undone while edging, but most of the time if I fall, I come out all the way, but have to chase down the board, One foot comming out and one staying in has never happened to me in my 5 seasons of experience, honestly its never even crossed my mind

WattsBarRiDr · Outlaw Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 115 City: knoxville

Head to water...faceplant...that was prob. the worst..

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Feb 25, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

LFPIMP, I think it's time to upgrade your shoes.
rowlex, For beginners, you may want bindings that release somewhat easily. However, as you learn how to crash better, you'll want bindings that don't release on a fall.

Lennyp04 · Criminal Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 82 City: Allentown

I'd have to agree with almost all the reposts above... Knee injuries are almost bound to happen. I have had only a few incidents which wouldnt be called injuries but one time i landed wierd and the tip of my board came over me and hit me in the head...which is why i now ride with a helmet. Another wierd thing that happend is i was riding and fell face first (amature mistake) and my eye lid flipped inside out. But yeah you need to watch out for gettin caught up in the rope and knee injuries are a killer.

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 26, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject:

LakeIolaLuke, yea i know, thats why i asked on another thread if 06 shanes would fit on my board.

jakenj · Posted: Feb 26, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

the worst thing that has happened to me was my back, and i just kept on hurting it everytime i crashed on a backroll, on tantrums i have busted my mouth pretty good against my knee and one time i landed on my head and everything looked green for a while, other than that a few headaches and soreness

Andromade · Posted: Feb 28, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

I scratched my ass really bad once.... it was so cold in the water so i started from the dock and wanted to jump off at the dock when done.. i came in with a bit to much speed, and just slided with my ass on the dock x)

bjkicker24 · Newbie Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: st louis

knee to the face = broken nose, seperated teeth, broken ankle, broken hand, twisted knee...lots can happen and after they do, you get old and become a weeny like myself these days, haha

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

jeeze, maybe ill just get drunk and stay on a tube lol

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

lol that could turn out worse if you ask me...it's fun but i'll take a controlled wake fall over tubing mayhem.

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

well looks like ill have to try em out and see which one hurts less then Smile

KristianB · Posted: Mar 16, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

I still think busted eardrum and ribs are most common. Well those are my injuries...

As to I/O handling, hitting rollers trim in and just as you're hitting the wave throttle up, well I'm sure there is courses for boat handling in your neighborhood, take one you'll learn allot! And you and everyone else on the lake (you said you did not like saltwater (=seawater for me).

Enjoy your time on the water, whether it's in the boat or on the wakeboard!

/K

LFADAM · Posted: Mar 17, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject:

As for the how tight the bindings should be arguement, my opinion is not coming out is better. I have always tightened my bindings as tight as they will go and in 7 years of riding, I have only gotten 1 mild sprain in my ankle using that method.

dpcj2 · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 30 City: Burlington

I had someone attach the line poorly to the back of the boat. When I was about halfway up it came off and snapped back. I don't really know why but the sudden loss of forward pull made something in my hip pop and I had trouble walking without a sharp pain for a couple weeks.

devon · Posted: Apr 19, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject:

whatever you do dont try an invert when your coming up to a dock because you might land in the dock head first and break you neck

this happend last summer to a person on the lake
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eastcoastsurfer · Newbie Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 16 City: Mount Pleasant

My worst fall so far has been getting 'stuck' in the air with my back to the boat while doing 3s...catching that back edge, then having the back of my head slap the water. Day long headache, some blurred vision for a bit, and a sore neck.

A buddy who used to be pretty good was doing 540s. He missed the trick and one binding released and the other didn't. A knee surgery and rehab later he's vowed never to ride again Sad

HHI Dave · Posted: Apr 25, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

There are a couple of threads going in General Wakeboarding right now that will clearly answer the original question posed by this thread. Sad

ryguy5211 · Newbie Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 10 City: phoenix

Knees for sure! Confused

LakePrincess14 · Newbie Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 39

Even if you don't pull a muscle or break a bone, hitting the water when you're going fast hurts a lot. Sometimes you feel a crash a few days afterward. (I'm speaking from expeirience on a slalom ski, lol, and I'm sure it hurts just as bad on a wakeboard.)

sandman · Newbie Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 9 City: Omaha

Yeah Im glad I read this when Im all psyched to try my first backflip Mr. Green

I just did a 180 last summer and somehow ripped my shoulder up so bad I could barely move it for two months. Got a lot better at doing switch with the other arm though.