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crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:14 am
by longwhitecloud
friend of a friends leg/knee
njoi!
IKA olympic report - "it's no more dangerous than any other sport" - lol.
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:20 am
by papand
longwhitecloud wrote:friend of a friends leg/knee
njoi!
IKA olympic report - "it's no more dangerous than any other sport" - lol.
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Holy **** - just threw up my breakfast, thanks !
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:28 am
by tautologies
Nice one. I still think IKA is right though. I would suggest using helmets, but apart from that, most sports I know of has these risks...well except golf and curling maybe?
http://www.uncoached.com/2010/02/05/hor ... -injuries/
One of my teammates spat out three teeth before continuing to play. Our goalie broke his nose twice in a season, and were denied use of face mask. I've broken bones..and this is a regular ball sport.
Shit I was wrong about the curling injuries. They exist. Though sweeping injury is not as bad I guess...
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/5/e29.full
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:35 am
by longwhitecloud
"it's no more dangerous than any other sport other than golf and curling"
My reasoning is that non kiting parents read "it's no more dangerous than any other sport" not much else, i don't have a problem with kiteracing it's fun, I have done far more dangerous stuff
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:40 am
by Tone
move along, nothing to see here.
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:05 am
by sarc
Many years ago I remember reading about a windsurfer on a raceboard that died when the fin severed an artery on his leg. No laughing matter. Back then the recommendation was to sand the edges of the fin just a bit as it apparently does not need to be sharp as a butcher's knife.
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:06 am
by lander
Yes, we know all sports are dangerous. Life is dangerous, but still it hurts when you get injured.
AV ! Longwhitecloud - hope your friend will recover soon and well.
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:30 am
by mike holmes
Didn't have too see that. Ouch !
Now combine an injury like that in the Florida shark infested waters and see what happens.
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:50 pm
by RonB
indeed all sports are more or less dangerous in one or another way yet i prefer to stick with less sharp objects for my hobbies
Re: crash and land on raceboard swords, errr i mean fins
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:19 pm
by MarcThompson
That's why my mantra is: long jon all the way, even in hot weather.
Do you know what were the conditions for such an injury? I mean, people tend to do stuff with inappropriate gear... like big air with a raceboard.