Wakeboard Bindings and Twisted Ankle

[Fit to be Tige]

So I twisted my ankle on a rough landing the other day. I think my bindings are just too big for me, I have XL and I think I need L. Does that make sense or has anyone messed up their ankle in boots that fit well?

[da.bell]

Totally makes sense.. How much ankle movement do you have? I hate to have my ankles moving around and the reason why I wear my CWB Faction bindings with the hinge.

[dogbert]

If it makes you feel any better, a gal won 1st place in her division (Women's Novice) at the last INT Tour Stop this past weekend with a sprained anke. She had several wake-to-wake tricks in her bag. Pretty impressive even without the injury.

[kko]

Totally makes sense.. How much ankle movement do you have? I hate to have my ankles moving around and the reason why I wear my CWB Faction bindings with the hinge.

WeRd on the CWB faction!!!! i got them after input from guys on this site. no regrets try a pair you will love em'

[GATigeguy]

I really twisted my ankle up a few years back and my bindings were a beotch to get into. That said, they were some Liquid Force Ultra suctions from back in 98, so the binding market has come a long way since.

[Fit to be Tige]

I really twisted my ankle up a few years back and my bindings were a beotch to get into. That said, they were some Liquid Force Ultra suctions from back in 98, so the binding market has come a long way since.

Even with a tight and great fitting binding you can still mess up your ankle? It would seem like with the proper fit and proper binding your ankles would be relatively safe.

[H20SKIER14]

I just fractured my tibula which is part of your ankle yesterday in some very tight fitting HO Approach bindings, not fun at all. But I think tight is still better than loose.

[Fit to be Tige]

I just fractured my tibula which is part of your ankle yesterday in some very tight fitting HO Approach bindings, not fun at all. But I think tight is still better than loose.

That's horrible. How long of a recovery? Were you skiing? Good luck and get better fast.

[H20SKIER14]

I'm out for 6-8 weeks which sucks cause I was just free skiing when i did it and now have tournaments for the next 2 months that I'm not going to be able to make. Yeah I was skiing and had a weird fall and my foot came half way out of the binding and broke my ankle inside the binding because it was so tight. It actually splintered in 4 places where my tendons were stronger than my bone and held onto my bone and ripped the bone off my tibula.

[Duncan]

^^^^

Oh my. That sounds really, really painful. Speedy recovery to you!

TO needs an injury thread with full on (overly) dramatic stories, pics, and recovery times!