Tips on wrist protection, anyone?

**the wedge** · 12-18-2008 03:10 PM

Wrist guards just make the break higher on the arm. This allows for a cleaner break. A easier set of the bone. A shorter heal time. Less complacations since it is not as near the wrist. I have seen enough broken wrist from teaching snowboarding at the resorts. THat my take!

In snowboarding we teach people when falling not to put you hands out to stop you. Instead land on you forarms. Is is hard to do since we have years of muscle memory. Dont know if this helps but it is a thought.

**acc1dent** · 12-18-2008 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by the wedge

Wrist guards just make the break higher on the arm. This allows for a cleaner break. A easier set of the bone. A shorter heal time. Less complacations since it is not as near the wrist. I have seen enough broken wrist from teaching snowboarding at the resorts. THat my take!

In snowboarding we teach people when falling not to put you hands out to stop you. Instead land on you forarms. Is is hard to do since we have years of muscle memory. Dont know if this helps but it is a thought.

sort of. they don't "just" make the break higher. usually they will stop a break all together. I say this because it takes a harder fall to break your arm than it does your wrist. So if you have wrist guards on, they will generally prevent a break from happening. and on a harder fall yes your arm will break instead, which is much better than a wrist break.

of course the best method is not to catch yourself on your hands, as that is the worst way to fall

**Skipper** · 12-29-2008 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by acc1dent

sort of. they don't "just" make the break higher. usually they will stop a break all together. I say this because it takes a harder fall to break your arm than it does your wrist. So if you have wrist guards on, they will generally prevent a break from happening. and on a harder fall yes your arm will break instead, which is much better than a wrist break.

of course the best method is not to catch yourself on your hands, as that is the worst way to fall

So what is the best way to fall? I know in cycling it is to keep your feet cliped in and your hands on the bars but with longboarding you are not attached to the board so would it be tuck and roll?

**McPoops** · 08-13-2009 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Mile_High_Mark

Good wristguards will have hard splints on the palm and back of the hand. Do not use them w/o the back splint unless you like breaking your wrist. As has been stated, it's much better to break an arm than a wrist.

If you want to use wristguards under slide gloves, you can remove the palm-side splint, as the pucks will act as splints. It limits your movement, but some of us have no choice when it comes to protection.

I speak from experience.

s-one helmets: Skateboard Wrist Guards
I ran across this^^^ the other day. The claims they attempt made me lol.

**BDirthead** · 08-13-2009 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by McPoops

s-one helmets: Skateboard Wrist Guards
I ran across this^^^ the other day. The claims they attempt made me lol.

As I posted earlier. The S-One Damage control wrist guards are well worth the high price. I've torn mine up pretty good and thinking about shelling out the $70 for another set.

**elvk-** · 08-13-2009 11:48 AM

i always bail on my bicep/tricep or forearms, learned in lacrosse that if you get blown up and try to catch yourself with your hands you will just end up with a wrist that hinders you from using a lacrosse stick effectively. i'd probably tell a skinny kid to land on both their forearms together, but if you've got a thick layer of muscle on your arms it works well.

**Jessero** · 08-13-2009 12:56 PM

My slide gloves are triple 8 sliders, and the strap that goes around your wrist is about 1.5" thick and velcros just about as tight as i could want it to be, right over my wrists. I have fallen on them (more times than i would have liked to

) with all my weight on my palms and havent had the slightest wrist pain afterwards.

**MrFuji** · 11-02-2009 09:14 AM

How about wrist guards that fit under slide gloves? I have some Pro-Designed Wrist guards, but can;t put the on under my gloves. Someone mentioned taking out the palm side splint in the wrist guards, I am just wondering if someone has come up with a better solution?

**milothefultz** · 11-02-2009 11:43 AM

Are the Pro-Designed ones these Pro-Tec gloves?

**loug** · 11-02-2009 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by milothefultz

Are the Pro-Designed ones these Pro-Tec gloves?

using these and they seem to be doing the job. hit the asphalt hard last monday, no wrist damage just to the knuckles, knees, elbow and shoulder. minor crash yesterday with both hands going back and all my weight down on them. again no probs. i like these ones

**milothefultz** · 11-02-2009 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by loug

using these and they seem to be doing the job. hit the asphalt hard last monday, no wrist damage just to the knuckles, knees, elbow and shoulder. minor crash yesterday with both hands going back and all my weight down on them. again no probs. i like these ones

And they're the cheapest, excellent!

**c0rkb0rd** · 11-02-2009 08:53 PM

it seems like a good thread to go off of this would be "how to fall properly".

**robon4** · 11-03-2009 02:06 AM

I'm interested in the newer wrist guards. I have a Harbinger set I bought a few years ago. Long time ago I crashed on my friend's dirt bike, wrist was banged up pretty good and never went to the doctors to get it fixed. Now, I get some pain when I heavily use my right wrist, especially when I fall.

The Harbinger set is shorter, just ends about 4 inches from my wrist. Looks like the S-One is almost the entire forearm?

BTW here's an interesting article about wrist guards and snowboarding. Looks like the wrist guards help reduce wrist injuries but slightly increase upper arm injuries including the shoulder.

The Effect of Wrist Guard Use on Upper-Extremity Injuries in Snowboarders -- Hagel et al. 162 (2): 149 -- American Journal of Epidemiology

"...Conclusions
Although our results confirm the protective effect of wrist guards on hand-forearm injuries, the point estimate suggests an increased risk of elbow-shoulder injuries. Better biomechanical data are required for careful examination of the forces acting from the elbow to the shoulder region. This will further our understanding of why wrist guards might adversely affect this region and whether the effect can be mitigated through design changes to more adequately address mechanisms of snowboarding injury...."

**loug** · 11-03-2009 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by c0rkb0rd

it seems like a good thread to go off of this would be "how to fall properly".

best way to fall is like you are a parachutist, roll with the fall. sounds easy but when time is being broken down into nanoseconds you have to be able to think faster.

**Xgecko** · 11-03-2009 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by rwadley

I wear Pro Designed wrist guards when riding transition.

yeah I went that route as well they are good and comfortable which isn't true of many on the market....plus they cost less than the S-One guards (not often you can say ProDesigned cost less). I bought custom and measured over gloves so I can wear mine summer or winter (I skate outdoors year round).

As was said learning to fall will help make wristguards less needed though lately (re) learning to handplant has made them very welcome

**Cann0n** · 11-03-2009 09:07 AM

I haven't found a set that fit under slide gloves... Not even my bulk leather work gloves.

I choose not to wear them unless I'm going stand-up slides. I don't wear slide gloves for that.

**loug** · 11-03-2009 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Cann0n

I haven't found a set that fit under slide gloves... Not even my bulk leather work gloves.

I choose not to wear them unless I'm going stand-up slides. I don't wear slide gloves for that.

heard if you take the palm side brace out but leave the top side brace in the wrist protectors will fit into gloves. the glove puck will protect palm side. haven't tried it but sounds like it would work