During the last weeks we got many mails, where Freestyle sailors informed us about injuries. Mostly it is the same injury: a broken metatarsal.
Antony hobbles out of the equipment tent - Pic: Continentseven.com
“Fucking foot” that is what Antony Runes writes in his Facebook comments. During the landing after a Shove it before the contest on Fuerteventura he twisted his foot. It got better and just during the warm-up session on the first day of competition he hurt his foot again and had to fly home. Now he has to do a magnetic resonance imaging.
As well the Spaniard Antxon Otaegui has no luck on Fuerteventura. Already for the second time he injured his foot. This time he went for a switch stance ponch and as he landed his foot got stuck inside the footstrap. The consequence is a broken bone, the metatarsal and two little bones that moved from their places. “I dont have the plaster anymore but the foot is still black and big. I just have to think about recovering my foot 100% and get back in the water to keep on training and to do well on Sylt.”
Antxon Otaegui after his injury on Fuerteventura - Pic: Continentseven.com
Who else is injured?
Nicolas Akgazciyan got injured as well at the PWA Lanzarote event on the foot and the knee. He did many tests and therapies and needs mimimum two more weeks for recovery.
Andy ‘Bubble’ Chambers, the British freestyler, hurt is ankle and could not compete on Fuerteventura.
i don’t htink that the main problem is the connection to the board, than the impact on twisted joints you get from certain moves…
Its time for some inovative strap design.
Sounds similar to the problems with alpine ski bindings until MARKER came up with bindings that opened when a certain force was reached.
Lets hope somebody comes up with a good idea, it’s a shame too see so much talent being injured.
Axel