How I Broke My Ankle Kiteboarding - VLOG #50
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- ...and we caught it on camera. This is the story of how I broke my ankle (trimalleolar fracture) while kitesurfing on vacation in Cayo Guillermo, Cuba and how the injury recovery process has gone so far (12 weeks post op). TLDR: How My Ankle Got "Screwed" After Kitesurfing
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Kiting in Cuba
1:48 - How It Happened
3:42 - Surgery & Recovery
5:12 - Outro - Sport
Wishing you all the best with your recovery. Hope to see you on the water sooner than later. Stay positive!
Thanks Mike :) hope to see you on the water this summer!
Thanks for sharing your experience with this injury. Good to hear you are recovering well.
Wishing you a speedy and full recovery. Your channel has served as a wonderful resource and also inspiration - thank you, and keep well..!!!
Thank you so much!
I wish you speedy and full recovery! Your videos are great and you 2 seem like a wonderful couple!
Thank you :)
Wishing you speedy recovery! Get well soon! We are missing you here ALREADY!!!
Thank you :)
I can only wish you a fast as possible recovery! Cheer up, everything will heal and you will fly again!
Thanks, I appreciate the well wishes :)
Hope you get well soon. Sending lots of love. Hope you can stay as positive as possible. We will patiently wait for the amazing content you guys are known for. 💪
Thank you so much!
Hope you have speedy recovery. Love watching your videos and they always inspire me to push myself to improve my kite skills.
Thanks so much 🙂
Good luck with your continued recovery! Sorry to hear about your accident. Thanks for all the great Ontario themed kite videos.
Thanks :)
Glad to see you recovered and made the OBX trip!
Thx for Sharing. All the best!
I am so sorry to hear about your accident! Best wishes for your full recovery.
Super unfortunate... thanks for the update and wishing you a good recovery
Much appreciated!
Sorry to hear about your accident. Thanks for posting and letting us know what happened. I really like your videos and hope you stick with it after your recovery.
Thank you! We will hopefully be posting more regularly soon :)
Oh no!! Sad to hear the news! Best wishes for your recovery and props to Yuri for taking good care of you!!
Thank you :)
So sorry to hear, I thought it was quite some time from your last post, best of luck in the continued recovery, may you be kiting soon.
Thank you
So sad to hear about the accident! Take care of yourself and speedy recovery! Everything will be Ok and we will see you soon on the water! Cheers!
Thank you for the well wishes :)
Dear Laurie very very sorry to hear about your injury 😢! I wish you a fast recovery and be able to kitesurf as soon as possible! But don’t harry first you need to be strong!
After 12 years in kitesurfing 2 years ago, I got my meniscus tears during kitesesion. After surgery, doctors said it would be 12 months recovery (for more then month I couldn’t walk at all) , but I would be able to kitesurf much earlier even if I couldn't do ski downhill. The special sportst braces really help to return to water.
And also you are doing it very important job to tell about this to less exercisers like we. The solution is total strapless foilboard or surfboard, or I use half strep like sky hook it really prevents fro injuries like this.
Once again, stay brave and positive, be more patient, and wait for more videos, maybe about theory or gear. Always, what you speak about is absolutely professional and beautiful.
Hi Andrew, thank you for the well wishes :) sorry to hear about your meniscus tears - those can be brutal!! I suspect I have a partial tear from years ago, and kiting with a knee brace makes a huge difference. The half strap hook is a great solution too - I think that's what I'll use for foiling or no straps at all. Thanks again and all the best!
I was missing the videos but now it's completely understood.. Wishing you the best energy and recovery to go back kiting and sharing
Thank you so much!
Speedy recovery! Summer is coming
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Laurie! Take care ❤
Thanks Liliana 😊
Wishing you a speedy recovery and more kitesurfing videos in the future!
Thanks :)
Was on the fence about foot straps for wing surfing now seeing the potential risks with doing so...thks for info
Sorry to hear of your injury! Love your videos - hope you get back to 100% soon.
Thank you :)
Wishing you a good recovery ❤
You got this Laurie! This is just an opportunity to reflect on how precious our time on the water is and dream up more great content. Keep your chin up. I know I’ll see you back on the water soon!
Thanks James 😊
Hope you a fast recovery. Let your body recover in its own pace, don't put pressure on it and when that day come we will have your fantastic's kite videos back.
Thank you :)
Hi Laurie, sorry to hear about your accident and glad you are recovering!! Get well soon.
Thank you Paul :)
Ouch ouch ouch ouch
I cannot phrase how hard this video was for me to watch. I'm just very sensitive to injuries in general.
