Stupidest injury ever!

[Watty]

Well, I'm doing a trick I've done a thousand times before.

I don't tknow what it's called, but basically you spin around on the hood and stand up while the pole and ride backwards.

Anyway, I've just got my new setup dialled in perfectly, so when I spin around, stand up and gas it a little, it just goes....BRAAAAAAAAAP, and puts my head into the tray.

My shoe lace got caught on the throttle assembly, as I slid off the back and it went WOT into a turning spiral. I thought I was going to drown as it dragged me under for about 10 seconds, but then I cam up with the ski and did another 5 or so spins before I managed to pull the lanyard (that I just had hanging on the bars as usual!).

Results as follows...

15 stitches and tendon and nerve damage.

It was fun having a week off work though!!

 

[Phill]

Ouch!!!

 

[32vickie]

now that sucks. hope you get better soon.

 

[MADMAT]

Holy crap!! Just when you least expect it huh?

 

[yamaslut]

dude...... that had to hurt

 

[Big Kahuna]

uh, that will leave a mark..........................or 2 dozen

 

[SkiDaddy]

What did the damage? Throttle lever?

 

[Watty]

Yeah, its a bit nasty, but healing well. It's strange not having any feeling in it at all. Usually stitches get a bit stingy/itchy, but I can poke at this and not feel a thing. It's like I'm touching someone else's foot!

Yeah, it was actually the throttle leaver that did the damage. I'm still at a bit of a loss to find out how it actually happened but one of mates had to come over and rip my foot off the lever! Ah well, it's just coming into winter and I need to do a few things to mt boat anyway as it's copped a fair beating in the surf lately.

Thanks for the well wishes...

 

[sflsurfrider]

wow! not pretty!

i gotta know.... was it a umi throttle with the sharp end?

 

[Watty]

No actually...

It was one of the Blowsion straight newer style ones. Reasonably smooth all around. I think when my shoe lace pulled WOT, the motion of it dragging me round and round caused the fully open/sharp part to rip into my foot. Just ones of those things I guess!

 

[sflsurfrider]

damn! im starting to agree with wax. oem throttles just might be the best!

 

[butti]

flatwater will kill ya :skull2:

 

[oxnard111]

Those damn hood tricks will do it to you every time. haha J/K

 

[WAB]

Man, ouch! :bigeyes: That looks painfull, hope you heal up quick.
I am suprised how much it tore into the top of your foot with a shoe on it...

 

[Sanford]

oem throttles just might be the best!

That is all I ever use. The billets are great for bling but it will sting.

 

[Big Kahuna]

No actually...

It was one of the Blowsion straight newer style ones. Reasonably smooth all around. I think when my shoe lace pulled WOT, the motion of it dragging me round and round caused the fully open/sharp part to rip into my foot. Just ones of those things I guess!

I was on my SJ last summer, hopped up on the hood, my right leg caught the water and snatched it back and pressed it against the throttle....... you know what happened next........ WOT, ripped a huge chunk out of the backside of my knee (Yamacat was there), left a huge chunk of meat at the pivot of the lever (SE Finger throttle - really smooth). took forever to heal, had a race the next weekend!!!!!!!!!!

 

[YAMA CAT]

Looks like another Man Eating Throttle Lever..... Ouch... Heal quickly!

Are you sure it wasn't rabid pack of wallabes?


BK see it could have been worse. :bigeyes:

 

[aqua]

you need some vecro shoes maybe!! a vid would have been nice.....prolly similiar to bull riding when they get their feet caught and get drug around. atleast you are healing! :bigeyes:

 

[Idok]

wow.....


you sure you didnt piss off your kangaroo on the way to work!?!?

 

[RiverRat]

That sucks Man!! I bet that was scary as ********........similar thing happend to me but fortunatly I did not get stuck and the ski just took off.