Hi all.

We are working on an idea that could help to prevent a number of kitesurfing injuries, however we first need to do a little market research.

The people we want to hear from are those that have sustained kitesurfing injuries to legs, ankles, knees and hips.

If we could have some idea of the type of injury sustained and a short description on the incident that led to the injury it would help a lot in understanding how we can tailor this idea to maximize protection.

This is not a wind up and could lead to preventing kitesurfing injury. If anybody does not want to post on a public forum then please PM me.

Cheers

Chris

2 years ago developed acute tennis elbow in my right arm I continued to kite on and off putting up with it then it progressed to reduce mobility in the joint and I can no longer straighten my right arm I would say it is about 5% movement loss, it comes and goes each season.
Now it has progressed to the other arm but is no where as severe as it was in my right arm.
I have had physio for it a number of times scans etc even considered the op you can get but didn't as it is kinda subsided in my right arm at the moment.
I also was, and do weights on a regular basis for strength training and thought that being quite strong in upper body that I wouldn't develop tennis elbow but I was wrong as you can see.

left knee MCL - back foot came out of footstrap on landing. Was my first board and it had narrow windsurfing type straps on it. Gym work, normal footstraps and bit more experience (was 2months into kiting) would have prevented it.

Stretched foot tendons + 1st MC fracture - same as above except this time my ankle gave out before knee. maybe all of the above does not help....(2.5yrs kiting this time, proper straps)

Dislocated shoulder - handlepass gone wrong. no idea what happened shoulder poped out and in few seconds later. was underpowered, bar must have just pulled from a funny direction.

fractured tiba - misjudged a wave and slammed into it with lip hitting my knee. next time pay attention.

I broke a nail getting the zipper undone on my board bag!

Got raped when learning at Maroochy river mouth! Strange lot there

I became a bit tyred from pumping up my kite yesterday.

Broke a toe getting dragged onto a stupid rock at point walter[}:)][}:)][}:)]
does that count as an injury?

Didn't WAKSA/AKSA do a survey of injuries a year (or two) ago? Maybe contact them?

BTW I 'tweaked' my back being a more than a tad overpowered on the long downwinder on Sunday. I never really get back pains but this has gotten way worse all week and I have had to bail on kiting yesterday and today. Good grief Charlie Brown!!

I finally bit the bullet and got some physio manipulations this morning. Roll on Sundee - I will be out kiting even if I have to strap a zimmer-frame to my board!!

I got coral poisoning kiting an shallow reef without booties, stuffed my whole 2 weeks at Gnaraloo.

I've hurt my pride a few times...

I think the worst injury i've really had though is coming in to the beach when i was learning on a low-depower C kite and hadn't really got the hang of stopping when youre going way too fast. It seems that the friction of sand on skin will always stop you. By the end of that week i had SO much skin missing.

I've come down hard on my heel in shallow water with my leg locked straight minus my board. I hyperextended my knee and corked my thigh somehow

Hundreds of $ of osteo and I'm still suffering 3 months later *sigh*.

Rosy said...

My back has been pretty sore lately, but thats probaly my stance/harness...coz supposebly its not meant to hurt lol...
What kindof info are u needing?....

Seat harness is a lot better for an injured / sensitive back (like mine), but it reduces your hip mobility. You can compensate this for a certain extent with a sliding spreader bar / hook. It will still limit your style, but it's still better then sitting at home with sciatic pain.

spend more time kiteing less time on here

this will help

Last week my board came off at the tip of a wave. Somehow it ended up hitting me square in the shin bone.

Blood everywhere and a big hole in my leg where there wasn't one before.

I'd wear shin pads in the future but I'd get bashed by the bullies before I make it to the water.

junglist said...

Hi all.

We are working on an idea that could help to prevent a number of kitesurfing injuries, however we first need to do a little market research.

The people we want to hear from are those that have sustained kitesurfing injuries to legs, ankles, knees and hips.

If we could have some idea of the type of injury sustained and a short description on the incident that led to the injury it would help a lot in understanding how we can tailor this idea to maximize protection.

This is not a wind up and could lead to preventing kitesurfing injury. If anybody does not want to post on a public forum then please PM me.

Cheers

Chris

Jungy, do you count the old guy swimming at Torquay last summer, that someone on a waroo ran over, as a kitesurf injury ?

As the Waroo rider Im curious if the Waroo rider was badly injured ????.