Wrecked My Ankle - Foot Did Not release -

Just wanted to give an update - After 3 years of absolutely no fun on the lake, a few weeks ago my old ski partner called and asked me to drive for him so of course I said yes which led to me saying well maybe I will just free ski, but stay out of the course..... which led to.... which led to...... a new RADAR Lithium Vapor with Reflex Hardshell front and RADAR hybrid rear and into  28 off yesterday with relative ease....  It doesn't get any better than an evening on the glass chasing those lil orange thingys..... 

I broke my right ankle and right foot on the same crash. It was an over rotation on an Air Raley. Right foot stayed in the boot. Destroyed it. No weight for 5 weeks and a cast.

Paul, the MOB boot system releases laterally from the front and up from the rear, as you said. It’s the only one that does. I wrecked my ankle Sunday in a Reflex Supershell setup. The system worked and nothing is broken, as I’m almost certain it would have in anything other than Reflex or MOB. Pretty sure I wouldn’t even have the high ankle sprain I do now if I had been using the MOB, that I already own! I have been VERY hesitant to change from my Reflex. It’s been so good. The only problem I have with the MOB is that only D3 makes their skis with inserts for it. I’ve been a Radar loyal guy but I’m thinking pretty hard about a new D3 once I can walk right.

91NaughtyQ wrote: 63 Skier wrote: You'll be back at it! Good luck with the rehab. I appreciate it. I am definitely taking it seriously. My ortho is pretty straight forward in explaining how important full rehab of this injury is.

Rehab is a huge factor. Not only do you have to be diligent about doing the work, make sure you have a highly competent physical therapy person as it can make a world of difference.

63 Skier wrote: You'll be back at it! Good luck with the rehab.

I appreciate it. I am definitely taking it seriously. My ortho is pretty straight forward in explaining how important full rehab of this injury is.

Yeah that’s about the only positive out of it. Everything was really starting to come together.   Was getting deep into 32 off. Oh well. It could be worse that’s for sure

Just an update for you folks. Surgery went great and no surprises so that's good. Ended up needing 1 screw to put it back together. After the fist few days very little pain to speak of except involuntary foot flexing in my sleep that sends me through the roof. Not a big fan of pain meds so I only took the "good stuff" for a day or so.

My follow up is Monday and I am pretty sure I will get a cast for 6 weeks after that. Light load for 6 more weeks and physical therapy. Realistically I am setting my goal for fully rehabbed by April 1 foot (and rest of my body).

If any of you have had this injury and have some rehab tips or gotchas please share.

Cheers.

Gary

MrMcD wrote: Pete, you have to recognize a joke when you see one. .

Mark,
Thanks for explaining it to me. Sorry I did not catch on..

Pete, you have to recognize a joke when you see one.

When I was in my mid 20's we used to tube on occation and the rider always had to bet $1 that he could stay on, if he stayed on the driver paid the rider a dollar.

If he fell off the rider paid the driver $1.   It was fun but very dangerous.
I remember riding a whip once trying to earn my dollar, the driver turned sharp and gassed it, I was whipping so fast pretty soon I was airborne still holding the handle and the tube was flying right next to me. We had a tire tube with a strap made of carpet wrapped around the front to tow with. Had a handle attached to the rope to help hold on.
I knew it was going to hurt but hung on as long as possible waiting for the whip speed to drop off before I crashed.   I took about 6 tumbles before stopping and had no damage at all.   It could have been really bad. Yeah, I know they are very dangerous.

On our favorite lake a woman driving drunk pulling a tube ran over her son and he died, I think he was 12.
Terrible shame and stupid parent to blame. Tubes have been banned ever since on this lake.   This being California her lawyers sued the State, it happened in a State park and WON.   Drunk driving a boat, killed her child and they paid her to do it. Only in California.   It is a narrow lake and I think they said tubes should have been banned for safety reasons prior to the accident. Not sure how they buried the fact that she was drunk driving.
Maybe because the older drunk driving laws did not apply in a boat.   Today that has changed and the law is the same, car, bicylcle or boat, drunk driving is punished the same and it is very tough as it should be.

MrMcD wrote: I guess we better all go back to tubing for safety reasons!

Really?? Mark, do you think it's safer?

I guess we better all go back to tubing for safety reasons!

I don't think there's any "safe" binding out there. This is a generally dangerous sport, flying back and forth behind a boat at speeds in excess of 50mph on a stick of carbon, compounded by water itself which adds drowning and/or infections to the mix.

I'd argue that no hardshell is safer than a rubber boot. The hardshells today are actually rollerblade boots held in place by a hoop on the front and an alpine telemark binding release on the back. Literally none of it doing what it was designed to do. It's amazing that we trust this so much. Screws, release arms, tension, and springs need to be inspected regularly and nothing scares me more than the thought of a pre-release. A rubber binding is not going to pre-release in the course but it's a few flaps of rubber screwed to a plate which is also a ridiculous design. I'll take that over pre-release I guess. A lot of folks run the HS boots directly on a plate which is attached to the ski with... Interloc velcro. Again, that's a lot of faith in some velcro but lots of serious skiers put up really big scores with these setups.

Acclimation is also an issue with HS bindings. Having skied rubber bindings all this time I've found hardshell bindings to be an incredibly big change so prepare for that mentally. Probably a 20-set period to get used to it. I gave up after a few sets on the HS (season is too short) and now I'm just rocking a Wiley and a rear toe plate. Works great.

Wow, glad you survived to play again. Sounds like a very close call.
Mark

Todd wasn't there just a big ta do down in Florida on a fly for profit company over charging or something like that.

gun-driver wrote: That lift cost seems to be inflated and we only charge for loaded miles in other words only the miles with the patient on board. Most quality medical insurance providers will pay for the flight. Around these parts the subscriber type company's have a pretty bad reputation. Just saying

Paul,
Define bad reputation. In terms of saving $60k..... I don’t mind them dropping the stretcher 2 or 3 times.