Concussion

The Ninja · Guest

So I got my 2nd concussion in less than two weeks riding.. I got one the first time I rode the Omen, just a mild one, on a double up fs 180 nose grabbed. My stance on the Omen, i ride with my back foot almost on the back edge of the board, so when I do the 180 if I have a little too much wieght on my front foot(because now its on the nose of the skate , riding switch) that the nose catches when im edging away, and faceplant of the year happens.

Well on tuesday I tried it again, 1st time since i got the mild concussion, only with worse result. It sucks so bad because all I want to do is sleep, my head hurts, and I can't remember anything. Luckily I WAS wearing a life vest, bc i was pretty FD up for about 5 minutes. It was like 5 ft deep water, and I was standing there when my dad pulled up, because he pulls me, and I asked him

"When did I get an Omen?"

So it looks like i'll be down, again... just sucks because i was getting so stoked on riding again.

i fail at life.

Crying or Very sad

Evan71 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

dont give up little buddy! if at first u dont succeed wait till ur feeling better dust urself off and try it again

nickl011 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Bummer. Hope the stoakage remains. Cool

mr. Blonde · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

.........is that why your looking to get rid of your board?

JEFFE · Grouch Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 266 City: Sesame Street

Dont go to sleep...you need to stay awake when you have a concussion.

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

Keep riding, you just gotta keep your head up, and mabye give up w2w. Try some flats tricks, mabye some i/o and re-entry.

The Ninja · Guest

Jabbawokki,

See I read on wedmd.com that wasn't true?

Do you have anymore info?

The Kid,

I was thinking that, i want to ride so bad, but its not worth the risk until im better because concussions are cumulative so its easier and easier each time to get one.

mr. Blonde,

No I was just curious to see what any one had to offer.

nickl011,

It will. just go watch volume 5 45433 more times.

LiquidForce71,

Haha thats what I WAS thinking, ive done them many times, just not use to the board yet lol

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

sucks vance, keep it real dude.

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1991

take a week off.

you better not leave for another year. remember that little jewel you bought from me? wish i never sold it!

keep it up V.

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

concussions suck. i used to get them a lot playing football. you should start feeling better in 24 hrs or so, but you will keep getting mild ones each time you rack your cabeza too hard.

Evan71 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject:

Dont hit double ups

Sinkoumn · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

concussions 'ain't no joke', you should either start wearing a helmet and/or take it easy on going big of the double-up. I've seen too many people f'd up in terms of a neuro injury at work to let other people to go rip it up after a short period of time. Look into what a concussion actually is, i.e. what your brain is doing to result in that particular injury.

In either case man, try and have fun - wakesurf, learn more tricks switch, etc. But if you're just wrecking yourself going huge off of double-ups you might want to take a step back for a long while and try to step your ability up in different areas until you have fully recovered.

And honestly, you won't fail until you quit skating, so just keep it fun and styley!!!! Smash

EJazzle · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

dude i'm really sorry to hear that. you should be feeling 100% in a few days. but def stay off the wakeskate for a couple of weeks. two serious concussion in a short amount of time is FATAL! i learned all about this stuff in anatomy. After you have a concussion you are way more prone to having another. having two concussions increases your risk of having alzheimers by 40%. what happpens is your brain smack against the side of your skull b/c of inertia and swells. when it hits the side of your skull some of the neurons that carry messages to youre brain and where you store information are broken. usually the neurons that break easiest are the newer ones such as something from 1 minute before the injury to a few days before. your long term neurons are harder to break b/c the have a stonger bond together..

cheapskate · Guest

concussion=headache. Smash

Sinkoumn · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject:

^ahaha, you say funny things Sad

EJazzle · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

cheapskate, true that

Sinkoumn · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

^ahahahah

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

i keep having this image from not another teen movie popping up in my head where the scoreboard says how many concussions left the one football player has left

nickl011 · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

Parker, thats what I was just thinking about! Laughing

bob. · Posted: Mar 06, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

The Ninja, dont get another concussion soon, like if you get another concussion in the same week you can get like permanent brain damage, like you'll starting getting slow and dumb, thats what the neurologist told me when i got mine, i was strapping though and unconscious for like 15 minutes. the neurologist also told me sleeping isnt good right when you get the concussion too. all my buds were trying to kleep me awake. happened like a year ago.