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Old     (gnarslayer)      Join Date: Sep 2008       03-17-2019, 7:45 AM Reply   
Old     (markj)      Join Date: Apr 2005       03-17-2019, 10:38 AM Reply   
Whoa. That is painful to watch. Broken ribs?
Old     (theloungelife)      Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT       03-18-2019, 8:55 AM Reply   
sh*t!
Old     (tre)      Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: WI       03-18-2019, 1:13 PM Reply   
Dang. That looked like she got some serious whiplash. I'm betting her neck was super sore along with other parts of her body. Brutal. I love wakeboarding but I honestly don't understand the obstacles. Seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
Old     (skiboarder)      Join Date: Oct 2006       03-18-2019, 1:23 PM Reply   
The "disaster waiting to happen" is actually what draws a lot of us to the sport. If we were afraid to get broke-off every once in a while, we'd be wake surfers. The risk makes the reward all the sweeter. Sometimes you kill it and sometimes you get killed.

There is a recent edit floating around the internet of Michella doing the killing. I'd share it, but I can't remember where I saw it....
Old     (scottb7)      Join Date: Oct 2012       03-18-2019, 4:00 PM Reply   
I think it just depends if and how much "extreme sport blood" you got in you. Lots and you cliff dive, and use those flying suits. None, and you play golf. And everything in between.

My worst injuries are 3rd degree separated shoulder and broken ribs. Both from snowboarding. And both of those injuries were not from the rails and boxes, they were from jumps. So far nothing too bad from wake boarding.

Last edited by scottb7; 03-18-2019 at 4:02 PM.
Old     (denverd1)      Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tyler       03-19-2019, 2:08 PM Reply   
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I think it just depends if and how much "extreme sport blood" you got in you. Lots and you cliff dive, and use those flying suits. None, and you play golf. And everything in between.

My worst injuries are 3rd degree separated shoulder and broken ribs. Both from snowboarding. And both of those injuries were not from the rails and boxes, they were from jumps. So far nothing too bad from wake boarding.
agree. knowing you could f yourself up and riding away from it what part of drives ya.

sep shoulder is no joke. did mine on a kicker snowboarding as well. damn it boy, that one stung for a while.
Old     (bcrider)      Join Date: Apr 2006       03-19-2019, 9:02 AM Reply   
^^ Give it time.lol. Just wait until you take off too front foot heavy and the nose of the board hits first. the immediate stop always makes for a fun time!
Old     (fly135)      Join Date: Jun 2004       03-19-2019, 11:51 AM Reply   
My worst injuries are boat (2 broken bones in foot), snowboarding (broke all the metacarpals in the left palm) and a broken finger on a badly designed ramp 18 years ago. I've hit the nose of the board on obstacles quite a few times, with the worst being a big bruise on my tailbone. When it comes to obstacles, there is a lot you can do and still not go crazy. I've fallen on stuff quite a bit. Generally I'd say it looks worse than it is. When you do break something, it'll probably be a fall that looks like nothing.
Old     (eubanks01)      Join Date: Jun 2001       03-19-2019, 12:00 PM Reply   
Yep, it's the falls that look like nothing where you get hurt. I've had so many bad crashes were nothing happened, but my ruptured pec was from just landing tail heavy on a crow.
Old     (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       03-19-2019, 3:03 PM Reply   
Lafferty posted one yesterday that looked pretty bad too.

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