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Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 69 Location: Indiana

post any injuries here pics would be nice

Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 69 Location: Indiana

http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/kjwheelys/?action=view&current=Picture0002.jpg

I've got some fat scars on my wrist.

Although I just probably picked at the scabs one too many times...

yeah mine are somewhere on my youtube page, (from when i busted my chin.)

Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 348

I just got a sprain today from bigger plates then I was used to

Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 252 Location: Ohio

sprained my wrist, countless torn up knees and other minor things

Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 348

just the other day i was re-entering the ramp from a halo and i didn't have enough speed and i came up for a frontside tru stall feet missed it by an inch and i fell back down the halfpipe and i have a scratch on my head

ill show it in my vid for AMN tomarrow

and yesterday during my bball game someones pinky fingernail caught my arm no i have a huge scratch there ill show that too

Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 223 Location: Warshington, USA

Do INNER scars count? I mean, I've got scars from stuff in my life, but some aren't appropriate here, and anyway, they're not from heeling. I've skinned my knees and elbows by falling a couple times, but those didn't scar me. Closest I have to a long term injury from heeling is my sprained ankle.

Pretty gross, huh? Sure, it's not bloody or showing bone, but look at that swelling. No, my feet aren't normally like that. Razz

It's not as swollen any more, but it still is a little around the ankle, and it's sure still sore. :\

Team Heelys - Northeast Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1803

I have scars .. but you do NOT want me to post them.

Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 1391 Location: UK

Team Heelys - Northeast Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1803

On street, I just use gel sliders.

God I love those things.

Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 348

Man, I

when I saw AMNs leg. And actually I think my wrist is broke.

Joined: 15 Jun 2008 Posts: 1391 Location: UK

Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 223 Location: Warshington, USA

In short, I got cocky. After successfully pulling off front-sides with my right foot first (opposite of what you appear to be doing in your grind vid), which I had built up to properly, I decided to hop on with my left foot forward, as if it was no big deal. Well, my right foot wasn't ready to be the primary weight bearer on a slippery rail. I don't remember the position my foot was in as I fell on it, but I do remember how it was turned out much more than usual as I was rolling on the ground on pain, and how it was just kind of flopping around in shock and building pain.

My advice is to work up to it every time you try a new grind. Don't assume that being able to do a front side means that you can just hop on a rail any old way you feel and pull it off.

That said, it's a safe bet that my weight and unprepared muscles were contributing factors. Lighter (normal) people and those with stronger ankle muscles will be much less likely to suffer the same fate.