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[enframed]

dunno if youd get it from duck diving.

Acceleration injuries are caused by movement of the brain in an unrestrained head. That's it.

You really don't think taking one on the head can do this? I mean I'm not gonna give up surfing, but I might time dives a little differently.

 

[ghostshaper]

I slapped my head so hard on the surface, I ruptured my ear drum when I was in college.

 

[EastCoastBrah]

Turns out CTE is most prevalent with smaller, continuous hits to the head. They're finding that headers in soccer are a major contributor. I imagine that duck dives and head cracking wipe outs definitely cause some damage.

Dude headers in soccer frickin hurt. I'm not sure that's the same convo as duckdiving.

 

[doc_flavonoid]

I never thought about duck-diving and hitting water as possible causes of acceleration injuries. I mean we're not moving that fast most of the time. Over the course of a lifetime, yeah, I could see these adding up.

Turns out CTE is most prevalent with smaller, continuous hits to the head. They're finding that headers in soccer are a major contributor. I imagine that duck dives and head cracking wipe outs definitely cause some damage.

everyone should quit before its to late

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Best advice would be not to go outside anymore.

And if you have to go outside, don't drive with the windows open.

 

[Waterlogged05]

I cratered my glass job with my jaw duckdiving, that's on me. Bad timing and second wave just smashed my head down.
Still have a scar!

Most dangerous thing for what most of us are surfing is other people/boards

I have a funny one, fell off as a grom and somehow dragged my face on the sandbar for like 10 feet
Had a giant red spot on my forehead for a week like a carpet burn
explain that science man

 

[Sharky]

As a teenager I had the leading edge of a single fin glass-on go into my head while surfing maybe an 8' slabbish wave. I started to lose consciousness underwater, my vision shutting down from the sides as that high pitched whine set in. It slowly came back as I was underwater and when I came up I found my leash-less board right next to me. Felt like I was drunk, my inner ear was mangled. Grabbed the board and hung on like a tick until I got washed to the beach. Driving home I had to pull over. Then the ear started whistling and this thickish liquid started coming out of the ear. The skull was fractured and my ear drum had blown out from pressure on the inside. The liquid was spinal fluid coming through the crack, into my ear canal and out through my blown ear drum. 2 weeks in the hospital. I was surfing a week later. Some people are more durable than others. I have a hard time believing getting 3 feet of air in 3 feet of surf is going to cause a normal person any damage. If so, every water skier and wakeboarder in the world should be dead.

But your mileage may vary. If this is legit I wish him all the best. He's an entertaining surfer to watch. People who engage in contact sports frequently lift weights in a manner specifically designed to strengthen their traps/neck to minimize head snap/brain bounce off the skull. Maybe something more fragile people should consider for even activities like surfing.

I should probably get a brain scan. Not really sure I want to know. The horse has pretty much left the barn at this point.

 

[enframed]

everyone should quit before its to late

You kidding? I'm stocked. Now I have an excuse if I ever get arrested for murder.

 

[santacruzin]

No offense but I think you guys are duckdiving wrong

 

[enframed]

Probably.

 

[frontsidegrab]

everyone should quit before its to late

Nowhere in there did I imply I was concerned in the slightest. Just stating what the science is finding as it pertained to the conversation.

 

[PPK96754]

I mean, who doesn't like edamame

Edamame is a good seller at the restaurant .... really!

 

[oneworlded]

I'll trust no definitive science on CTE until Bohter weighs in.

 

[PPK96754]

I'll trust no definitive science on CTE until Bohter weighs in.

Oh phuck....!

Touche Sir!

 

[Boneroni]

I'll trust no definitive science on CTE until Bohter weighs in.

"I simply asked you to show me proof of the curvature of the mind....... but you can't....."