Broken...but not too broken thanks to my Kan!

[CaleruxShearer]

My God!! You are a very lucky girl!! Speedy recovery to you! I hope your horse is better behaved next time!!

Thank you! In fairness to him I can't say I entirely blame him, he has been on 2 months box rest and he was pretty fit when he went on to box rest and doesn't seem to have lost that much condition! (Or fitness apparently!)

 

[the Financier]

he body protector debate is an interesting one.. before I say my bit, 2 points;

1 I'm CaleruxSheare's dad
2 We have no business connection with Kanteq, just very satisfied customers!

Horse riding is dangerous, even if you are just sitting on a horse and
fall its going to sting a bit.. if you’re competing and going over a
reasonable size fence on a 16 hh + horse your head and body are going
to have over 12 ft to fall at up to 30mph, if you come off, that’s
going to hurt!

Coming from an engineering background I’m impressed by the way the Kan
has been thought out and constructed. CS did a lot of research before
we purchased one and I’m glad she made the choice she did.
In any accident whether you get hurt and how much is to a certain
degree down to luck and/or your chosen deity.. what you have to do as
a rider is put as much in your favour as possible and I believe the
Kan is a very important part of that decision, along with the correct
hat and being aware of your surroundings.

There seems to be a split between the inflatable protector and
“normal” protector camps but on the P2 web site its says
“The Point Two air jacket offers additional protection, but we
recommend it to be worn with traditional protective riding wear such
as the EM13158 body protector.”
Note the Worn WITH. Unfortunately every fall is different and I’m sure
the inflatable’s work well in some cases but I can see that they can
cause greater problems than they solve in others. In this case I don’t
think it would have helped. I’m not totally against them I just don’t
see them as the magic cure all some people do!
I’ve also seen several riders fail to unclip as they’ve jumped off
after an event… surprised horse and inflated/constricted rider trying
to control it.
From a mechanical point if you want to protect something from a force
you need to be able to spread and absorb the load as much as possible
with out too much damage to the protecting device. This is to ensure
continued protection in case of repeated loads (being hit again) and
re usability. The Kan’s clever foam seems to do this well.
Its also interesting to see that those who own then and post on here
love them and their original thoughts on weight are quickly forgotten
once they wear one.
I noticed a post about concreting in fence posts, If you don’t the
uprights will move as the ground moves as it dries, freezes etc then
your rails will either start to split or pull away from the uprights.
Apart from putting protection on each post ( not really practical) I
don’t have a simple solution. As CS found out the uprights don’t move
when you head butt them!

 

[Polo*Pony]

Wow CS, I hope your recovery goes as smoothly as possible. That's a horrendous thing to happen... I'm so glad you had your BP on - definitely sounds like it saved you!


I was asking for advice on body protectors today and someone sent me in the direction of this thread... Definitely saving up for a Kan now! Why do horsey shops never do student discount?!