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Postby rightguard » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:29 am
So I helped a guy out of the water today that broke his ankle. I guess he was riding strappless and just landed bad.
My real question is... Do strappless riders see broken ankles? I wouldn't have thought so before today but now it really makes me think what is worse TT or strapless?
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Postby tautologies » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:59 am
I would assume straps...or even worse...1 strap.
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Postby FabsPH » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:43 am
broke leg an ACL with straps, strapless hurts like hell...
Hey Tut, I could totally see broken ankles with the super sticky wax happen.
Hurts just thinking about it... foot stuck, leg and body moving forward after a double back 360 grab no hand kite loop handle pass toe side blind sticky ma jig
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Postby rightguard » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:09 pm
I would have thought straps would be worse until I saw this plus there was a guy on the beach that had done the same thing...
I was thinking if the board falls away from you and then you land on it, maybe that is worse than having a hard strapped landing.
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Postby edt » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:26 pm
best way to break an ankle strapless is shallow water lose the board, land on the bottom BAM
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