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Idk if this is in the right forum, but plz read (:I fully tore my ACL about 2 months ago in soccer. I have been doing therapy since then and my knee feels perfectly fine except for the occasional (but rarely) weak feeling. Snowboarding season just started, and I just got a new board and new bindings and I'm dying to use them! It's torture thinking that I wont be able to board this season! My surgery is in a couple weeks and I've been thinking about giving snowboarding a try at least once or twice before my surgery so I'm not so so miserable lol. What do you guys think? Its pretty strong right now from the PT, and I have a hinged knee brace. I wouldn't do any jumps or rails or anything, just probably carving and basic turning. (I'm teaching my friend how to board so I would probably be on the small hills most of the time anyways. Is it a bad ideaSorry to hear about your ACL injury. I have personal experience with this. Nearly the same as you (mine was the front left leg as well). I was able to board for a couple seasons, mostly with a brace. I can say that my knee was pretty stable 99.9% of the time, but every once in a while it would buckle and hurt like crap. I could keep the knee protected most of the time by keeping my knees bent ALL the time, but that can get exhausting; but in general, the more bend your bad knee is, the more protected it is. The challenge is that you cannot stay in perfect balance all the time due to low light situations, traffic, unexpected obstacles, and fatigue. Then there is the chairlift which really torques the front knee, especially while LOADING the lift. The decision to snowboard with a fully torn ACL is up to you, but be aware that if it buckles while riding, you will not only
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