Other Never come out of the footholds! Broken heel bone, ankle, and tibia

5bulldogs

5bulldogs

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Well I have told my son over and over never come out of the foot holds and I am the one that did. We were jumping some cruiser waves and doing some nose stabs when I over rotated and was going to bail. I waited to long to bail and I only got about a foot out of the tray and it slammed back into my left foot. I Split my heel bone in half, shattered my ankle and broke the tibia bone. Had to have a four hour surgery and ended up with three screws holding heel bone together. This is what it looked like today when I got the 27 stitches out. The doctor said today that I might be able to ride again just not like a 17 year old!
 

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5bulldogs

5bulldogs

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Midlake Crisis said:
That's terrible - I'm having a hard time picturing what caused the damage. Was it blunt force impact, or did your heel get caught and twisted in the hold, or what?
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Blunt force impact. I was trying to stay with the ski but we were jumping cruiser waves. I was probably 10 feet in the air when it wasn't looking good. I decided at the last second to bail and it was to late. The ski tray and my left ankle slammed together. I think if I would have stayed in the hold and rode it out it would have been better, but who knows?
 
5bulldogs

5bulldogs

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Lexington Ky
tzane said:
dude thats horrible, whats up with all the nasty carnage today?

hope you have a successful recovery bro. my dad messed his foot up bad and its effecting him to this day.
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They bent my foot yesterday from 110 degrees to 90 degrees and I passed out from the pain. If the therapy goes anything like that I am in for a long ride.
 
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