Baller ozski Posted October 15, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 15, 2013 After an extended layoff (since 2004) from the sport coming back has been great, plenty of pain but worth every bit of it. That first big fall was coming, sooner or later I was going to find out if I could take a real hit.. Last week in a cross wind I got pushed a little narrow and clipped a ball, the ski skipped out and I took what was apparently a pretty spectacular crash. Luckily I suffered no injury at all and got up to complete the set, just glad that first big crash is out of the way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted October 15, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 15, 2013 maybe once a year I take a big digger Support BallOfSpray by supporting the companies that support BallOfSpray California Ski Ranch ★ Connelly ★ Denali ★ Goode ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ MasterLine ★ PerfSki ★ Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas6 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Big falls every season. At least one of them elicits some gutteral sort of noise from my soul at impact and leaves me dizzy. And then I take another pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted October 15, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 15, 2013 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted October 15, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 15, 2013 1 possibly 2 in practice that stick out in my mind out of 150+. 3 in tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted October 15, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh yeah...I'm pretty entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jhughes Posted October 16, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 Only 2 this year in probably 60+ sets, but they were biggies. No major injuries this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregy Posted October 16, 2013 Members Share Posted October 16, 2013 got some slack at gate turn-in shouldn't of tried it. OTF and very painful. I was sore all over for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOODESkier Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I took 1 that looked bad in a tournament when my bindings pre-released....... gave the crowd something to see, but was just a bumber cause it was headed to a tournament PB! Oh well, learned the lesson on equipment failure...... I took one trying to do a fancy tick-tock thing that a way younger skier was doing at the lake. NEVER AGAIN WILL MY SKI LEAVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER (on purpose....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 My wife had a good one over the weekend. I seem to have a couple a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SkiJay Posted October 16, 2013 Members Share Posted October 16, 2013 Two this year, one of them today, a full-speed, set-ending, endo off the second wake. My knee, back and neck are seizing up nicely this evening. Stupid obsession ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted October 16, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 @rico - my experience is that when you aren't OK it is pretty hard to get the hand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogboy Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 2, bruised my left rib cage in the course trying to get a 32mph; that took about a week to back in. Then a couple weeks later a doosy while free skiing, I simulated a hard pull out in choppy water, buried a tip, went down hard, and bruised my right rib cage. Two weeks that time. I won't try that again. I guess I am a slow learner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef23 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Very rarely do I take a hard fall. I haven't taken a real hard fall this year. I have taken falls when I came out of my binding but nothing that rattled my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I usually take about 1 big OTF per season. It used to be a lot more, but after 2 skiing caused surgeries in a 2 year period, I have been skiing a lot smarter and stop skiing when I get out of whack. I even let go of a potential big slack hit last year on a tournament pass where I was already a buoy past my previous PB of 1.5, and was on my way to 4 ball when I let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCox Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Most of my crashes are pretty tame...usually more danger for the people in the boat from the handle that becomes a missle. My worst feeling one was actually this past Sunday - a buddy thought it would be fun to have a wide ride "tournament" on our second set. I've never ridden a wide ride, and haven't gone 30 mph in about 30 years. The pull through the gate was terrifying. At 1, the ski kept going in the same direction, and I went back towards the boat, starting with my arm/elbow/shoulder in the water in a violent explosion. Left shoulder is still sore. No interest in ever riding a wide ride again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behindpropellers Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 One pretty good OTF after a test of holding more angle to the ball. Another crash after the ball and slide into and jump the wake....lightly bruised ribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted October 16, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 I was bad crash free for 3 or 4 years until last year where I've had one pretty good one per season last year and this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skinut Posted October 16, 2013 Members Share Posted October 16, 2013 Early this season I stuffed the tip right after the second wake. (I think there is a video of Nick Parsons with the same wreck) I went from skiing to face plant in the water in less than a second. It was one of those wrecks were when you come to the surface you start to wiggle your toes to make sure you aren't paralyzed. pretty scary at the time but didn't stop me from skiing the next set., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MISkier Posted October 16, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 3 this year. One was head over heels for 3 complete revolutions/body slams and really rang my bell. One was a tournament OTF and rolling/helicopter ankle sprainer. The last one was an instantaneous face plant (like @skinut mentions) that made my neck hurt. I also checked to make sure I wasn't paralyzed. I average 2 to 3 a year. The ankle sprainer was the only one that has kept me off the water in the last 8 years - and that was for 10 days. The worst slalom equipment I own is between my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorskier1 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Used to seem that I'd have one a year, mostly due to my stupidity of trying for one more ball or, worse yet, actually getting one more, hooking up, flying across the wake with speed and load and going endo! This year is a first -- not one "why did I hang on to that" fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller scuppers Posted October 16, 2013 Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 My Mississippi ski buddies Jack Middleton & Jay Leach really don't care about my form or buoy count - they just want video of the, as @SkiJay says, "a full-speed, set-ending, endo off the second wake" These two guys live for that! And laugh like hell. It really hurts my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopowpow Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Every few years.... Early this season was my time, I stuffed the tip into the wake coming out of my off side turn. The bad part it was my 2nd pass during a set with Wade Cox, I had to continue skiing when I really wanted to get in the boat and call it a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragginshred Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 First double release this year, nice and clean out of both Strada boots last week. Had lower laces pretty snug and top laced and pulled loosely! Getting used to 34mph does make for some good falls. Love those bindings though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchy Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 My big crashes are more of a weekly thing not a yearly thing. If you're not crashing you're not trying!!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted October 16, 2013 Author Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 @Churchy - Yes up to a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rpc29 Posted October 16, 2013 Members Share Posted October 16, 2013 This is from a few years ago, but I've recently gotten better at avoiding these kinds of falls. I'd say I only had one bad fall this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted October 16, 2013 Author Baller Share Posted October 16, 2013 So close but yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OTF Posted October 17, 2013 Members Share Posted October 17, 2013 Ahhhh yeah @ms got his entertainment again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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