Dave ESPI Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 On the same day I tore my shoulder earlier inteh morning I was comming down Whirlaway at a fairly high rate of speed and carving very agressively in some dense snow and slush. I turned from a toeside into a heelside and next thing I know, I'm sideways slide and careening into the race fence on my back. I sit up and look down and go OH *** WHERE IS MY LEG !? I realise the board is folded back behind me and my front foot is not attached to the board. A few other ski/ boarder instructors who were riding and gawking at me as I was showing off carving some seriously low turns saw all this, and came up behind me and all asked " OMG WTF WAS THAT ? !!!" I said I have no idea, but apparently I did 2 summersaults aswell as the side slide into the fence. One instructor found a part of my binding that came off my board, and said " What is this ?" I laughed and said OMG,.. thats totaly part of my binding..... Ya know how much force it takes to rip tha beast off ?.... like almost 6 G's worth of force! ..... AWESOME !" SO I was perfectly OK, but now I'm upgrading to the high end model bomber trenchdiggers for next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I bruised my right buttock 2 weeks ago. it still hurts :( mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwings Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I lost edge on some hard pack and while sliding, the sleeve of my jacket came up and I got some snow-rash on my elbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I got indigestion from the chili fries at the lodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 "It ain't the years kid, it's the mileage...." Indiana Jones For me, it's easier to count the bones and muscles I haven't injured from hardbooting, rock climbing, ice climbing, alpine climbing, skateboarding, road cycling, and mountain biking... Thank Goodness my wife is a yoga instructor, and my climbing partner is my physiotherapist. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Man... My life sucks... I snowboard, I golf and I work... At work I'm more apt to get carpal tunnel than anything else, golf isn't exactly a high risk sport and snowboarding... Well, I've cleaned my own clock a few times, but never serious enough to take me off the hill. That I'm glad for, but still, all I have is golf and snowboarding. And even now I don't have snowboarding anymore..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 broke a wrist in my second year of snowboarding trying to go off a jump. Maybe thats why I switched to carving? that afternoon, I went to the doctor, told him to put a cast on it, and went back out the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave ESPI Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Pebu, oddly enough Thats my MO also... Boarding and Golf. Well A bit of cycling also, but thats mainly to work and home. :lol: Oh, and I'm racing this weekend at the finals with or without the shoulder bieng healed. We only live once, might as well go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwmaron Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Seems like hardbooting is the quest for high G forces. This requires relatively high speeds and high turning forces. It's great when all works well. However, when something goes wrong, these forces break boards & break bodies. I ride a small SCR board (F2 SpeedCross) on the fairly narrow trails of our local hills and have had the same disconcerting thought pop into my head a number of times while riding this season: this if fun, but I'm spending a lot of time going fast in the direction of things that would be very unforgiving (i.e., trees) in the event of a failure...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paappraiser Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 a few bumps some scrapes and some pain. its only a rental .. im not giving it back in good shape. enjoy life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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