Faceplant

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

What can I expect the first time i faceplant, catch an edge..curious, snowboard so I know whaat thats like. just riding the wake tho. i know from park a lil bit. dont know what its like hitting water at 20 mph tho. heads up?

da Liks · Addict Joined: 22 Aug 2010 Posts: 594

baad muscle ache in your neck and throat area for 5 days haha!

GnarShredd · Posted: Sep 13, 2012 11:28 am Post subject:

Just imagine a really bad belly flop + whiplash.

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GnarShredd · Posted: Sep 13, 2012 12:47 pm Post subject:

... and instead of your belly it's your face.

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

gotcha.

heh.

Qveon · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 17

GnarShredd · Posted: Sep 13, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Faceplant

ediotism · Outlaw Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 124

wakechick13 · Posted: Sep 14, 2012 4:06 am Post subject:

I'm pro at faceplants. I usually get a massive head ache, and usually, as previously stated, you neck will hurt for a couple of days.

Ps205Rider · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 130

Wtf take a digger purposely, umm no thanks. Faceplants happen to everybody, just wait until u start trying tricks, faceplants from the air are like 5x worse. Just ride and progress, you will have an abundance of faceplants in the future.

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

Qveon · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 17

Qveon · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 17

GnarShredd · Posted: Sep 17, 2012 5:22 am Post subject:

Qveon, I guess that's one way to deal with it. Not a great way, but a way.

Just ride. You're going to fall and you're going to catch edges without the patented "Qveon technique". No sense in doing it on-purpose.

slidin_out · Soul Rider Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Posts: 353 City: Pearl

well not a faceplant but i got mousetrapped on a hs blind 180 last friday and i am still sore, just as brutal as a faceplant, took me 15 minutes to get my neck to move in any direction saturday morning, so to reiterate...bad bad headache for a day or two, sore neck and possibly back and abs too for several days, and a reignited fear of catching an edge, had not had a bad fall all summer long

FD3S · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 5

it is the fifth day that my neck hurts badly. the first day was like i have overworked my neck. the second day was hurting and i had strong head ache and my right eye was hurting too. forth it was better. today i went to the gym because all day is was feeling fine and when put pressure on my neck the pain came again....

he feeling in the water was strange it was my first time and i was just waiting the life jacket to pulls me up so i can breathe.

Does anybody know if there are any protection gear for the neck will wakeboarding. i believe no but anyway.

Nukleuz · Newbie Joined: 06 Feb 2012 Posts: 23

I caught it bad on Sunday....instead of a faceplant..it was more of a back of my head plant.....my bneck is still stiff....

HURTS LIKE HELL...... but cant wait to get back into the water this Saturday Very Happy

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

well how about the actuall fall itself? snowboard and catch a toe edge and you need to 'know how to fall'..throw your hands forward, they dive into the snow, you keep moving, your hands dont so you break your wrists and/or arms. does this happen in wakeboarding?

so if im taking a fall, what type of position should I be in? or should I just use drunk teekneek and let my body go limp and do flips and cartwheels across the water surface until I lose speed and just sink under the surface?

FunkyBunch · Outlaw Joined: 01 Aug 2011 Posts: 206 City: The Colony

The best position is a compact low position. That is why they tell you to over absorb the landing when you learn wake2wake "also so you don't bounce on landing and catch an edge" . The only other thing I have heard is pin your chin to your chest. The absorb on landings is about the best thing there is.

GnarShredd · Posted: Sep 18, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:

qwerty123, Not much you can really do with an edge catch. It's over before you can really react. Just do your best to close your eyes, hahaha.

Might be able to tuck a bit on some other falls though and that'll help you from smacking the water as much. You kind of just pick things up naturally the more your ride.

Qveon · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 17

Ps205Rider · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 130

Qveon · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 17

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

dalderman · Soul Rider Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 356 City: Carlsbad

You are asking questions about falling on a wakeboard and I get the impression you've never been on one. Just go freaking ride and quit worrying about what it's like to fall. If you're biggest concern is what it's like to catch an edge then you're probably in the wrong sport and won't progress because falling is top of mind.

qwerty123 · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2012 Posts: 11 City: yes

ediotism · Outlaw Joined: 14 Sep 2011 Posts: 124

Ps205Rider · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 130

I'm with dalderman, he does appear a little to worried about it. Heck when you get up a ton of stuff will be running through your mind, not just omg omg omg i might faceplant..it's hella fun even when you pay the price and faceplant

Medina · Posted: Oct 04, 2012 10:54 am Post subject:

They all try to scare you. It really depens, Ive gotten faceplants that were not painfull at all, but also got chrashes that were no faceplant that hurted like stuff...

Backplants (landing a faceplant but with your back facing the moving direction) are way worse in my opinion. You get them with blind tricks, it hurts like ****

jsperr · Newbie Joined: 02 Oct 2012 Posts: 3 City: South Jersey

You should watch the movie "Tommy Boy" where Farley gets hit in the face with the board. It's like that, but then you snap out of it and say WOW that was not fun but I'm still doing better than most because I'm out on the water doing what I love!