is it better to set you bindings tight so they dont come off or just keep them snug. <BR>next question has anyone found a good knee brace to board in! i cant afford the down time of a knee surgery but love to go big!!
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I prefer tight myself but if you took a poll I'd bet the results would be about 50/50.
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Not my quote, but my belief: "you're better off in than out"
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most injuries resulting in stitches are the result of one foot ejects, id rather my board never came off personally.
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Or the other scenerio, one foot comes out and twists your knee/ankle...I would rather stay in.
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I hate when it slips out...Oh wait, yeah bindings, That sucks too.
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hhaha nice post loki.
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I like them snug but would rather have them come out on a big spill
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I hear what everyone is saying about one in and one out, and I agree that it is best if the board stays on, but.... <BR> <BR>Last year I had a brand new pair of Transits, and threw them on my board, and laced them down pretty snug. On a W2W, I caught the front edge and took a really hard faceplant. Stayed in the bindings, and got yanked hard enough to tear my abdominal muscle. NOT something I care to do ever again. Luckily for all of you, I am at work so I don't have access to pics of it. I have posted them here before, and was asked not to anymore. Painful to look at!!
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Lol I remember seeing that pic Buzz. Yeah, on occasion there will be some spills you hope your feet come out
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Buzz I did the same thing about a month ago but I came out of my bindings. They weren't the Transits, they were the Sphynx. Hurt like h*ll. Thought someone shot me. Not sure if there is a right answer, in or out it all depends.
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Buzz, <BR> <BR>Same happened to me, but bindings did come off. I've got Temets (with Boa) and I do crank them really tight. They'll come off only on a really wicked fall. However, I think that my torn Ab muscle wasn't so much due to the bindings, but rather to my lack of stretching before my set. <BR> <BR>I haven't seen your previous post, but I,ll bet this happened at the beginning of your set. That's what happened in my case and on a very basic W2W. <BR> <BR>Moral: ever since then, I give myself a good stretch before every set. In particular, as the boat is driving towards the riding spot, I like to just hang from the tower for about 30-60 seconds and really feel those abs stretching. Ever since, I have had even worse faceplants, but not once have I been injured (knock on wood). <BR> <BR>
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Randy and Santa, <BR> <BR>Man! I feel for you guys. I am sure yours hurt as bad as mine. I think the worst was the day after I injured it, I sneezed! Ahhh! I thought I split myself in half! I was on the floor, on my knees. <BR> <BR>Yes, it was my first run of the day, actually my first W2W of the day also. Remember it well! I have to agree that stretching (or lack of) probably played a big part. I now make sure I stretch real good. I swore that day that I got hurt, that as soon as I could, I would turn into the "sit-up king" and work on my abs so this would not happen again. Well, I should follow up and actually do that, but in the meantime, I stretch. <BR> <BR>You know, I think it has been about a year since I threw up a pic, so I don't feel so bad doing it again. Warning - if you are faint of heart, turn away now and don't look! At least this is not one of the worse pics that I have. This one is pretty tame. Wonder if yours looks anything like this (hopefully minus all the fur!) <BR> <BR>Hope you heal up soon. I stayed off the water for 3 months, then eased back in slowly. <BR> <BR>Best of luck. <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/272787.jpg" alt="">
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Buzz. Dude that looks extremely painful. Yours was definitely worse than mine. I work at a hospital so I asked some doctors what could be done. They said if it got black and blue like yours or I had a fever something would need to be done. Neither one happened. Maybe I just had a bad pull. I'm no sit up king but I do 200 every morning and stretch religiously. Maybe that minimized the damage to mine. Like you and Santa, also the first set of the day. <BR> <BR>(Message edited by dudeman on December 21, 2005)
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NO NO NO NO NO. Not the hairy ripped up belly again!
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I'm sure this is not an often occurence, but I beg to differ on better in than out: <BR> <BR>Not for the light of heart <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/272798.jpg" alt=""> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65919/272799.jpg" alt="">
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did you hit something in the water or what! please tell me youm hit something or you dont drink milk!!
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good god that looks like it hurt
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Oh it wasn't me, I just found these pictures earlier this summer. Some poor soul, isn't exactly a commercial for Hyperlite or Byerly, lol
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Well Cody, it really doesn't matter what brand or model binding, and who's to say this isn't a result of "one foot in, one foot out"? Do you know the details, or just happen to stumble across the pic.
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Just happen to stumble across the pic.
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I remember a previous post about someone having an open fracture from having one in/out. Man! Makes my belly look like a cat scratch!
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