Had a timely reminder to respect the foil yesterday. I always wear booties, but left them at home yesterday. Close call, could have been much worse. Have you had a near miss?
My brother carotid close call landing a 360.
Needed a jaw x-ray to rule out a fracture.
That's quite a gash, and really close to your carotid artery. Sheesh.
I usually quickly curl up into a ball when I come off at speed. I've been hit by the foil numerous time and been lucky. Got really whacked in the Achilles over the weekend and still hobbling.
Probably a little more than a close call but this resulted in multiple skull fractures.
I now wear a helmet.. haha
Helmets are a lot saver, till the foil hits you in the face .
A prone foiler guy on the beach last weekend got his foil in his face and sliced his eyebrow, from the look at it good for 8-12 stitches.
Wicka and others, what are you doing to end up in the gashed head scenario? Landing a 360 is probably not a risk factor for me at the moment but would be keen to know what it was that led to these!
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Wicka and others, what are you doing to end up in the gashed head scenario? Landing a 360 is probably not a risk factor for me at the moment but would be keen to know what it was that led to these!
Funnily enough I was doing nothing special here.. prone foiling literally a 2 foot wave, got caught up in the whitewater and the foil clipped me in the head somehow. It can happen so fast!
To protect my face Jeroensurf I always tuck into a ball if I'm close to the foil but sometimes that's just not enough as you can see. I'm lucky I had a few boys in the water to help get me out an get me to the hospital.
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Wicka and others, what are you doing to end up in the gashed head scenario? Landing a 360 is probably not a risk factor for me at the moment but would be keen to know what it was that led to these!
He went higher than usual overpowered, foil folded/torque back at him.
I had a few foil tip hit my torso in the waves when folded (mainly earlier on while learning), saved by life jacket and wetsuit and the sanded blunt tip of GoFoil.
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Wicka and others, what are you doing to end up in the gashed head scenario? Landing a 360 is probably not a risk factor for me at the moment but would be keen to know what it was that led to these!
IMHO close calls tend to happen for me at low speed in transitions - classic "Taco", where you over compensate & instead of leaning into a fall, you lean away from it & fall towards the foil... most high speed crashes you fly free & clear - especially if you heed the advice to hang on to the Wing...
