Ripped a pair of Watsons in Half (not just a small tear)

alafiaboarder

so if u saw my shattered foot post, thats what its from. I Wanna get the pics up but i was riding my friends full watson setup, booted ridiculously high off the 3rd roller of a triple up behind a SANTE 210 with 2700+ ballast. I was flying as high as the rope would let me go. I rotated a heel off 5 and upon the stupidly painfull landing, ripped my foot completely out of the binding sideways along with breaking the board and shattering my foot... just wanted to post a thread that i can put pics on cuz its just crazy

anybody else ripped a their pair Rolling Eyes

? or their friends new pair Confused

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

alafiaboarder, wow thats terrible, do you have pics of how high you were?

I don't know what to say but I hope you get better... wow Shocked

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

well maybe it was for the better. if the binding didnt break you'd probably be a lot more hurt than you actually are.

midwesty · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

pics...pics

thane_dogg · Outlaw Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 187 City: Corona

JV · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

i don't know if i've ever wanted to see something more in my entire life than i want to see this

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

yeah Liquid force is going to have a lot of problems with the new pro model bindings.
my friend has gone through 3 pairs of watsons in a about 6 weeks. first one the baseplate ripped clean in half. i guess what you are describing?
i went and bought a pair of shanes yesterday, went riding today, same thing. the baseplate ripped/cracked right behind where the hardware screws into the binding. completely unrideable. took em back to the shop (GnP) today, should get a new pair in this week. at least i have ultras for back ups.

jamesriver-rider · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject:

so clark lets see some pictures.....

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

the baseplate ripped in half? damn...those things are rated at 4000lbs or something rediculous like that.

jpk · Outlaw Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 215 City: Redmond

Note to folks who might attempt this again - Do not let friends ride in your Shane's or Watsons! These bindings break-in and fit to your foot. When someone else rides in them, they are likely to either stretch them out or not fit right and have problems.

My Watsons are very snug getting in and have excellent heel hold, but they release very cleanly on bad falls. I shoot right out of them when I need to. My crappy Hyperlite bindings never released as easily.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject:

no pics of the 540 but my friends were stoked about how high i got and didnt even care about me breakin his bindings and snappin his board... so i guess it was up there haha... i have video of me trying to spin as fast as i can off a double up and i was high as hell and my friend ryan said to throw on another 10 feet... which scares me when i think about it... afraid i blew out my knee but i luckily didnt. ya about the bindings, its not the baseplate, that bent a little but like the material on the side. where the cloth meets the rubber, those seperated and then just completely ripped, callin ryan to get pics tomorrow

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject:

about my foot better off with it ripping... my foot slid out the right side under the rubber overlay part on the side hittin the bindings lock which went into my foot... so not exactly better

midwesty · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject:

pics...pics

so you got 10' higher then you thought?

seven20 · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject:

same thing 2 years ago, broke the sphynx, broke my lyman, and broke my foot...

QNev · Posted: Jun 04, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

Post that vid and get some pics of the board! Very Happy

jwat142 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 1009

This is kinda funny, becuase I just broke my new Shane bindings in half this past weekend. Makes you wonder about the build quality. Here's a pic...

jpminter · Posted: Jun 05, 2006 4:31 am Post subject:

more pics....

ap1 · Criminal Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 79 City: FFX

Damn wouldnt expect this from some $400 bindings. Hope my watsons dont break! Shocked

billm · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 476 City: TX

YEA IVE BEEN RIDING MY SHANES FOR 8 WEEKS NOW W/NO problems yet..maybe i dont go big enough but i do have some inverts and i land hard on my crows..maybe ill check them out off the board for signs of cracking...

i did get my first experience with banging my toe hard in the front to lift my big toe nail and leave a nasty bruise...

however its better then going through the front and hurting my ankle/foot/leg..

weird we were riding an 04 SAN 210 loaded to the gills,boat is apply named the Crippler in these parts and its the only wake ive ridden since ive bought my shanes to make my foot slam hard enough forward to get my toe Shocked

gene3x · Addict Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 759 City: Dallas

OK Bill you just confirmed the second of my gripes with closed toe boots.
Wink

Has anybody ever screwed up or broken a set of the Zeus beside the overlays ripping? Bad experiences with the new hinged ones breaking?

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

B_Fool · Soul Rider Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 373 City: Cen FLA

I ride with about six guys, four of them have the Zeus. Not one issue and they've had them for six months +. Seems like without having to pull and yank to get your boots on, the issues would about go away.
I saw a couple issues like that Shane deal last season.

billm · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 476 City: TX

gene i think you are missing the point ,i feel theres a chance that my whole foot and ankle could have slid through an open toe binding and did more damage..noone will really know but ill take a bruise under my toenail any day over the original posters comment on shattered foot and many stories on broken or tore up ankles or my foot sliding through front..my banged toe did not bother me riding nornally until it hit the front on a hard crash.so I stayed on the water and continued to ride he didnt Rolling Eyes

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so with that said it could have been worse and thats where im at with the closed toe..if this is the worst that i am going to get i can handle that over the latter...

get it fool Wink

youve been through 6 pair of bindings the last two years and have continue to have hurt ankles and feet etc...me one slightly bruised toe , Cool

if it continues to get worse or give me turf toe or something i will pick up a pair of CWB Factions next month but overall i have not found a more comfortable binding with lots of suppoort and easy on and off no lube design..i love them for that so there ! Shocked

jwat142 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 1009

You can't tell in the picture, but when the plate broke, the whole "boot" part of the overlay ripped away from the base of the binding. I'm lucky I didn't break my ankle or something like that.

billm · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 476 City: TX

ok lets compromise maybe its mostly and LF binding issue and once mine break ill get a new pair sell them and go back to CWB Smile

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jun 05, 2006 7:55 am Post subject:

im trying to get my video online now but its too big or something... dunno friends gonna do it. but at the end of my run, i hit the 3rd roller behind my boat and boot and rotate a heel 9... dunno how, but it looks tight. he saw that vid and said i was about 10 feet higher.... which is hard to imagine cuz it just seems like my body would have just been jello on impact... i guess my foots good enough haha...

dirtysparks · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 2428

I thought you said HS OA 5? Now you spun a 9? I thought I read in the classifieds that you snapped a premier in half last week, and now you snapped another board? I'm not trying to be a dick but let's see that vid and pics!

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jun 05, 2006 9:29 am Post subject:

haha ya the premier was a piece of stuff and we were trying to break it at odub and did, ryans makin it into a one person chair, the vid of the 9 is from behind my boat, he said from watchin the video, i was higher doin the heel 5 by like 10 feet comparing the air to the weird 9 to face spin... which is high, my comp is a piece of stuff and im runnin dial up so its taking forever and timing out, ryans gonna gimme the pics, dont worry, i'll have some, right now the swelling is goin down but my foots still pretty blue haha

jake is gonna put the vid i made on 420empire.com when he fixes some of my mistakes