VESSEL 1 WAS A 20' MALIBU OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND 1 PERSON WAKE BOARDING.  VICTIM STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE THE WAKE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO GET THE BOARD OUT OF THE WATER HE FELT A STAB IN THE LEG AND DROPPED THE TOW ROPE.  HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING UNDER WATER BUT RATHER, HE FELT HIS LEG "SNAP" AND FELT THE BONES RUBBING TOGETHER.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGER STATED IT TOOK NEARLY 90 MINUTES TO GET VICTIM INTO THE VESSEL DUE TO THE PAIN.  IT THEN TOOK AN HOUR DRIVING SLOWLY BACK TO THE MARINA TO SEEK HELP.  WAKE BOARDER STATED THAT HE WAS WATERSKIING THE DAY BEFORE WITH VERY FEW PROBLEMS.  HE STATED THAT HE FELL A FEW TIMES WHILE DOING THAT.  PASSENGER STATED THAT HE HAD A FEW HARD FALLS FROM WATERSKIING BUT DIDN'T COMPLAIN OF INJURY.  WAKE BOARDER WAS TRANSPORTED TO WESTERN ARIZONA REGINAL MEDICAL CENTER BY BULLHEAD CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ON THE VESSEL.
LAUGHLIN                      