Yesterday at Corros Ben Proffitt suffered a painful shoulder injury during a pushloop, here's a short clip of what happened and the aftermath.
AC shoulder separation they say, x-rays don't look pretty.

faaarrrrkkkk meeeee,

Deano, Colin, the cool dude from Jordan and I sat and watched him the night before as the sun was setting and the wind was blowing close to 35 knots. He was pulling the most amazing tweaked pushies I have ever seen. He was landing some planing!!!

I hope the damage is not too bad.

Chin up Ben.

Brings back unpleasant memories of a distal collarbone fracture requiring a bone graft and large titanium screw at the same spot and a painful drive to the hospital. (I wasn't doing anything as radical!).
Hope that your recovery is speedy, Ben. I am sure you will be just as good a patient as Justyna.

Sh!t happens I suppose.
But ….
…We will welcome you back at the commentary box at the PWA.





Get well soon Benny.

A big finish for the promised Carnage video?

Sounds like a bad injury to have from what I read. I hope they have good treatment available and Ben can be a good/successful patient.

Its a real shame as the training had been going so well.

Ben's been "ripping the bags out of it "over the past month @ corro - hope all goes well with your recovery mate.

Pro level windsurfing seems to take a fair old toll on the body. I'll settle for a sweet gybe and the odd chop-hop.

Are you sure it was the pushloop that did most of the damage or the ride to hospital in that POS van ?
I got a lift in that van while Troppo was mild mannerly driving it between Wedge and Cervantes one day... almost needed chiropractic manipulation to re-align my spine !

Shoulders are up there with knees in terms of pain and extensive recovery, all the best with the recovery Mr P

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WindWarrior said...
Are you sure it was the pushloop that did most of the damage or the ride to hospital in that POS van ?
I got a lift in that van while Troppo was mild mannerly driving it between Wedge and Cervantes one day... almost needed chiropractic manipulation to re-align my spine !

Shoulders are up there with knees in terms of pain and extensive recovery, all the best with the recovery Mr P

I hope you never went for a ride in Troppos Mitsy 4x4 ute then Kev, try Perth to Cervantes in that rocket

How sick are Rotory's....

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firiebob said...
I hope you never went for a ride in Troppos Mitsy 4x4 ute then

I did spot near Cervantes to Cervantes township in that car... wasn't half bad and it came with a beer.

benproffitt.com/proffitts-training-diaries-we-have-a-man-down/

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Zubby said...
benproffitt.com/proffitts-training-diaries-we-have-a-man-down/

He's a character.. If he can't sail he could get a gig as a comedian..

Not an uncommon windsurfing injury that will probably require some metal hardware to keep it together.
I strained mine last year learning to waterstart on an 8M, weight training has healed it completely. Makes me think building up the shoulders and upper chest is good prevention.

A wrecked shoulder and Justyna - I think he's still doin' more than OK.