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
Onya Hilly! Nothing better than getting over an injury. Kinda puts things in perspective! Great to see your back into it!
welcome back champ i no the pain of sitting back watchin ya mates go surfing and you cant way to well
nice one hilly, good to hear that you are back on the water.
Was that from freshwater bay to pelican point? how fars that run about 6kms ?
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
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
gnaraloo next year is more a dream right now but with goaties glowing reviews i might look into it really really hard well have to see
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.
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.
Good one Hilly, injuries suck, especially when your mates keep telling you about all the epic sessions.
That kiteboarding sounds dangerous!
Zimbo had one so he could rescue us and drag us the 50m to shore
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?
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
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?
Zimbo had one so he could rescue us and drag us the 50m to shore
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
