just like to say cheers to the blokes that help me out at swannys the other week i ended up with broken & dislocated ankle & dislocated knee . cheers again for packing up my stuff & for giving me a lift to the hospital

Ouch! Please tell me this was from hitting something solid and not water impact! Hope all is well

i loaded up went to hit the lip of a wave my back foot came off the board full weight on one leg half way through the snap my knee & ankle just gave way felt them both pop then trying to get in could see my leg at a very wrong angle & flapping about then going through the beachy got dunked witch put my knee back in then just kept flying the kite dragging me up the beach then lay there thinking WTF now when a bloke on the beach with his two girls landed my kite after i showed him how by that time two kite surfers came in & helped out as well they helped me up the beach to the car park where there misses was waiting to take me to hospital & packed up my kit & put it in my car thanks heaps made it all alot less stressful ended up having bruised bones didnt even know you could bruise bones cartlige damage torn tendents broken ankle & lots of pain the morph was nice though but think i might be kiteing this season now but see how we go sux because was planning to have january off up ningaloo fishing diving & kite surfing was all planned oh well next year

I just realised why punctuation was invented....

mate i jus t blew cruciate lig in knee on a bad backhand air, foot stuck in strapp, bad landing, kite powered, was having great sess at bombing range till then....no strapps next year for me

Thats a horrible bionic foot thingy to be wearing over summer, my condolences.

It will heal faster if you dont type with it

Aido

Sorry to hear about the injury , get well soon.

I am curious to know whether you were strapped or unstrapped as well?

It wasn't until I kited on Sunny coast that i realised that Swanny/Brighton waves do pack such a punch.

that indeed sucks balls.

especially with summer just starting.. Sorry mate.

Hope you mend fast.

Luckily you did'nt hit your head. You could have ended up in hospital with a comma.

cheers all for your comments. be out for 4/6 weeks with contraption on then how ever long with getting my leg strong again

i was strapped love using straps you can hit waves really hard but think i wont be using them for a while when i get back into it but will go back to using straps

& if you dont like my spelling or punctuation pretty simple dont read it

cheers all again & enjoy the summer winds catch you out there over winter

does medical insurance cover for this? I heard you can only get 3rd party cover through WAKSA.. but what if something like this happens to ya?

I've dislocated my knee three times and I know the pain involved, add to this being dragged through the surf with an ankle injury as well I cant imagine the pain you had to endure.. good to see good people on the beach helping out, hopefully karma will pay them a nice visit....

That's horrible. Wish you fast recovery & all the best mate.

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rickwindt said...

does medical insurance cover for this? I heard you can only get 3rd party cover through WAKSA.. but what if something like this happens to ya?

private health cover,but be careful of who you choose. A guy once said to me orthopedic surgeons should have a coffee table in the waiting room made from their chisels, and nothing else. Thats how your knee/injury will be afterwards.

Try reading the sentence in one breath, you'd need private health insurance.

yeah ive got private health cover but dosent cover because i was classed as an out patient had to pay just over $2000 so far for scans specialist & the contraption on my leg as well as been a contractor so no work no pay could have been all covered if i stayed in hospital pay the first $500 same as income protection dosent kick in for 6 weeks so check your covers carefully i know ill be changing mine when i start working again or keeping a bit more in my emergency stash