Kitemare - Wave breaks on knee resulting in injury (terrible triad)

[@mhartleroad]

Seems like almost all of my crashes were caused by being tired. Glad you are ok and thanks for the reminder.

[@jasonadame-quenell4179]

This is exactly how I broke my femur, but it was an overhead wave. Thankful you got yours on video now I can show people how it happened cuz everyone has a hard time understanding how you can break a femur kiting without even boosting

[@bbanl]

Happy to help! Haha

[@Cataclysmic0]

Still, you managed to complete a double backroll and would have landed it too if it wasn't for your knee :) Glad to hear you're OK and thanks for the video! It helps us remember we have to always stay alert.

[@3sh00l]

Wasn't it a frontroll? ;)

[@solarmagister]

I learned to Get my foot very quickly off the straps before la ding proper jumps. If I feel that a nasty landing is going to happen, I have this reflex to let the board go. Glad you re OK.

[@hammadsuriya4250]

When the wave hit you it sounded like the wave broke your freaken leg

[@niekvanwensen]

I had the same type of incident and damaged my knee and groin, always such a shame when there’s good winds when you’re injured😬

[@fujimatosa]

I didn't realize that wave, could hurt smb. so much

[@wordreet]

I hope the wave was punished for such a viscous attack!

[@Ryy22]

Always, always tuck the knees in when going for a ram/wave

[@bbanl]

Thx. Yes. I learned the hard way and try to avoid breaking waves 😅

[@Ryy22]

​@@bbanlit can happen to anyone my man, just one moment of inattention or fatigue and its done. Glad you made it out okay in the end. This vid serves as a good reminder as well

[@findsirfelipe]

Just started getting into to the sport. What happened here? Was he not ready for the wave and it forcibly bent his knee or was that from wave impact alone?

[@bbanl]

I wanted to use the wave as a ramp for my jump. The waves were quite big and my timing was off and I was too eager to jump. The wave broke just before got to the top of the wave so the top part of the wave crashed just below my knee (impact to the outside of the knee as a kitesurfer rides sideways). While I was going up the wave wirh 30km/h the a thick water column hit just below my knee bending my lower leg sideways instead of backwards as the joint bends. So I tore my ligaments in my knee. I should have bailed out by pulling up my legs last minute when I saw that the wave was starting to break. I am very aware of this as waves have a lot of power and can hit your board and twist your knees as you are stuck in your straps

[@Leowavekid]

ouch