funny story

Sasquatch · Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 26 City: orlando

so i was recently out riding (yesterday). i was just working on good form, progressive edge, standing tall, good pop, etc. and i caught a weird edge on the landing or something and i ended up coming out of my bindings. so when i came back up for air i started looking for my board and when i turned around it was skidding across the water and hit me in the face haha. what are the odds???

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 16, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:

Sasquatch, you must've been hit pretty damn hard to think it's funny.

Hyperlite_Rider · Posted: Apr 16, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

hehe, that sounds a little odd....

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

about 1 in 2 billion...nice... Laughing

nfn · Soul Rider Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 388 City: Sioux City

I have had that happen before...now every time i come completely out of my bindings I cover my head. Ive kept the board from hitting me again a few times.

Beaver · Posted: Apr 16, 2006 8:37 pm Post subject:

I caught a edge on a 3 one time and came out of my bindings then came up and got hit in the face and cracked a cheek bone. I cover my head now if i pop out or on a wakeskate.

ketcham16 · Newbie Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 10 City: Columbus

Ever since my waterskiing days (shudder....) it just became reflex after I hit the water to cover my head. I've saved myself quite a few knocks.

nickdakoolkat · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 10:50 pm Post subject:

nfn, same here, I stay under the water in a "duck and cover" position for a few seconds until the smoke clears. This happens more often when I dismount on a wakeskate though, I love doing cannon balls w2w. Laughing

RoughRiverMike · Outlaw Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 107 City: louisville

Have to admit that it has happened to me too. I'm just happy that my foot is not still in the binding when it hits me in the head. Laughing

King of the Tigers · Posted: Apr 21, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

Happened to me too but it definitely wasn't as funny at the time. It hit me right above my upper lip and literally left me with a second mouth. My Dad, a retired dentist, stitched me up because no plastic surgeons were available. He did a great job and it hardly shows now. Needless to say my arms cover my face the second I come out.

savage3221 · Posted: Apr 21, 2006 9:26 am Post subject:

nickdakoolkat, bwahahahaha, that's the funniest thing to see people do. I do it myself too, lol.

Craig-R · Guest

HAHA

david-d · Guest

gotta watch those boards, they'll do that to you. keep smoking that weed though. Wink

d*RU*nk · Posted: Apr 23, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject:

That is never a good thing.... i got hit right between the eyes when the board came off during a failed raley attempt and it left a nice little scar on the top of my nose. Now it's all about the face cover whenever i feel the board come off.

pilot_ryder · Posted: Apr 23, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

ha ha thats funny

Thomas P. · Addict Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 717

how does this happen? i mean how does the board get behind so far behind you that it takes enough time for you to surface to catch up and still have enough energy to hit with enough force to cause pain? whenever i get ejected from boots, the board is always floating still in the water, sometimes ahead of me, behind me, or to the side, that really depends on the fall. I have never seen the board still moving when the rider resurfaces.
weird.

numbfoot · Posted: Apr 23, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject:

i've done something like that wakeskating... except i came up under it and hit my head on the bottom. it hurt like hell.

kickasskel · Newbie Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 2 City: Boston

Yeah, I cover my head every time I comeout of the water too.
Hit my head with my board twice a couple seasons ago and got over ten stitches each time.
Wierd thing is I didn't even pop out of my board...
I wore a helmet a few times after that but it was a hassle to ride with a helmet on.
Now my first reaction whenever I crash is to cover my head.

Sasquatch · Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 26 City: orlando