I just filled out your survey.  On question six i think, that asked "type of injury",  i put in a hyerextended knee in the "other" section, but it would not allow me to submit the survey unless i marked a box.  so i finally just marked sprained ankle.   thought i would let you know in case you can still edit the survey to fix that.  thanks

Day 1 of the Water Skier’s Injury Survey has been Very Successful!  If you haven’t filled out the survey, please do so, as this will help with more accurate graphs.  Here is a preliminary report of Day 1 results.  A comprehensive report will be made on 8/1.





30 skiers have participated.

Reporting Skiers were split between advanced course skiers (35off +), and intermediate course skiers (22off – 32off).

The Most injuries have occurred on HO Skis (32%).

The bindings used in most injuries have been reported to be HO Approach (22%) with Fluid Motion a very close 2nd (18.5%).

The leading injuries so far have been Sprained Ankles (36%) with a wide range of other severe injuries, including a broken back.

There is currently a 4-way tie for the Cause of Injury (each with 25.9%) between Hit Ball, Fall (near ball), Out-the-front, and Bindings didn’t release.

75% of the injuries reported were considered to be “Serious”, taking over 1 month to heal. (18% were reported as “Very Serious” with permanent damage).



Again, this is in the very early stages, so please, if you haven’t filled out the survey, please do so if you have any injuries to report.  Thanks!

Steve,

I will give a more comprehensive report of the survey later.  The survey (in the very early stages) was showing a clear lead of HO Skis and Approach Bindings of most injuries reported.  Unfortunately, I am currently battling with a username "Brent" at waterskiforum.com, who is trying to sabotage the survey, as apparently, he didn't like the initial report, and is trying to disrupt the outcome of the survey.  I will keep you posted.

I see where Brent is coming from, to be honest with you. You made a comment that the most used binding in an injury is an HO approach. But how do you filter that? Because I had a shoulder/back injury that had nothing to do with an injury. So because I had an injury and skied on an RS1/Strada, my injury makes the radar/strada type seem to have more injuries than they'd be directly attributable too.

h20dawg79 wrote:

Maybe a section asking if the ski or Binding or Handle, Vest etc... was the direct cause of the injury in the skiers Honest opinion, could be helpful. As most of my serious or minor injuries were not the direct cause of my equipment. (just Dumb Luck!) i.e Back or rib injuries by hitting a Ball vs. an ankle injury caused by non release...

Maybe some data on the most popular Brands of all equipment used by those surveyed.

I agree with that question.  It would be good.  The survey only allowed 10 questions.  The purpose of the survey is simply to see if we have any trends in water skiing injuries today... nothing more, nothing less.  When reading the actual reports, you can, however, tell if the bindings may have actually took a role in the individual problem. For example, where someone reports, "Severe Sprained Ankle", from a Fall at the wakes, and Bindings didn't release, then it is likely that the bindings MAY have played a role in that injury. 

If we have a common trend, where many skiers are reporting very similar injuries, with like products, maybe we can see the trend....

I'm certainly not knocking the survey. I took it. Information is the King of our present day society. So, it may be an imperfect survey, but it's a perfect start to acquiring information and indentifying trends. All Good things in time...

Good job Dan!

very well said, Budman!