Other Injuries Due to Riding a Stand Up..

[Roseand]

Honestly, my biggest worry has always been paralysis. I would much rather die doing what I love then endup paralyzed for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, it seems that it's quite common to endup paralyzed from snow and dirt accidents. Your neck is fragile when it comes to hard surfaces , and it only takes so much to break your back so you can never walk again. It terrifies me.
How many people do you know that are paralyzed, have died, or have other life threatening injuries from riding standups? I'm sure there's some, but not many. I've only seen one person wear a neck roll thingy to protect from over extension, and that was for a double backflip in the surf. We get away with such little protective equipment and walk away with so few serious injuries, which is pretty damn impressive. Gotta love the softness of water!


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[Th3g3rm4n4t0r]

I think this season i should dress up as the Michelin man, flotation and squish

 

[The440Dude]

Thats why I really only ride stand ups anymore @Roseand. Freaks me out too.

 

[eastcoastjumper]

Yes it's less risk than falling off a mx, snowmobile etc but don't think like you're all good doing what some of us do. When you're pushing yourself and others poop gets real. I've limped/crawled up the beach many days. My good friend and fellow RTF rider broke his neck a few years back. I've broken ribs, a tailbone, and had countless other small injuries just like you get from BMX, skating, etc.

Water still hurts!


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[BruceSki]

When the hurt out weighs the pain I will stop riding. Til then it's game on.

 

[mmille_mr2]

Looks like i am digging up old threads.

Broken Eye Socket. Small fracture. Doing a nose stab and handle pole came through helmet and caught me in the cheek.

 

[Quinc]

Ouch! There is a thread about helmets and wearing a rugby helmet to keep that from happening.

 

[mmille_mr2]

Ouch! There is a thread about helmets and wearing a rugby helmet to keep that from happening.

After this i got a motox helmet with a face shield. Not that motox helmet sits on my spare shelf with the face shield shattered. I found the original pic when i actually broke the eye socket. A little blurry though.

 

[hornedogg79]

For some reason I thought it'd be a good idea to do rolls with no helmet or gloves. Went smooth a few times. Started feeling like mark gomez for a minute.... Then my ski laughed and punched me in the mouth.

9th time I've had my face stiched up. 3rd time due to jetski. I've broke an elbow and crushed most of my teeth riding jetskis too.

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[imabadfish]

damn bro. heal quick

 

[keno]

I saw the picture and just blurted "oh licorice" very loudly. Hope that heals fast.


Edit: licorice mean f**k

 

[Kohldanielzimmer]

Damn. @kawi-todd Makes me think twice about trying rolls again...

Hope you have a fast recovery. I was going to come in here to whine about breaking my same toe twice within 3 months from kicking in but it's quite paltry compared to those gashes!

 

[Jetfiend]

That's pretty manly @hornedogg79

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[thomps33]

I tore my acl and mcl riding 3 years ago. Fell off in pain and thought I was going to pass out in the middle of the lake by myself while all my friends were on the wakeboat. Swam back to the ski and tried to stand up and that was a no-go. Decided to drag my ass back to shore about 3/4 of a mile. Crawled up to the cooler and started pounding beers until the wakeboat came back. Also managed to hop around on one leg and play a game of sand v-ball that night. Alcohol is a wonderful pain reliever. Lol.

Went to the ER the next morning.

 

[iangdesign]

God Bless America...i just spit coffee all over my screen

 

[ColoMike]

Some of you guys have some gnarly injuries

I have a 'fat pad contusion' in my left knee. I came off the ski and my lower leg twisted out and cracked like a knuckle.

It's been several months and it's all good . . . Except if my foot gets twisted accidentally, even a little bit . . . It goes from 0 to 11 on the pain scale instantly .

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

Some of you guys have some gnarly injuries

I have a 'fat pad contusion' in my left knee. I came off the ski and my lower leg twisted out and cracked like a knuckle.

It's been several months and it's all good . . . Except if my foot gets twisted accidentally, even a little bit . . . It goes from 0 to 11 on the pain scale instantly .

Ouch!!!!! Get that checked man!

 

[Ehlett]

Ejected from ski during flip, ski landed on my head.

 

[Jetfiend]

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Ejected from ski during flip, ski landed on my head.

"Helmets are for pussies" - @Aquaholic


Ouch! I hope you're okay man!! Thank you for sharing this, I'm going to start wearing my lid again!

 

[Ehlett]

"Helmets are for pussies" - @Aquaholic


Ouch! I hope you're okay man!! Thank you for sharing this, I'm going to start wearing my lid again!

6 staples 5 stitches. My helmet that I usually wear was sitting on shore when this happened.

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