Contact   Imprint   Advertising   Guidelines

Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Forum for kitesurfers
TheKiteSurfer
Rare Poster
Posts: 5
Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:29 pm
Gear: Mixture
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby TheKiteSurfer » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:35 pm

We've all had Kitesurfing injuries of varying degrees.
What's your worst injury?
How long were you out of the game?
What did you do to fill the gap?
Did you continue Kitesurfing?

jonysan
Frequent Poster
Posts: 297
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:11 pm
Kiting since: 1999
Local Beach: Saunton, Weston S Mare, Bournemouth
Favorite Beaches: La Morne Mauritius, anywhere warm
Style: Wave , hopefully smooth,
Gear: Naish Pivots and Slash, F-One Mitu 5'4, F-One Mitu 5'8, old Naish 5'4 Quad (like a guided missile!),
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 60 times
Been thanked: 26 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby jonysan » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:14 pm

1/by myself in Egypt, Landed on dead coral, infected deep cuts in both feet,
2/about two weeks
3/learnt to hobble to the bar
4/Yes

longwhitecloud
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 3676
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:15 am
Style: Master Baiter. Oracle of windsport.
Gear: 2 sets of Flysurfer VMGs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 18. Foilboards ( Masts 75 90 110 125 Wings 880 950 1100 1350 1750) all with Ronix Ones attached. Soon to retire to Wingfoiling.
Has thanked: 108 times
Been thanked: 175 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby longwhitecloud » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:37 pm

Broken ankle and snapped ligament joining fibular and tibia - they say a year but we see.
Sup, cycling and prone surfing. Cannot wait to kite again but will joining the lawn mowing crew for a while.

plummet
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 6819
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
Local Beach: EE
Favorite Beaches: NZ
Style: Terrain riding
Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 11 times
Been thanked: 224 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby plummet » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:47 pm

Several could have died moments but no injuries taking me off the water for any period of time. The think the worst one was a twisted knee which took about 6 months to come right. But I kited throughout.

knotwindy
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 2385
Joined: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:49 am
Local Beach: baja, gorge
Style: erratic to none
Gear: yes, I use gear
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 274 times
Been thanked: 319 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby knotwindy » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:57 pm

1 injured my thumb opening a non twist-off top beer for lunch
2 out for about a 1/2 hour
3 drank the beer
4 should have to keep drinking but went back out

User avatar
haiku
Frequent Poster
Posts: 429
Joined: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:25 pm
Local Beach: Latina beach Italy and...Naish beach Maui
Favorite Beaches: Latina, Porto Pollo - Italy , Kitebeach. Kihei - Maui
Style: old and new school
Gear: Flysurfer Sonic FR, Speed, Boost, Cronix, Naish Pivot, Flysurfer Radical 5, Door 5, Kazuma custom wave boards
Has thanked: 9 times
Been thanked: 50 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby haiku » Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:29 am

I fractured my sternum (It literally exploded) hitting hard the water after a megaloop in very strong wind. I was using a wave kite....big mistake :nono: ! Worst crash ever, I risked my life, I remained unconscius for several seconds It was a miracle that I was able to relaunch my kite and get to the beach body dragging.

Cheers

Carlo

User avatar
Toby
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 50346
Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2001 1:00 am
Kiting since: 2000
Weight: 95 kg
Local Beach: Cumbuco, Brazil
Barra do Cauipe, Brazil
Favorite Beaches: same
Style: Airstyle
Gear: Rebel 2015 18
Brand Affiliation: None.
Location: World (KF Admin)
Has thanked: 832 times
Been thanked: 2365 times
Contact:

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby Toby » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:25 am

What's your worst injury?
Hurt My rib
How long were you out of the game?
6 weeks
What did you do to fill the gap?
Nothing
Did you continue Kitesurfing?
No, to much pain, but after 6 weeks pain was ok

plummet
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 6819
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
Local Beach: EE
Favorite Beaches: NZ
Style: Terrain riding
Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 11 times
Been thanked: 224 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby plummet » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:47 am

Pretty pissant injuries really. Thats why kiting is so good. The risk to reward ratio is pretty good.

plummet
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 6819
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm
Local Beach: EE
Favorite Beaches: NZ
Style: Terrain riding
Gear: Old wornout ozone.
Plummet hydrofoil and mutant
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 11 times
Been thanked: 224 times

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby plummet » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:22 am

Oh. I forgot.
Broke a toe walk across rocks on the way to land. Carried on kiting but damn that toe hurt for months. Kept hitting it.....
Bit of whiplash learning to hydrofoil.

If I count land kiting. Split my head open getting lofted into a fence land boarding. Compressed my spine buggying in sand dunes.

But mountain bike has a bigger list.
Broken several toes hitting stuff
3 dislocated fingers,
Ac joint
Brocken wrist, elbow and a hernia.

All in all pretty low injury count for many years of shenanigans

User avatar
Toby
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 50346
Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2001 1:00 am
Kiting since: 2000
Weight: 95 kg
Local Beach: Cumbuco, Brazil
Barra do Cauipe, Brazil
Favorite Beaches: same
Style: Airstyle
Gear: Rebel 2015 18
Brand Affiliation: None.
Location: World (KF Admin)
Has thanked: 832 times
Been thanked: 2365 times
Contact:

Re: Your worst kitesurf injury ?

Postby Toby » Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:37 am

plummet wrote:
Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:47 am
Pretty pissant injuries really. Thats why kiting is so good. The risk to reward ratio is pretty good.
depends on the style.


Return to “Kitesurfing”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Aberdovy kiter, arjas, Baptiste_FR, Bing [Bot], Brent NKB, bshmng, Devonkiteboy, evan, jannik, kitehub, marinjo77, redskykiter, suisd12, tonester, Windwarrior and 650 guests