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September 15, 2011
NBA Player Sues Exercise Ball Maker: Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings has sued the maker of an exercise ball he blames for a 2009 weightlifting accident that broke his arm. Garcia was balancing himself on the Stability Ball Gymnic Plus while lifting dumbbells when the ball exploded. The balls were previously marketed with the claim "Gymnic Plus Stability Balls are safe! They will not explode! If punctured, the ball deflates slowly."
posted by rcade to basketball at 11:43 AM - 4 comments
Apparently cats unsheath the claws when frightened. Who knew? ... I didn't realize that's how Garcia broke his arm.
You mean Garcia unsheathed his claws because he was frightened too? Now who knew that?!
posted by BornIcon at 12:56 PM on September 15, 2011
Do not taunt happy fun ball.
Seriously, he's got a pretty air tight case here.
posted by grum@work at 01:34 PM on September 15, 2011
grum@work: Seriously, he's got a pretty air tight case here.I see what you did there...
posted by hincandenza at 10:29 PM on September 15, 2011
Also, they're totally not safe for cat excercise. I wanted to see if my friend's cat could balance (/was fucking with the cat) and I ended up with a slowly deflating stability ball. Apparently cats unsheath the claws when frightened. Who knew?
I didn't realize that's how Garcia broke his arm. That's rather terrifying. Going to keep me from doing anything on the stability ball for awhile.