game over

[tprkolbas]

well, my wakeboarding season ended about 5 or 6 weeks early last night when i blew out my knee.

i was having a pretty darn good set when we spotted a malibu with somebody taking pictures of me throwing some big air. my driver made another pass around near the malibu and i cut out wide to set up for a tantrum. just as we passed by the malibu, i cut in hard and threw a huge tantrum. everything felt fine as i spotted my landing way out into the flats. then the landing.....it started out solid until my front foot touched down, and then i felt my right knee POP. i tried to ride it out as i screamed in agony, but i went down. i guess the people in the malibu were cheering, but i struggled to keep my head above water (because i was wearing a comp vest) while clutching my knee. my driver quickly swung around as i frantically flagged him down. both he and the spotter fished me out of the drink and helped me out of my board.

a trip to the ER shortly afterward didn't reveal much - at least no broken bones, but unable to determine if anything is torn. a referral to a specialist next tuesday should give more insight. i'm quite sure an MRI is also to follow.

i guess being off work and off the water gives me more time to waste on here. please help keep me entertained. i guess if nothing else, i'm always good for a third (or extra ballast) and will never chew anyone's gas up for the rest of the season. i should have known that i'm a little too old to be shredding it like a 20 year old (i'll be 34 in a couple weeks).

oh well, it has been a great season, and i don't regret buying a new '08 lsv to help further my boarding skills, though it has led to the demise of this season. at least it is the end of august and not the beginning of june, and there is always next year - but i may have done my last invert.

[MrsZ]

I am sorry to hear about your knee. ..Remember that ice is your best friend. You probably dont realize that yet since you are a mere (almost) 34 though!

[csmsk]

Man, I'm really sorry to hear about that. Really. No REALLY....

Every time I hear stuff like that, it makes me second guess myself out there. That kind of thinking doesn't work well with my progression. I'm 34 also. I've been grabbing and tweaking everything I know lately, getting consistant on all my 360s and even some pretty sick looking surface tricks. I'm ready for inverts now, but I have some kind of mental hold-up going on. I don't know how to overcome it, and hearing these stories doesn't help.

I sure hope you're feeling better soon, and heal quickly. Will you get back on the horse and ride like before, or are you really done going up-side down?

[Reese350]

Bummer on the injury, that really sucks! Hopefully you have a full recovery over the winter.

On a different note, are you on White Lake or a different one? Do you know anything about Duck Lake over there? We're looking at a place on it.

[deafgoose]

That really sucks. I know how you feel.

I got a cracked rib from trying my 3rd wake 2 wake jump so I am also done for the season.

[04OUTBACK]

sorry to hear that~! Follow dr. orders, rehab properly and come out stronger!

Goose
sounds like you'll be surfin a lot!

[jmvotto]

That sucks, I know how you feel, 10 + years ago I was doing 360's in the moguls runs ( snow skiing) I would not let one bump get the best of me. It finally did and knee surgery followed 4 weeks later. It was my last 360 in the bumps. I do still ski bumps though but i am always looking forward.

now I am learning this wakeboard thing and barely have the W2W thing down so this keeps me trying to get better. at 41 and still trying. My kids think the face plants are funny and i should just get back in the boat and drive. that reminds me, the season is running short and i always try to foot at least once a season.

Hope everthing is fine and just a sprain or less.

[spyder]

I had a similar injury last summer on my left knee, my knee still hurts and I need to wear a knee brace while riding...

MRI showed no indications of a problem, but I need to go for a followup in September...


most of my pain has been on the outside of my left knee, my LCL i think... although the doctors show nothing wrong, over a year later I still can't sit cross legged on the floor without being in pain when I stand up..


I hope everything goes good for you.

[deafgoose]

Goose
sounds like you'll be surfin a lot!

Yep. I surfed twice since it happend on Friday. It's not as fun as wakeboarding or wakeskating though.

[501]

Man, I'm really sorry to hear about that. Really. No REALLY....

Every time I hear stuff like that, it makes me second guess myself out there. That kind of thinking doesn't work well with my progression. I'm 34 also. I've been grabbing and tweaking everything I know lately, getting consistant on all my 360s and even some pretty sick looking surface tricks. I'm ready for inverts now, but I have some kind of mental hold-up going on. I don't know how to overcome it, and hearing these stories doesn't help.

I sure hope you're feeling better soon, and heal quickly. Will you get back on the horse and ride like before, or are you really done going up-side down?

I am 31 and was landing tantrums last year behind my old I/O last year but have been struggling with them on my new xlv, I always leave early. But in only a few tries behind my XLV I learned back rolls and haven't had a bad crash yet, I highly reccomend you give it a try. If you commit, and I mean commit and keep the handle in and wait till AFTER you pop to look over your lead sholder and innitiate the flip, you will come around on the flip with plenty of time to spare. If you try once, you will be over your fear quickly. I hurt myself the worst this season doing a 180.

On a posititve note in the last 2 outings I learned T/s W2W big and clean FINALLY after years, TS grabs, TS180's, Grabed HS 180's, Methods/mutes, switch ollie 180's, and have landed 3 TS Backrolls but dropped the rope. It's been the best progression in 4 years al in a couple days and I know more tricks are going to come. Good thing I have a dry suit. Next up are 360's.