hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **VICINCALIF** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:55 pm

hey, I've heard of serious injuries like broken necks or noses, what's the best way to avoid this kind of injuries once a wave drops u in?

by **VBnorthendsurfer** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:22 pm

1) dont hit your face
2) if you fall try and keep your hands above your head so you dont smash your head.

i have hurt my neck on a wave, i thought i was knocked out, but i popped up and got out of the water. headache for the rest of the day but nothing serious. neck hurt when it happened too, i heard like a little *pop*

by **jethro-bodine** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:32 pm

Get over it. It's going to happen to ya sooner or later so if you can't handle it I would suggest no surfing for you.

by **namino tsume** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:56 pm

I nearly broke my nose once when i failed to abandon a small waist high wave.... well it suddenly jumped and took me by surprize :) . But the board hit me and i bleed a llooott. But it will happen. Just always try to jump from your board.

by **babyboarder89** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:03 pm

if you dont want injuries dont wear a knee leash they shred the back of your knees which is the most painful thing in the world. every movement aggravates it.

by **IrishGirl** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:21 pm

VBnorthendsurfer wrote:1) dont hit your face

Yeah, I always try to hit my face whilst surfing! (sorry, couldn't resist).

I would agree with jethro, if you're scared of getting injured, don't surf. My back is knackered from it, had my neck retwisted (!) a few times but shur it's all part of the fun!
-It's inevitable that you'll be injured sooner or later!

Just hoping I don't actually break my nose, I quite like the way it's already shaped :shock:

by **VBnorthendsurfer** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:34 pm

good one :roll:

by **jonny** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:35 pm

I think apart from nearly drowning on several different occasiosn the worst surf injury I have has is breaking the top two rips on the left side of my chest.

I was on a 9'2" board, and was a little too far back in the wave. Anyway, it started to barrel as I was riding it face to the wave, I caught a rail and fell off but my board came right round in the wave and smacked me square accross the chest.

by **VBnorthendsurfer** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:37 pm

sounds like it hurt. how do they treat broken ribs? just rest them?

by **jonny** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:43 pm

yeah - just rest them for a while.

The wierd thing was is that I just thought I had bruised them - it was UK in January (Woolacombe Bay in fact) and I was bloody freezing! It didn't start to hurt until well over an hour later when I got out of the sea and peeled my wetsuit off and started to thaw out a bit!!

I broke my bottom three ribs snowboarding six months earlier so I knew what to expect really.

Luckily no broken ribs since but one of my bottom ones still stick out where it never set properly.

by **babyboarder89** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:38 am

woh woollacoombe barrels?!? cool.

by **Phil** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:39 pm

i sliped off the board once fliping it upside down then mandged to fall on the fin with it catching me right between the legs, i was in soooo much pain i thought i might have choped it off i just layed on the beach for about 15 mins in agony

by **namino tsume** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:37 pm

oooowwww.....

by **IrishGirl** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:06 pm

A friend of mine (male), I brought him out surfing one day with my brother and I. I gave him my sister-in-laws wetsuit and he's a pretty big guy. He just about stretched it over his shoulders and it was so small and tight he couldn't tie up the zip. A few days later he was complaining of savage pains down below! -Went to the doctor a week later when the pain became unbearable and he had internal bleeding in his er...'manly bits'!

Lol...(he's grand now so I'm allowed to laugh)

by **jonny** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:59 am

oooouuuchhhh!!

As much as these tales are starting to make my eyes water I have one more similar to Phil's. Last summer a group of us were up in St. Davids surfing at Whitesands Bay. Great session.

It was just about time to get to the pub so we all caught the last wave in. One of the chaps with us who shall remain nameless caught a great wave last wave but somhow, as he got near the beach he jumped off his board and landed on his back in the shallow water with his legs in the air and spread wide open.

Just at that moment a wave came in and carried his board which was now a bit further out to sea than he was and carried it right between his legs as he was lying on his back legs akimbo in 15 inches of water.

Now the problem was he rides a longboard and had a meaty 10" singlefin in the bottom which hit him slap in the nuts and split his "sac" open!!! What is bizarre is his wetsuit was completely unscathed so his nuts must have POPPED!! AAAARRRRGHHHHHHH

Even worse is he had to go to hospital to get it stitched back up.

He was walking a bit like John Wayne when he got to the pub later I can tell you.

by **IrishGirl** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:07 pm

lol...you can't help but laugh!

by **Phil** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:12 pm

all right for you to laugh you have no idea what it feels like lol

by **IrishGirl** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:14 pm

haha! True...that's why it's so great!

by **surferdude_scarborough** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:43 pm

it is not great at all their should be a law against kicking guys in their family jewels!

by **IrishGirl** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:26 pm

Ahhh well I'd never lay a finger on anybody let alone kick a lad there.

hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!

hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!

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