When will people learn not to wrap the ski/wakeboard rope around their hand

[bmtsupra]

Idaho fisherman finds human finger in belly of a fish

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/26/us...html?hpt=hp_t3

[chrisk]

Dang, feel bad saying it but that is kind of a funny story, just the fact that it ends with the quote, "I've called my doctor to see if they can put it back on and I'm waiting for him to call me back."

That really is a serious problem though, I've been to a 3 event tournament that was held as a benefit for a girl that got her arm tangled in her handle while slaloming and just about ripped it clean off. Another guy I know has a piece of plastic cutting board zip-tied into his jump handle because he's heard of a guy getting the handle wrapped over head...

[supraaddict]

I have heard of people using the wakeboard handle and rope when surfing. Just winding up the slack in their hand instead of shortening the rope on the tower. Bad news when you fall. People have to start getting the right equipment.

[lasi]

yeah people need to learn that safety comes first in the line. and never do things such as this.