I hope you the best recovery possible
😢! Sorry to hear that and looking forward seeing you this summer 🥰
Thanks Erik! Looking forward to seeing you this summer too :)
Thank you for posting this. I would like to see all injuries explained and posted on a public forum so we can watch out for these situations. I would not have guessed that a person could break an ankle with such a common occurrence.
We have all missed your highly positive videos and I am confident most of us think you are very good to look at!
Thanks :) it’s been a surprise to see how common kiteboarding injuries are just based on the comments here alone. I agree it would be helpful to have a public forum on the topic
Sorry to hear!! Wishing you the best of recovery! 😢
Thank you
Wow! very important video although sad. thank you so so much for the info! get well soon!!
Thanks so much 🙂
All the best, take care of yourself. I hope you’ll be back on your feet doing what you love soon.
Thank you 😊
get well soon and hopefully you can keep going kitesurfing🤙 btw I am using very soft foot straps from Levitaz on my foilboard. Looking forward to see new content😃 always interesting and I like your positive mood 🫶
Very sorry to hear about your injury! Get well soon!
Thank you :)
Best wishes for your recovery, so you can get on board soon. Keep a positive mindset and your body will follow. I‘ll press both thumbs for you. 🍀 Greeting from Germany
Thanks so much :)
Oh no! Speedy recovery to you. Hope the east coast is treating you both well.
Thanks Al :)
Wishing you all the best with your recovery.
Thank you!
All the best for a quick recovery, I'm sure you'll be back.on the water soon x
Thanks, I hope so too!
Hello from Siberia! Our entire group of kiting friends wishes you a speedy recovery health. I am your colleague in misfortune. Had an ankle fracture on his right leg in 2021. I still remember that ankle fracture. Don't give up and believe everything will be fine. 💐
Thank you so much for the well wishes :) sorry to hear you went through an ankle fracture too!
Ouch!So Sorry to hear that.
Speedy recovery! Keep positive👍
I know exactly how you feel
I did the same I’m 7 months off the water dislocated my knee tore my PCL and MCL don’t think I will go back too strapped riding any time soon.
I’m Looking forward to getting back on the water in May.
Love your videos hope to see you back on the water soon 🤙
Ouch, I'm so sorry to hear about your injury too! But sounds like you'll be back on the water very soon :)
Thank you for the well wishes and all the best through the rest of your recovery!
Ugh, Laurie... that really sucks. The way you built it up, I was waiting to see some gnarly wipeout with your ankle facing the wrong way... but it really is amazing how one little jump with an errant wave can result in such great injury. Hope to see you sometime this summer back on the water!
Thanks Kevin! I'm hoping to be back on the water soon :)
Oh no, I'm so sorry. I'm rooting for your speedy recovery
Thanks :)
Feel good wishing you all the best !!!! Stay positive and always keep your lovely amile 😍😍😍
Thanks :)
GWS, I hope you get a speedy recovery ! Big ups !
Much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing, get better soon!
Thank you too!
Sending you healing energy.
Fast recovery and lots of love ❤
Thank you 😊
speedy recovery & hope you will post videos of you kiting in couple months!!! stay strong!
Thank you :)
Hi Laurie,
How unfortunate that you broke your ankle while kiting, I already missed your videos. As for your fear of straps, think of it as being thrown off a horse, get back on as soon as possible and keep going. Yet almost nothing as beautiful as big air with your twintip, but ... foiling is actually fun too 😉
Wishing you a speedy recovery and hopefully see you soon. Grtz Jan
Thank you! It's hard to imagine right now risking the same injury/pain by going back to straps ...but I also know to never say never ;)
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Thank you!
Wish you a fast recovery! I have gone though the exact same fracture for the exact same reason, and same surgery 4yrs ago, took me 8month to recover due to some complications, living alone, still 6 screws and a plate in my ankle, doing straps again and so much more. you will be back to your very same normal again! 🌟🌟🌟
Ah I'm sorry to hear you went through the same thing! But thank you for sharing your experience - it helps a lot to hear you're still kiting and back to normal :)
Wishing you a speedy recovery, especially for some time on the water during your spring Hatteras trip.
Thank you :)
You'll be back on the water soon enough. Keep positive and have a full and quick recovery!
Thanks! That’s the plan :)
I'm very sorry to hear this, and I wish you to recover as soon as possible! I always keep the straps very wide hoping it's enough... of course the best thing is always to go strapless!
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤞🏻👋🏻
Thank you :)
Wishing you a speedy recovery and many more endless days out on the water kiting..
Thank you!
Wishing the best for you! Footstraps, especially with foilboard is a major concern for me. Hope you will post more videos again, they have been a source of inspiration, education and joy! Greetings from Norway.
