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Whoa. That sounds horrible. And the aftermath! I feel fortunate in comparison.
Same fracture here. My humerus got a clean snap by me transferring my entire body weight on to it when I axle stalled and the coping block tipped into the bowl. The break was complicated by the hospital (this was India) hammering a nail along the length that was too long. Back in the UK, the specialist who removed it said it was probably a second-hand nail and that it was meant for a child's tibia. This sounds far-fetched and I don't think he was trying to make any particular point. But I didn't question it at the time. I do know that it buggered up that arm for a while and I couldn't raise it above my shoulder until the pin was removed.
I like the idea of a bowl with a roll-in, or banks to slide. What I think is feasible is mini ramp then bowl it out. From the outside it will look like an earthship, inside will be pure rad**fractures
vilms5000-
Far-fetched, but not beyond the realm of possibility!
Yea I still can’t raise my arm all the way, I have a really wonky stroke with my left arm now if I try to swim.
100% rad. Call it the H.M.S. Sendit
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I like the idea of a bowl with a roll-in, or banks to slide. What I think is feasible is mini ramp then bowl it out.
pdlouche
That would be awesome. Do it!
I’ve always dreamed of bowl riding and never had transport to any worth visiting, and kinda missed the boat now.
Big dream is a tiny death bowl or dual purpose mini velodrome/bowl setup so I cycle/bmx/skate and get all the wave with none of the traffic. Maybe one day.
But yea broken bones suck. My humerus was snapped in half. I was hit by a taxi in a bus lane when crossing stopped traffic and went flying.
I landed on my back, saw my arm at a weird angle and rolled over grabbed it and just stayed put in recovery position and shouted for an ambulance.
Police told my dad I was lucky to be alive, the damage to the taxi was like it got hit by a sledgehammer and yet...
...Of course, being on a board meant that the solicitors refused to pursue the case and I was ‘lucky not to be done for criminal damage to the taxi’ - literally got told that the same week as the doctors told me it was ‘no guarantees’ whether I’d ever regain feeling or function in my left hand (massive radial/ulner nerve damage). Not worth going into the hell of the MRSA from overnight in hospital, cancelled operation, nurses removing my cast too early or any of the other nonsense! Ha!
Decade later and still get weird twinges and sometimes drop stuff.