Kickflip without infraction

wake2wake · Ollie Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 86

Last year I broke my leg at a try of a kickflip because I fell onto my wakeskate.
And now I am really scared that it happens again.
How can I practice the kickflip with the safety not falling on my deck?
I will try it in the flat on a cable!

stokedsnow · Faceplant Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 7 City: Kelowna

try to put you skate on a trampoline if you have one. and tie a rope to a tree about a towers height and try them that way. its something like doing them on the water

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

How did you fall on your board? Like the board was in the water and your leg landed on it or did you land on your feet and fall funn? That sounds messed up, I would be nervous about doing them now too if I broke my leg trying them.

A lot of times when I attempt kickflips, my hand goes through the handle and catches my forearm or elbow.

wake2wake · Ollie Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 86

I don't know exactly how I landed on my board.
But I think I landed with the left foot on the bord and with my right foot in the water.
I hardly broke my femoral and wasn't allowed to do sports 7 months.
I am really nervous doing them.
But in Germany nearly nobody can do Kickflips so I want to attemp this trick again.

So how can I practice that on the water that my fear of the kickflip goes away.

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

Sometimes you just have to get out there and ride, most of the time when I'm riding the adrenaline kicks in and I don't think about anything else. If you're still thinking about it, the best way to dispel a fear is to just go out there and do it. Practicing on a skate is never going to be exactly like riding in the water.

Patrick Quinn · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 117

That's pretty scary about the hand going through the handle Dave. I guy I know had that happen wakeboard and and he ripped his bicep off his upper arm and it moved to his fore arm. After a ten hour surgery he has no bicep anymore, it all died, and they had to skingraph muscle from his leg to the upper arm area. Basically he only has a bone on the top of his arm, the worst part is he was a gymnast and a super athletic guy. Fortunately for him he is really positive and works it out hardcore all day, he can now life ten pounds with no bicep at all, and the doctors say it is actually starting to grow back which is fairly rare. All in all it can really instill a little fear in you while riding, but there is no point is worry about such a freak accident.

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Pat McCarthy also did it wakeboarding and tore his bicep. He recovered from it fully. That is pretty crazy about your friend. Sounds like he is determined to not let it slow him down.

Slyder · Posted: Jun 03, 2004 10:16 pm Post subject:

I was at O-Dub the other day and I landed on the edge of the picnic table rail with my face. I was nervous to hit it again but just decided to go for it. I know it's not like breaking your leg but just try to get over your fear and do it again. Mad props to you by the way.

revolutionconcepts · Posted: Jun 04, 2004 1:03 pm Post subject:

i wear no fear shirts, they get me amped
i also have a big sticker on the back of my ford truck (next to the piss on chevy sticker) that says FEAR THIS. it helps with my sick hillbilly trucker style of riding

nick · Posted: Jul 24, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject:

i landed on the board when it was upside down on a kickflip attempt and almost slit up the bottom of my feet on the fins. i was ridin barefoot and my feet slid rite next to the fins...scary as hell Shocked

wcwakeskater · Posted: Jul 24, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

y the hell did u do a barefooted kickflip attempt? Crazy Eyes

nick · Posted: Jul 24, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject:

because i am lacking in your average intelligence known as "common sense" Laughing

jk. i left my shoes at my friends house and i never go a session with out trying at least one kickflip