First Surf In Two Months

Well done and take it slowly

I'm hearing you. Don't take long to lose paddle conditioning.
Couple of months of dust storms and not Street Suping has it's effect on us.
Take it easy and Enjoy

Well done. Is there a reef break around? Better if you can paddle around waves to get out while you are still building your knee strength.

Great point break two minutes from home, had my 2nd surf in 2 mths this morn - getting crowded the last couple of years with beginners ( backpacker blueberry pickers ), on working hol. A small percentage are very good tho! The Achilles was a small tear that I had to rest so it would repair. Bit confusing really - the general theme seems to be : doesn't really repair itself - you need to build up surrounding calf muscles, have done this thru exercise but need guard on to surf. Seems like it has to be pretty bad before surgery is an option. You got any feedback Supmaori? Been two months as I said - bit suss, before that tho - nother couple of weeks of gradual decline. Steve

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supthecreek said..
Awesome!
Feels good to be back on the water huh!?!

As another guy with a suspect right leg, I do have a suggestion...
No need to surf all the way in..... shallow water is the fastest way to destroy a weak knee

Agree with creek.My two worst injuries happened in one foot of water!!!,I still struggle to stop my mind making appointments my body carnt keep,takes so much longer to heal as you get older!

I ruptured my Achillies in October last year playing indoor netball- the very same day my new 8ft JL destroyer and Fone wing arrived...what are the chances...6 weeks in..and first weekend out of the boot I re ruptured again. I'm now 4 months down...no surfing , foiling or winging over summer..I now physio x 2 a week...against advice a snuck in a flat water paddle about a month ago to test it..Achillies held up but surrounding muscle needs time to strengthen...I'm getting close to getting back into water..this injury is a long journey man..that cant be rushed..when you can do 5 heel raises on bad leg your ready to ride...I got a good Achilles specific support brace for surfing. I tried to research other surfers stories but not alot of there..we all heel it different speeds ..one thing i do know..the struggle is real

Chur

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Supmaori said..
I ruptured my Achillies in October last year playing indoor netball- the very same day my new 8ft JL destroyer and Fone wing arrived...what are the chances...6 weeks in..and first weekend out of the boot I re ruptured again. I'm now 4 months down...no surfing , foiling or winging over summer..I now physio x 2 a week...against advice a snuck in a flat water paddle about a month ago to test it..Achillies held up but surrounding muscle needs time to strengthen...I'm getting close to getting back into water..this injury is a long journey man..that cant be rushed..when you can do 5 heel raises on bad leg your ready to ride...I got a good Achilles specific support brace for surfing. I tried to research other surfers stories but not alot of there..we all heel it different speeds ..one thing i do know..the struggle is real

Chur

Must feel like hell SupMaori.
injuries can really be depressing

Supmaori said
" the very same day my new 8ft JL destroyer and Fone wing arrived...what are the chances..."

apparently pretty good....
My first week in Florida, I cracked a rib..... later that day, I received 3 new GenRations and 2 new Sunova's.
After a week, I could flat-water... but was 5 weeks before I could surf.

@supmaori- I ruptured my same archilles twice in the same year so I know your pain- second time was 5 months after the first snap and basically back to full health.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT overdo it or push it. While it may feel alright, that bloody tendon takes 1yr plus to fully recover. Don't skip the physio exercises either :)
did you have surgery to sew back together?

Its actually the reason I got in to sup- I had a custom shortboard made 3 weeks before snapping mine the first time so never got to really use it! I couldn't stay out of the ocean and couldn't shortboard so rented a sup (moonboot and all) in the Phillipines while on holiday and never looked back! Pic below is from that first paddle! 6 months later, I would surf our west coast waves with a moonboot on (even though the physio said it should be repaired now) and have never gone back to probe surfing. stationary cycling on a bike is another good rehab exercise. Mine has healed up pretty nicely (but have seen some ugly looking scar tissue lumps on other people who haven't done the rehab exercises properly)

Ah Interssting, I live in nz too. Mine wasn't operated on first time but second time they decided it had to be done. what kind of rep exercises are you doing at the moment? Like standing on a step facing forwards with your heels off the back and lowering down? Also pushing back up to tippy yoes?
i did about a month only allowed to go down, then a month only allowed to go back up there level with the stair and then maybe a month doing the full tippy toe raise, as well as shoes with built in wedges to minimise the angle of movement and stretch while walking etc. god it was the worst year of my life. It still doesn't have the same flexibility as my other achillies but I can play sports like touch rugby now and do everything I used to. if you put your foot right up close against a wall so your toes are touching it. How far can you get your knee forward without lifting any of your foot off the wall? Can your knee touch the wall while your foot is still planted? Once you're ready, you could also do what I did and surf in the moonboot with the heel wedges in it to just further minimise the likelihood of anything else happening?
walking is good to when you're able to, it's low key impact which helps to strengthen the tendon and bones again

Nice one mate, def sounds like you're on the way to recovery passing on good vibes for sure. Such a hard and horrible injury to go through! I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry when the surgeon told me that if I was going to do it again, it would be my good leg next time hah!

Hello - just been to Point Plomer for a few days - surf was hip high to maybe even head high on a couple. Had to paddle / drift to southern end to get back out! Wearing a knee support and achilles support on other leg plus grey/white beard actually got me called into a couple of waves by young proners ( every body was on holidays and not at their local break )
I have a Laird 10'6" surfer , the Blue Planet 8'11" fish and chips and the foilski Have a look at them on video

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selling because non of my mates foil and never will - like to have at least one other out there to surf with

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selling because my knee doesn't handle this magic board any more

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selling because my achilles doesn't handle front to back movement any more

RETHINK - Need a 9'6" cruiser that surfs mellow to half barrels up to about head high ( if there is a good rip to get out in - or paddle round
Live at Arrawarra Headland and am 90 kilos and 70 in a couple months. Want to keep surfing but more relaxing and less chance of getting "Unexpectedly" wiped out! So looking at DJ's old vids the Mana looks allright, STC on the Sunova one, Scotty on the twin fin mal type, the destroyer by Jimmy Lewis maybe. So 9'6" by 32" should give stability ANY COMPARISONS -the waves in the video is about what I will be surfing. thanks Steve ps would like to leisurely paddle creeks and lakes with this board. Any one interested in any of my boards, email or ring me

OK - forget abt buying stuff - info on good surf/ flat water paddle SUP while I heal - c'mon - individual preferences!