Went down hard!

[thing2_and_thing1]

Hey guys. Posting up an injury. I hit a simple little jump that usually gives you about 5 foot of air and then a nice soft landing at the sand pits by my house. Apparently the quads had dug up the sand around the jump so it was very loose. I land perfect except the fact that the bike dug and cut hard out from under me. I guess that means the landing was not perfect BUT.... anyway I land with my elbow in my ribs and the bars digging into my thigh. Now I have a HUGE bruise on my leg and a few cracked ribs. Continued to ride but jumps hurt now. THIS SUCKS! :bang:

 

[YZ125jk]

You could of probablly prevented the cracked ribs with a chest protector.

 

[2-Strokes 4-ever]

You could of probablly prevented the cracked ribs with a chest protector.

You could have probably prevented the cracked ribs without the quads.

 

[YamaB]

Isn't sand always pretty loose??

 

[thing2_and_thing1]

Sand can be a lot like women. Sometimes loose, sometimes not so loose. :nener:

 

[gurt]

I feel your pain! I slipped going around a berm and ended up wheeling up the outside and falling a good 6 feet right back into the hard packed track right on my ribs. Even with the chest protector I landed so hard on my side I cracked 2 ribs and have a nice bruise on my leg.

 

[xr100ider]

keep your elbows up dude.....away from your ribs.

 

[Okiewan]

You must be superman riding with a "few cracked ribs".

 

[ellandoh]

bruised ribs maybe??

breathing is an accomplishment with cracked ribs :nod:

 

[High Lord Gomer]

You must be superman riding with a "few cracked ribs".

I lasted a few more laps on the Mamba with 3 broken until it ran out of gas.

BTW...you should be landing on the gas to power out of situations like that, especially in sand.

 

[kdx200chick]

I was under the assumption that chest protectors protected you from getting pelted by roosts and rocks, not from broken ribs...

 

[montana-mxer]

i suppose they can do both, but probably wouldnt prevent broken ribs as well since chest protectors dont cover your entire rib cage.

 

[xr100ider]

a chest protector will probably save him from jabbing his elbows into his ribs. the side area of the rib cage probably won't get hit directly with his elbows anyway. but all this can be avoided if he just keeps his elbows up....

 

[montana-mxer]

yeah thats true, but it can be hard to try and keep your elbows up when your in that kind up a situation. think, if your already on your way down, it be hard to keep your elbows up. i get your point though.

 

[xcracer72]

Sand can be a lot like women. Sometimes loose, sometimes not so loose. :nener:

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