shannon8888 said...maybe these will help next time,bit more leg support
hope all heels well
they will help heaps..... I will get a pair for the nurse :)
regarding the crash, I was cutting right to left close to max speed, loaded and popped just after going under the cable, but the wire just flopped down as I loaded I guess ( not near any corners ), went for a back roll and got to the stage of starting to pull my feet under me & realised I didn't get height from the pop just speed
Front left corner of the board hit the water at a rate of knots, and tried to go towards me, while I was still rotating left, felt my foot lift 1/3 out of the binding, twist, and heard it crack and it twist some more.
floated in the middle ( no pain ), loosened the binding and pulled my foot out thinking I had rolled my ankle, swam to the side and had pain putting weight on it so hobbled with some mates to put ice on it.
fracture went all the way through the fibular, just above the connection to the ankle, and in line with the mantle bone, but below the stabilising muscles, so in short, it broke, but is sitting in the right spot due the muscle attachment points, and they just put a cast backing plate on it which I still have. X - rays after the weekend to see how it's healing, and either leave in for 4 weeks then space boot, or screw a titanium plate to the outside, and speceboot after two weeks. - I need to make sure the space boot has screw holes to match to the kiteboard ;)
. hope it sets well for ya.
