Marz 0 #1 August 19, 2002 Hey... Chicks dig scars, glory is forever.... My worst injury was a compressed vertebrea on a really baaaad landing last year. I actually have a bump in my back where the vetebrea is misaligned... Anyone else wanna share? (if this has been done, shut me up) _________________________________________ Did I just kill another thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #2 August 19, 2002 Oh yeah, great idea for a new thread. I scraped the top of my foot when I dragged it barefoot on landing don't laugh, it hurt My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marz 0 #3 August 19, 2002 OK, pictures of scars, bruises, etc. are worth extra points.... _________________________________________ Did I just kill another thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tadbad 0 #4 August 19, 2002 On my second tandem...rough opening...injured my ribcage and cracked cartlidge. ----------------------------------------------------- When you're going to extremes...you taste adrenaline!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icarus021 0 #5 August 19, 2002 August 4th, 2001... I was jumping into my bosses 20th highschool reunion, when i flared nothing happend and i went straight into the ground. I broke my tibul and fibula (spelling not sure), and crushed the ligements on the inner part of my foot.... One plate, 4 screws, and reconstructive surgery on my deltoid ligement. 3-2-1-cya Don't take life too serious, you will never get out alive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #6 August 19, 2002 I collapsed the canopy on my graduation jump about 20 feet in the air. Landed straight down on my ass and broke a piece of my tail bone and three vertebrea. I was out for two months. I waited two weeks after it stopped hurting and I was right back up in the air! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #7 August 19, 2002 i HATE shoes...so I reluctantly wear sandles w/ an ankle clasp while jumping...they don't call me PLFXpert for nothing (thankfully, for my past 30 jumps, the name hasn't applied)...I had come in and scrapped my foot and my big toe nail ripped off. Okay, I can take a lot of pain, but you have NO IDEA what that felt like. OUCH! It didn't rip off all the way so I just pushed it back down and about a week later, it fell off....mmm, sounds delicious, huh? I also broke my pinky toe on that 14th jump I mentioned in the other thread. Nothing you can do about a broken toe and actually, it didn't hurt so bad. The toe nail hurt like a Be-atch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #8 August 19, 2002 Well a skydiver broke my heart once.....does that count? Seriously, I had multiple fractures in both of my heels......took forever to heal..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #9 August 19, 2002 At the risk of being mocked by Nathan, I had a nerve traction injury in the wind tunnel at the beginning of my AFF training. Took 2 months to recover. I know it is not a skydiving injury, but the intention was there! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #10 August 19, 2002 Don't know if it was all from skydiving... but anyway... Two blown out discs in my lower back that led to having three vertebrae fused, January '01. Done over 100 jumps since getting back in the air January of this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hobbes4star 0 #11 August 19, 2002 just downsized from a 250 to a 210 as i was coming in for landing i over shot the landing area got ground-rush never flaired and hit the taxi way full on no plf. i did have sense enough to turn to my side. i slide for about 8 ft, i was wearing sandles, shorts and a short sleeved shirt., and to make matters worse i had been at the lake the day befoe and was burned to a crisp. i limped for almost 2 months. the road rash healed very nicely. hardly any scars.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TequilaGirl 0 #12 August 19, 2002 I broke my middle finger on exit - that is about it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #13 August 19, 2002 HA HA HA HA...and who were you giving the bird to when on exit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #14 August 19, 2002 My skydives to trips to hospital ratio is also 1180:0.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JumpNFly 0 #15 August 19, 2002 my third tandem, ROUGH opening, chest strap basically hung me... choked the hell out of me and bruised my neck... The key to walking on water... Is knowing where the rocks are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icarus021 0 #16 August 19, 2002 I am jealous..... 3-2-1-cya Don't take life too serious, you will never get out alive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rdutch 0 #17 August 19, 2002 Shattered Femur, Failed hook turn stilletto 135. 300 Jumps, of course I knew everything about hook turns then. Glad I dont know everything now. Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nws01 0 #18 August 19, 2002 QuoteI know it is not a skydiving injury, but the intention was there! You get an "A" for effort! I thought we weren't mocking each other anymore? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bivar 0 #19 August 19, 2002 Hmmm. I guess my worst skydiving injury has to be the time i scrubbed the knuckle on my right index finger when I stumbled on a landing. It was really bad. Had to wear a plaster for three or four days. It was a true nightmare. Be careful, you hear, be careful. BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Marz 0 #20 August 19, 2002 QuoteI broke my middle finger on exit - that is about it.... Freeflyer are we? _________________________________________ Did I just kill another thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rachill 0 #21 August 19, 2002 Balloon jump in Quincy last year, landed off the airport (of course) after I missed the power lines and the turned to miss the trees, I realized about a half second before impact that the ground was actually a hill going up and I hit in the middle of my turn, rolled up the hill and had : 2 black eyes 1 tooth broken in half 1 sore jaw 2 huge scratches on my face 1 spragned ankle Tons of bruises on the left side of my body Yeah....... it hurt kinda bad. It's all on video though!!!!! BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #22 August 19, 2002 QuoteI thought we weren't mocking each other anymore? Did we make that promise? j/k I still thought there was still some element of risk though. