Could your spine really break while riding the waves (surfing) ??

Question

Could your spine really break while riding the waves (surfing) ??

Answer 1

yes, because of the severe pressure of the water crashing onto surf breaks the spine or any other bone can be damaged

Answer 2

If that board hits you - thats the most dangerous part of surfing.

Answer 3

NO, i find it very hard to break your spine surfing

Answer 4

Yes. There are three ways i think of how you could.

i. Wave breaks on you and your body gets put in an akward postion while pushing down on the sand.

ii. Surfing a Shorey or on a sand bank and wave pushes you down hard (not unusal) on the sand, it is like the same way as you jumping into a shallow pool and breaking your spine.

iii. Get totaled on a wave and top or back part of your board thrusts into your back.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

I can see how it would be very possible.

Answer 6

definitely it pains...

Answer 7

What?  Sure it's possible if you go facefirst into the sand.  Surf's up dude!

Answer 8

yes its possible

mainly it happens in the shallows , people come off there boards and land on there heads

or as has been said earlier , they have come off there board and the board hits them , or someone elses board hits them

thankfully its rare , but it does happen

all the best

Ian

Answer 9

No, your more likely to get a neck injury falling in shallow water. Water is never going to be hard enough to allow your back to bend in half. Look at big wave riders getting pounded on the reef, mostly abrasions, cuts, head and neck injuries. Never a broken back, maybe a broken board...

Answer 10

Sure it can.  It's not common but it does unfortunately happen, just like people dying surfing.  Check out Jesse Billauer's websites.  

http://www.jessebillauer.com

http://www.liferollson.org

Answer 11

Oh yeah, you get hit by a big wave and slammed into a reef it' can definitly mess you up. Guys die at places like Pipeline.

check the movie Step into Liquid, there's a segment on a guy who is paralyzed form surfing but still goes surfing, just on his stomach.