Manic Monday

SkateWake772 · Ollie Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 92 City: Orlando

so im out on the boat monday riding with my boy niko and after my first set he takes his, maybe 15 minits into his run i see him jump the wake only to fall and when i circle around to pick him up hes screaming that he broke his leg. after pulling him into the boat and getting him back to the dock and calling the ambulance we find out he has a broken femur. he has now been in the hospital for 4 days and has a titanium rod in his leg. this is the worst injury ive ever heard of wakeskating and i simply cannot believe it happened.

LemonWake · Posted: Feb 19, 2009 10:27 pm Post subject:

how??????

Evan71 · Posted: Feb 19, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject:

i broke my tib/fib trying a frontside flip but that aint shizzle compared to a broken femur. Hope he gets better

joel · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 747 City: ORLANDO

thats pretty bad, my friend broke her femur cheerleading but she landed on it weird.

Kyle Trigniety · Posted: Feb 19, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

At the beginning of this winter.. my friend who wakeboards did the same thing trying a wake to wake on a skate. One foot stayed on and the other dragged. Snapped his femur and had the rod insert as well. Hes just now starting to walk normal. The x-ray was intense Crazy Eyes

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

I've heard of this happening before. That one foot on, one foot off business is no joke. The other injury is of course, completely destroying your knee, which shaun murray and scott byerly managed to do on a wakeskate (one foot on, one foot off).

I hope your friend has a successful recovery.

lllongneck · Pop Shuvit Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 235

i hope niko gets better mikey that really sucks.

marhe · Faceplant Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 41 City: south uk

I think i may have come close to breaking something in a one foot on one foot off situatuion, I was only riding behind a winch in shallow water.
Hope your friends back on the water soon.

Raven · Posted: Feb 20, 2009 8:16 am Post subject:

yo that happened to me.....at the time it seemed like the end of the world, but tell your boy not to frett cause it ain't no sweat. Compared to tearing your knee, ankle or lower leg.......although it is a much bigger bone, the femur has a fairly quick recovery≥(3months) the rod keeps the bone in place and walking is encouraged immediately. weight bearing promotes bone growth. alll your boy has to do now is basically build up the muscles around the bone. the longer he lays, the longer road of recovery he will have. stick with him and encourage him to hit his therapy hard. bests of luck and lemmme know if u have any questions.

junglesmacks · Posted: Feb 20, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

Nooononononono I don't wanna hear this..

Let's just keep thinking that nothing can happen, it's just water, no biggie, go big, it's ok.. you'll be juuuuuuust fine..

LF · Posted: Feb 20, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject:

SkateWake772, Sorry to hear that hope he gets better. I saw him laying in the back of the boat when we went by but i didnt think it was that bad.

bob. · Posted: Feb 21, 2009 10:35 am Post subject:

damn man that sucks, thats the most intense wakeskate injury ive ever heard of

happened to me too, fizzle my knee up bad i was to afraid to get it checked for a torn ligament in my knee and over the next few months it just stopped hurting

heres the footy of it
http://vimeo.com/1660640

hrwake · Faceplant Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 11

Ive had the same thing happen to me tryin to go w2w. I was lucky tho, i only had a sore groin for a couple days.

sk8tehwake · Posted: Feb 23, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject:

i did the one foot on. one off and did the worst spilt everrr. pulled 2 muscles in mt leg and couldt walk for a month. thats my worst wakeskating accident. effing sucked