dislo right knee, dislo right shoulder, dislo left shoulder, ACL left knee, chipped tooth going over the falls in the NW all separate occasions, know give me your list.......from surf, wake and kitesurfing
slightly infected fingernail from a sand grain that got stuck under it without me noticing! haha serious stuff..
Repetitive Strain Injury. Both elbows. AKA Golfers elbow. Similar to but not exactly the same as tennis elbow. Too much of a good thing is apparently bad for you after all. Having a rest today.
Anyone know a good fast fix?
Rob S
Try a webbing strap just below the elbow, I get it most seasons and this definately helps. Holds the tendons tight and they don't inflame as much. Started getting the onset last week, had the strap on for a few sessions and it has calmed down. Also lots of stretching helps.
Juvenial Arthritis (Both ankles, both knees, some toes), 1 Inch cut in foot, Bitten by a shark.
Surfing since 10, numerous fin chops from feet, legs, arse, and head.Almost broke my neck at gnarloo
. Kiteboarding, 2 broken ribs, a board chop to the head, and a slighly torn rotator cuff, from handlepasses (attempted ones anyway), tennis elbow from riding overpowered on the 2006 crossbow. (get the right size kite for the conditions and depower, so your not overstretching the ligaments). And of course, sore nuts when riding fast and losing an edge on a twin tip.
My brother almost drowned, stuck under a dingy that we used to sail, he was 10 and I was 12, I yanked him out from under the boat, and the was a but cut and scratched.
Motorbikes, 6 days in hospital, Skateboarding a broken ankle
But at the end of the day its all worth it.
, at least were hitting water that sometimes feels like concrete.
No disc left between S1 & L5. L5 pushed way out of line with other vertebrae and crushing all the nerves, need surgery within 12 months to avoid being paraplegic.....
Less serious injuries, 5 staples to head, destroyed ear drum, sprained ankle and heaps of cuts and bruises....
Bursitis in the right shoulder (I'm blaming the heavy bar pressure on the Core GT).
Falling flat on the side of your face is painfull to your ear. A wetsuit hoody solves the problem. When kiting in cold weather, with a wetsuit on you lose 80% of the heat through your head. A $35-40 dollar hoody keeps you out for so much longer and is a great investment when its wind chill factor.
Total wrist recon with 4 finger & thumb re alignment, power dingy racing
he who dares wins, The Avon Descent ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few of the above plus
Ribs. Lots of ribs...
Cut feet from oysters / rocks in the water
Carpet burn on my forehead from a sand bank
Worst injury by far was to my pride learning to surf all those years ago.
3x compression fractures to spine (25 yrs of pole boarding), heel laceration to the bone with operation to remove coral/ shell and subsequent infection (2 weeks off work), split left rib cage in half with a bad double back role (another 2 weeks off) which heal out of alignment and now I can't surf anymore due to the lump of bone making it to painfull to paddle on my stomach (last two from kiting the last 6 yrs).
pff I just started kiteboarding.. tell me these insane injuries only really happen if you start doing crazy jumps and tricks.....?
Really bad chaff under my chin from hat strap.
Either everyone else sucks or I need to try harder!
SOOO MUCH OLD AGE IN THIS TOPIC!!!!!!! TAKE YOUR PAINKILLERS AND GO HAVE A KIP.....!!!!!
hahaha... 
dislocate right shoulder x3. Dislocate left shoulder (see pic below done a week ago)broken fingers &thumb x3.Broken big toe. Both ear drumbs blown x2. And 2 BAD sprains to left knee.All done kitting.
Broken wrist,2 ribs and a/ c right shoulder doing loops,reef cuts,fin cut on the chest,allmost did me Elbow the other day.
Wrist snowboarding aswell.
Probably head injury aswell when u know that kite loops r the devil but u still go hard 4 it!!!
Stabed in the head surfing at Greenough by my best mate.......
15 stitchers next to my ear.
Im still ugly....
The first surfing injury i can remember other than loss of nipples (70's wax, balance and survival) was about 30 years ago.... smashed jaw... still clicks to this day.
Various fin chops, many stiches... standouts include almost severed forearm tendon... gash in arse cheek ( doctor laughed as the flesh was ripped, said he'd do the best he could)
Perforated both eardrums (the most painfull injury to date)
Various reef cuts, my wrists look like i've been trying to kill myself for a long time, almost always have a fresh cut on the foot... standout reefcut was bingan '92 didn't stop bleeding all week, still have bone floating around.
Dislocated shoulder, just an pop out then in, but probably took close to 10yrs to feel 100%
Landed on coccyx hard at backdoor pipe
Reef stab to acl, that one sucked
Broken nose
Broken rib (only kite injury)
Left the best till last, over 4 years ago i head butted the reef, got stiched up no worries. Then 6 months ago it started to grow, ultrasound showed 7 bits of rock still in there. Had a op then it started to grow again, had another op last tues fingers crossed he got it all this time
stopped 30hp runabout witth my hip on the vic river [NT]1030 night time,STUCK TO PROP. waited to see who got to me first the big crocs or my swimming like a demon mate .made it .15 stiches on hip internal and external .
and nearly lost me block and tackle
Al, get peter egoscues book "pain free" and do the shoulder and neck exercises. Quick fix would be cortisone injection followed by physio, but may recur.
