Ouch..How Often..?

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

Hey everyone, im new to the forums let me introduce my self first, My names James Ive been wakeskating for about 2-3 weeks now, use to wakeboard alot 2 years ago, im 16 and I ride a Thomas 40" Bi-Lev...anyways today I went out on my friends jet ski and I have my shuv-its done perfect and I was working on my 3-shuvs today, I get them all the way around but slip out on the landings...anyways I was doing one and did the biggest split of my life it hurt my knee really bad and it fealt like I rolled my ankle. Well I decided to get out and let my friend ride..after a little more pulling I decided I would take it easy and go back out. I land two shuvs back to back and Im feeling pretty good and decided to do an inside out shuv and what do you know I end up splitting again. Im pretty sure im going to need crutchs because i am in major pain and well I was just wondering how often does this happen and is there anything I should look to do to prevent it??

-James

Michael Manzer · Posted: Sep 26, 2005 1:48 am Post subject:

nothin you can really do to prevent it other than catching the board with both feet instead of one. Most of us have all done it at one point or another. Hell, Byerly recently dislocated his knee doin an inside out 3 shuv.

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

Ya, I know it happens but would a bigger board help me? im about 5'11 / 6'0 and weight about 135/140. It just sucked cause I had it happen twice in just like one hour..

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

you should maybe be riding around a 42" board since your kind of tall. i ride a 40/41" and i am 5'6"

SleuCrew · Posted: Sep 26, 2005 6:47 am Post subject:

-LoGiK-, Trust me i know your pain... maybe even worse. I just recently had a lovely experience of landing one foot on one off while shuving over a dock. Doctor says its just a serious strain to my MCL, thank god, because i do not need "another" knee surgery.

Best advice i can give you is to try to concentrate more on where your feet are when you are catching the board in the air. People including myself sometimes happen to get a little too "hucky chucky" and that usually leads to getting hurt. But in all honesty it does not really sound like getting a bigger board is going to resole your problem. Im 6ft tall about 168 or so and i ride a 40.5... i have ridden bigger decks and they really are less fun and more than likely not going to fix your problem. You just have to learn to fix you.

Its part of wakeskating and skateboarding as well... sometimes shizzle just happens.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

I know the pain to I toar my acl and mcl doing that.

wakemitch · Posted: Sep 26, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

if youve only been wakeskating for 3 weeks, i sugest slowing down a bit(i dont mean slowing down the speedof the boat). work on lip tricks and just have fun with it. dont pressure yourself to progress really fast. youve got shuvits so start working on consistency and then lip combos. you dont really need to listen to me,but i get stressed out when i try to learn a lotof stuffin a short period of time.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

and get that knee looked at if you tore your acl you're better off getting it fixed and you'll probably want your downtime to be this winter and not in the summer or spring.

Bad Luck · Posted: Sep 26, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject:

http://www.red26.com/bret/bret-knee.wmv

i recently did the same thing, almost tore my MCL too. the link is a vid of it.

scottyb · Posted: Sep 26, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject:

im 150 6''0 and i ride a 41

its not the size of the board, its how your using it

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

Wakemitch I know what you mean, but the thing is that day I was out on the jetski and the lip tricks ( first time riding behind a jet ski, I usually ride behind my friends super air natique )...I just wasnt feeling, although I did land my inside out shuv-it for the first time on the Ski. Also I have been working alot on my switch cause I heard its good to learn switch in the beggining. Another thing is, when you do a shuv-it on an A-symmetrical board I sometimes feel screwed because to me its alot more difficult to do a shuvit on the nose is there any tips, I should know of?

-James

Gatorrider · Faceplant Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 City: orlando

ya, the splits suck. i did the splits last year and hurt my MCL and was out for 2 weeks. then i stepped back on the skate again.

but then on September. 2, 2005 i blew my knee. (tore my ACL in half) by doing the splits as my chest went out the front. i get surgery tomarrow, the 29th. wish me luck! ha this sucks
at least its at the end of the season

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

Gatorrider have fun becoming one with the couch and catching up on all the tv you have missed

Nekkie · Posted: Sep 28, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject:

logik, it is weird that you have a harder time shuving it switch... I feel I can pop stuff higher with the bi switch cause the nose is wider and feels *steeper* lol

and yeah, split do suck big time. As sleu said it's about concentration. But sometimes it just happens. One of my worse split was during a shuv. I was riding agaisnt the wind and the board got caught and flew up and got stuck on my front foot in the air... The landing wasn't a pretty sight lol

It happens to me a couple times per season maybe... One way to prevent it is to think about bending the knees as soon as you feel you are spliting. This will cause an edge to catch water and the board will sink rather than skip on the water and split you further...

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Gatorrider, heel up quick chase.