Thank you :) we're planning on posting more regularly!
Sad to hear that. Good luck for your recovery.
Thank you
I wish you a quick recovery! Had a rupture of cruciate ligament on my left knee due to getting caught in straps during a failed backroll by the end of 2020.. the feeling of being back in the water after surgery and physiotherapy was the best.. keep that in mind and stay positive! I hope to see videos of you guys soon! Best wishes from Germany, Juan
Thank you! Sorry to hear about your injury. The idea of the first session back is definitely a motivating one :) cheers
What a bad story! Surgery on my birthday, what a day 😉 All my best wishes for your reeducation and your quick return on water
Better me to have surgery on your birthday than you ;) thanks for the well wishes!
Sorry to hear about your ankle injury Laurie. Im sure you will be back on the water in no time! Take care!😀🏄♂️
Thanks Ted! Hoping to be back on the water soon :)
Hope you’re on the mend, always enjoyed your content from tropical Canada
Doing much better now, thanks :)
That sucks. Thank you for the update - was wondering why you had gone dark. Sending you some love.
Thank you :)
Amazing that such an insignificant crash can do this much damage. Hope you are 100% soon, and looking forward to seeing more from you guys. You have such a great group of friends to kite with..
Yup - just bad positioning/luck I guess! Thanks for the well wishes. I'm feeling much better each week, and planning to kite again soon. Regardless of that we'll be making and posting more videos soon :)
Thanks for your video! I wish you a good recovery! Friendly greetings from Sweden.
Thank you :)
Wishing you all the best
Wish you a speedy recovery, I am sure you will be kiting soon! take it from me - 42+ fractures (about when I was your age), 59 and kiting - hopefully for a long time to come ;-)
Thanks Ray :)
get well soon and all the best!
thank you!
So sorry to hear about your injury.
I am sure you will find your way back to the water.
🙂🤙
We are all sending positive vibes, heal quickly. 🦿
Come back stronger💪
Thank you so much 😊
All the best in the recovery, great that you got it operated so quickly!! I had a very similar instant with a twintip in Jan '22 and fractured my ankle. It was a long 8/9 months recovery with a lot of physio but I was back on the water for Autumn winds.The first couple kite sessions I was very careful but my now ankle is better than ever. I really recommend taking it slow and focusing a lot on Physio. Especially dynamic practices like jumping and landing on one foot. Get well :)
Thanks for the well wishes and advice :) sorry to hear about your ankle too, but glad to hear it’s better than ever! That gives me hope!
Ahh Laurie, wishing you a speedy recovery back to the water, and bonus points to Yuri for holding it together...Aren't men great ;-)
Thank you :) and yes, he definitely earned some major bonus points!
Best of luck and hope you're back on the water soon.
Thanks :)
I broke my ankle on 3 places 2 weeks ago. Almost exactly the same way you crashed. Luckily I didn't need surgery, but the doctors aren't very positive about my foot and being able to kite again. Seeing you walk after 9 weeks gives me a lot of hopes!!! Thank you for sharing your story and I hope you'll be able to kite very soon, stay strong!
I’m so sorry to hear that 😞 It’s a tough injury both physically and mentally, but you’ve got to keep positive and have hope it will get better. Wishing you all the best for your recovery!
Get well soon! As a person who also broke their first bone at the age of 34 during launch at the beach last year, I can fully relate.
Thank you, and sorry to hear about your broken bone too! Hopefully your recovery went well.
Wow! Big bummer. I hope you make a full recovery. I have always enjoyed you content :D
Thank you :)
@@OurKiteLife My partner had a similar break, took her about a year to fully recover. Still has lingering pain from time to time, but we went on a 8 mile run yesterday and she kicked my ass.
That’s what the surgeon told me - that it would take a year to fully recover. But that’s great to hear about your wife! It’s hard to imagine running again at this point, but that gives me hope :)
How sad...wishing you a speedy recovery!
Thank you :)
Keep it up! Love your videos.
Thanks :)
Wish you a good recovery. Healing takes time, don't be too hasty. Completely understand if you won't post anymore.
Thanks Cynthia :)
Really wish you a full and fast recovery. It might take longer than you’d like, but you will be riding again. It will be one painful day at a time, some better and some days will be worse, just keep doing what doctors and PT say.
Thank you so much :) It's hard to be patient, but I also don't want to rush back on the water only to experience a set-back. Will continue to listen to the doctor & PT.
welcome to the club love :) hope you get well soon.
Thank you :)
Whishing all the best and full and good recovery from Germany.
Thank you very much!
