No cold weather wakeboarding for me...

[talltigeguy]

I was out in the boat putting the air release valve in my Fat sac. Big thanks to CHPthrl for getting that to me. I always end up not watching the pump and the bag gets big when filling manually. Then I loosen the valve to release the air and pressure and always lose a few gallons as well alll over the floor. This looks like a great solution to prevent that for sure.

Anyway, I hop down from the tongue of the boat and my left foot landed on the trailer light connection. I immediately heard a loud snap and felt pain. I hopped into the house on one foot, hoping that I broke the 7 pin connector. Then I laid on my back on the couch with some ice on my foot. A brief exam revealed that icky crunching feeling you sometimes feel when you have a broken bone in there.

Looks like I am out for at least 6 weeks. I guess it looks like my last time out was Thanksgiving and it will stay that way for a while yet. Time to get a full winterization done and call it good for a while. Also ruins my dirt biking for the winter, but at least it did not happen during the summer!

[Kito]

ooooooouch. Sorry to hear that. At least it wasn't your ankle.

[Matt Garcia]

Ouchhh!! Good thing it happened now and not the summer.

I need to get one of those air release valves.

[chpthril]

OOOOOUCCHHHHH Damn boy, that sux!

Now, in that Xray, point out the 7-pin connector you broke

[da.bell]

I just blew chunks!!! j/k

That sucks!!! Nothing like seeing a doctor hobble around on cruches in the hospital.

[dingleberry]

AAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!! That hurts just to look at the xray

Bummer - you lost your school basketball record, and now this. Which hurts worse?

Seriously, may you recover quickly and completely!

[Moki]

I almost sneaked away from work today to go dirt bike riding down nesr Sand Hollow today. It looks like I cannot rely upon you as a guide this winter

[thtrog]

Ohhh Noooo!!!...
Sorry to hear that Tall. I'm going to think before I jump off the platform next time, since I don't have a picklefork MC. Get well!!!

[Joeprunc]

Ouch...that Xray looks like you got it good. I broke that same bone on my right foot last winter (though it was only a hair line). I was back to snow skiing in 5 weeks.

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[SPBFAN]

WOW!! I bet you know a good surgeon that loves to wake board that can help you fix that if it needs fixed beyond a cast. Sorry to hear that. I guess that is proof were just not as flexible as we were a few years ago.

[talltigeguy]

WOW!! I bet you know a good surgeon that loves to wake board that can help you fix that if it needs fixed beyond a cast. Sorry to hear that. I guess that is proof were just not as flexible as we were a few years ago.

Yes, indeed. I was worried it might do better with a chunk of metal screwed to it, but the orthopedist thinks it will heal just fine and being a little off in a 41 year old wannabe isn't going to cause any problems at that location.

Thanks for all the kind words.

And most importantly, the 7 pin connector did not break. The cracking noise I heard was...my foot.

[Carter13]

That bites.
Get well soon.

[SPBFAN]

And most importantly, the 7 pin connector did not break. The cracking noise I heard was...my foot.

Good to here the boat is still in good working order. Glad only one thing broke not two.

I really do think the boat would have been a little easier to fix though and it would not have taken as much time or money to repair. So I kinda wish it would have been the connector.

Anyways get some rest and get it healed up before June or July for your summer lake trip to Powell.

[Domsz06]

Ouch! but way cool x-ray!

[eks]

Sorry about that! I hope you get well soon.