First serious paddle after MCL ripped off bone, ruptured PCL and fractures top and bottom in my knee from kiteboarding

Big thanks to Courts from supsurfaustralia who guided me through rehab. I was lucky to avoid surgery as ACL, meniscus and cartilage are intact :-) Your experience was a god send

Thanks to Jason westoz kiteboarding for the brace (pissed I missed Exmouth that looked all time :-( )

Thanks to Belly good to have someone as keen as you around :-) and Zimbo and Stef good day

I used Belly's JL Albatross 12 6 x 30 very stable and lots of fun great board He used my Naish 14 not good on narrow boards still

Been 9 weeks to the day so 7 weeks ahead of schedule. Last 3 weeks have been 2 hours a day in the gym working it ( fark I hate gyms)

Not all time but fun






















Belly showed off his street skills




Next weekend maybe some small waves

welcome back champ i no the pain of sitting back watchin ya mates go surfing and you cant way to well

dtm said...

welcome back champ i no the pain of sitting back watchin ya mates go surfing and you cant way to well

Farkn frustrating, how about you make me a 9 4 x 30 to help me recuperate

would love to hilly anytime mate let me no when you get your arse to sydney to pick it up or maybe when i finaly get my arse to gnaraloo next year hopefully?

Good to get you back on the water buddy.. Todays run was super fun.. Not sure what im doing in the 5 pic but im sure it was something cool

Belly

supbelly said...

Good to get you back on the water buddy.. Todays run was super fun.. Not sure what im doing in the 5 pic but im sure it was something cool

Belly

Serious poo stance

With that many tough stickers how can you not be cool

Good to see your back into it Hilly. Don't go pushing it to hard too early though mate. You don't want to miss the Rotto race.
Copped that 30knt gust on the graph sailing across the end of Pt Walter, ripped the jib in half,blew out the boom vang and tore the tiller extension off the rudder trying to get some semblance of control. You guys were too early, it would of really spiced up your comeback.
Pm us for the next run, the 17' hasn't seen a decent breeze yet.

bet it feel good hey, don't go to hard first up
cheers

Good one Hilly, injuries suck, especially when your mates keep telling you about all the epic sessions.

That kiteboarding sounds dangerous!

Casso said...

Glad to see you back into it Hilly - that's a long time to be out.

No leggy, Belly? Seems a bit silly for a big paddle with plenty of wind.

Bloody sore today so very unfit

We did not use leggies as there was 4 of us and you can stand in most parts of the river with minimal chop Zimbo had one so he could rescue us and drag us the 50m to shore

oliver said...

Good one Hilly, when we are feeling well and fit we tend to take our health for granted. Don't push it too hard for a while.

You used a lot of acronyms (MCL, PCL ACL)... For the uninjured dummies what do they all mean?

Medial collateral ligament etc

OG SUP said...

Hey Hilly great to see your back mate!

May I ask who made the brace as i have a similar issue with the left MCL and want to get something to protect it

Regards

Phill

I borrowed an old version of this www.ossur.com/?PageID=13561

Don Joy do one that is slightly cheaper ali instead of carbon

SIC

Little while to go before that size

Nice shots

WINDY MILLER said...

hope you make a full recovery soon mate.. didn't even know you were out,,, could have sworn i saw you ripping it up at the passarge the other week?

Would have been my bro

tha dogman said...

hilly said...

goatman said...

Good one Hilly, injuries suck, especially when your mates keep telling you about all the epic sessions.

That kiteboarding sounds dangerous!

Been lucky not too many good days missed :-)

Will be riding strapless this season

yer might have to do the same hilly

good to hear your back havin a crack

yewwwww

What did you do and when are you back?

yo hilly

twisted my knee and ankle via not coming out of rear foot strap and my board thinking it would do its best impresonation of a crocodile death roll

its not as bad as what i first thought

i'm walking ok now but i have myself wrapped in cotton wool for a while yet

rock on