Heel fast. Sucks to be off the water injured but you'll be back soon. Please keep posting :)
Thanks :) we plan to keep posting
Sorry to hear about your accident. On a side note I was working out at my local gym and seen a video of you on TV. It was a beautiful location where ever it was. You have come a long way.
Thank you :)
I wish you to recover soon, stay strong!! 💪
Thank you 😊
Wishing you speedy recovery
Thanks :)
Wishing you speedy recovery.. What I learned in my many broken bones trip is that you cant rush the healing process and you just have to put focus into other things, at what at first seems like a lot it gets easyer as soon as you accept it.. Also it is alot better to heave a clean bone break that a complicated sprain... beause when you fully heal you are good while the sprain keeps nagging you years after..
Thank you :) appreciate you sharing your experience
Dang it! Literally a couple days ago I had several crashed like yours and was just fine. It's good to be reminded how quickly your vitality can be taken away.
Ya it’s crazy how one moment can impact your life and mobility for months!
Очень жаль!😢, Поправляйся! Здоровья и терпения! Всё будет ОК!❤
Thank you so much :)
As I was watching you bail from one of your foil jumps (so awesome!) I was thinking that you were doing a picture-perfect bailout, so even though I knew what was coming from the video title it still seemed unfair. You obviously know how to wipe out safely, and yet... bad luck happens. Good luck with your recovery
Ya, definitely just some bad luck - oh well! Thank you for the well wishes :)
I can empathize. I had only just learned how to kite the previous year, and I was out for my first session of the year. I had been using a seat harness, and was trying a waist harness for the first time. To make things worse, it proved to be windier than I'd expected. I decided to return to my car to get a smaller kite. On the way in, my board hit bottom in shallow water. It came off one foot, and the board twisted my other ankle. This resulted in a fracture similar to yours, but affecting just one bone. The good news is, I managed to recover after surgery, and returned to kiting the next season.
Sorry to hear about your fracture, but thank you for sharing your story :) it’s good to hear you recovered and went back to kiting the next season!
Hey so sorry to hear that! This is almost an exact replica of what happened to me - went on holiday, rode a different board and setup, crashed and one foot came out and other was almost ripped off my leg, moon-boot for rest of holiday and surgery when i got home. Good luck wtih the rehab, I got back on the water a few months later and now ride race gear again in straps and have zero problems! good luck :)
Thanks Derek! Sorry to hear you had the same injury but it's encouraging to know that you were back on the water so soon :)
all the best! the topic with the foot straps is a very relevant one. i hab horribl ankle sprains when windsurfing in the waves. since i started kiteboarding, i am only riding strapless. cheers
Thank you! At this point I can’t imagine going back to straps and risking going through this or something similar ever again. It helps that I have loved riding strapless this past year :)
Thanks for sharing
Wow, that's tough. Sobering to see a small thing causing that much impact. I broke my fibula wing skateboarding 1 1/2 years ago. Wanted to work on my tacking technique for wing foiling. A plate and 7 screws later realized not a good choice. I was back on the water within 2 1/2 months. I wing foil strapless partly for this reason. I had the hardware out this April. Much better flexibility now. Just learned to getup on twintip a couple weeks ago after winter kiting for a couple years. Based on your story I will move to surfboard and foil as soon as I can. Still need to improve kite control but will not be jumping especially at 66, LOL. Hope you continue on recovery. ;o)
Sorry to hear about your fibula fracture, but glad that you got back on the water and improved your flexibility with the hardware removal. And congrats on getting up on the twintip too :) Recovery has been going well for me. I’ve been kiting since April, and planning to have the hardware removed sometime next year.
I broke my humerus in three in a kitesurfing accident in the summer of 2021 and needed a plate to reduce the fracture. Post op pain was hell. It took me a full 12 months to recover the range of motion (the shoulder is a difficult joint to recover as it has the highest range of motions of our joints) and to be frank, though I went back to kitesurfing I never really trusted it anymore. Now I just need perfect conditions with no gusts to venture out. Wishing you a good recovery!
Thanks :) I’m sorry to hear about your break - that sounds rough! Yes, post op pain is horrible - I had no idea/was not prepared. I can only begin to imagine what it will be like kiting again. Part of me is excited, but I’m also nervous.
Whish you all the best an safe recover.
Greetings from Germany
Thank you :)
ouch... good recovery !
That's exacty the reason I went strapless more than 10y ago after being caught a few times in the straps. Never looked back.
Ya I can’t picture going back to straps now - I don’t want to risk ever going through this again!
So sorry to hear about the fracture. Get well soon.
Thank you :)
I’ve gotta say, you looked pretty amazing out there before your mishap 😊. Hope it continues to go well and I’m sure you’ll be back on the water soon.
Thank you :) I hope you're right!