Ydwer... terrible accident

[RadDrDuke]

I was surf foiling this weekend and hit the sandbar (about knee deep in that spot) and flew off and landed on my side and wrist.

If you fall wrong or dive etc it could be disastrous given that you are elevated off the water about two feet and moving quite fast.

[drsurf]

Almost exactly 20 years ago I broke my neck in a freak kite accident on our local kite beach. I didn't even know it was broken until a week later.

It happened so fast that I was completely unable to take any protective action to prevent my head from being driven into the hard wet sand. I can understand how it can happen and I was lucky. Ydwer no doubt had a similar freak event that he was unable to prevent, and my heart goes out to him, family and friends.

I hope he has a miraculous recovery and can return to what he loves.

[juandesooka]

I was surf foiling this weekend and hit the sandbar (about knee deep in that spot) and flew off and landed on my side and wrist.

If you fall wrong or dive etc it could be disastrous given that you are elevated off the water about two feet and moving quite fast.

Likewise, I hit the reef surf foiling, ejected and was unpleasantly surprised when my shoulder slammed into the rocks. I am used to the normal protective water cushion, but it's ineffective when falling in 1 foot of water from an extra 2 feet up. When regular surfing small waves at low tide, my rule is always to fall flat, backwards, towards the ocean, never towards shore. As the rocks are right there, it's so shallow when the waves are small. But with foiling, maybe we can get a little more complacent if we're nowhere near shore, the rocks are not visible, seems like deep water.

Anyways, I am full-on safety nerd, one of the few around here who still wear a helmet ... but a helmet will not help in this kind of direct impact wipeout. The wipeout that really freaks me out is getting ejected and end up diving in head first. If you get unlucky to be over that one single boulder in the area....that's it.

My heart goes out the Ydwer for this freak accident....wishing him all the best for recovery.

[Havre]

So unlucky and sad. Hopefully the fact that he feels something in his arms means he will be OK.

[edt]

Terrible accident. I've been head over heels many times skateboarding snowboarding and on a hydrofoil hitting sandbars so many times usually the worst is a bruise. Really unlucky. I really hope you can heal up.

[tautologies]

Oh man. So sad to hear. Speedy recovery!!

[nixmatters]

let's show we care!
his talent has surely contributred for many of us to enter the sport

https://gofund.me/cef549e5

@Toby, maybe a separate post by you would be more efficient?