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Yoshi 0 #23 August 19, 2002 me: severly bruised ego.. (hp landing gone wrong) my brother: hairline fracture of t7 vertebrae (aka freebird) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #24 August 19, 2002 My worst skydiving injury was riding a bicycle at 30mph and started to pass some drunk skydivers in a golf cart (damn, those golf carts) at this past WFFC a couple weeks ago. It's all a haze, but I remember them leaning towards me, then the front tire began to fishtail, and I went *BOOM* chin-first into the pavement RIGHT by Martini Shot Films. Got a concussion, some skin tore off my hand, knees, and chin. Got 5 stitches in the chin, busted lip, and road rash that turned black on the right side of my face. Spent the next day on sleeping pills, then came back the day after that feeling like crap, but had a bunch of skyvan and two biplane tickets I had to use, so I spent the rest of the convention jumping my ass off. Boy, does cold uncompressed air feel good on fresh flesh wounds! Sure felt like hell and started throbbing when I got back to the ground, though. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #25 August 19, 2002 QuoteI am jealous..... Well, it's not really quite as perfect as it seems. Probably the most embarrassing is I sprained a wrist while packing and I sprained an elbow while climbing out. I have also had a couple of firm arrivals from sinking in a little too hard during PRO type accuracy landings. Still, nothing a little Aleve wouldn't deal with and get me back in the air the next day.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page 1 of 5 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
hobbes4star 0 #11 August 19, 2002 just downsized from a 250 to a 210 as i was coming in for landing i over shot the landing area got ground-rush never flaired and hit the taxi way full on no plf. i did have sense enough to turn to my side. i slide for about 8 ft, i was wearing sandles, shorts and a short sleeved shirt., and to make matters worse i had been at the lake the day befoe and was burned to a crisp. i limped for almost 2 months. the road rash healed very nicely. hardly any scars.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TequilaGirl 0 #12 August 19, 2002 I broke my middle finger on exit - that is about it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #13 August 19, 2002 HA HA HA HA...and who were you giving the bird to when on exit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #14 August 19, 2002 My skydives to trips to hospital ratio is also 1180:0.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpNFly 0 #15 August 19, 2002 my third tandem, ROUGH opening, chest strap basically hung me... choked the hell out of me and bruised my neck... The key to walking on water... Is knowing where the rocks are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icarus021 0 #16 August 19, 2002 I am jealous..... 3-2-1-cya Don't take life too serious, you will never get out alive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #17 August 19, 2002 Shattered Femur, Failed hook turn stilletto 135. 300 Jumps, of course I knew everything about hook turns then. Glad I dont know everything now. Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #18 August 19, 2002 QuoteI know it is not a skydiving injury, but the intention was there! You get an "A" for effort! I thought we weren't mocking each other anymore? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #19 August 19, 2002 Hmmm. I guess my worst skydiving injury has to be the time i scrubbed the knuckle on my right index finger when I stumbled on a landing. It was really bad. Had to wear a plaster for three or four days. It was a true nightmare. Be careful, you hear, be careful. BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marz 0 #20 August 19, 2002 QuoteI broke my middle finger on exit - that is about it.... Freeflyer are we? _________________________________________ Did I just kill another thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rachill 0 #21 August 19, 2002 Balloon jump in Quincy last year, landed off the airport (of course) after I missed the power lines and the turned to miss the trees, I realized about a half second before impact that the ground was actually a hill going up and I hit in the middle of my turn, rolled up the hill and had : 2 black eyes 1 tooth broken in half 1 sore jaw 2 huge scratches on my face 1 spragned ankle Tons of bruises on the left side of my body Yeah....... it hurt kinda bad. It's all on video though!!!!! BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #22 August 19, 2002 QuoteI thought we weren't mocking each other anymore? Did we make that promise? j/k I still thought there was still some element of risk though. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi 0 #23 August 19, 2002 me: severly bruised ego.. (hp landing gone wrong) my brother: hairline fracture of t7 vertebrae (aka freebird) -yoshi_________________________________________ this space for rent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #24 August 19, 2002 My worst skydiving injury was riding a bicycle at 30mph and started to pass some drunk skydivers in a golf cart (damn, those golf carts) at this past WFFC a couple weeks ago. It's all a haze, but I remember them leaning towards me, then the front tire began to fishtail, and I went *BOOM* chin-first into the pavement RIGHT by Martini Shot Films. Got a concussion, some skin tore off my hand, knees, and chin. Got 5 stitches in the chin, busted lip, and road rash that turned black on the right side of my face. Spent the next day on sleeping pills, then came back the day after that feeling like crap, but had a bunch of skyvan and two biplane tickets I had to use, so I spent the rest of the convention jumping my ass off. Boy, does cold uncompressed air feel good on fresh flesh wounds! Sure felt like hell and started throbbing when I got back to the ground, though. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #25 August 19, 2002 QuoteI am jealous..... Well, it's not really quite as perfect as it seems. Probably the most embarrassing is I sprained a wrist while packing and I sprained an elbow while climbing out. I have also had a couple of firm arrivals from sinking in a little too hard during PRO type accuracy landings. Still, nothing a little Aleve wouldn't deal with and get me back in the air the next day.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
