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denial
Posts: 77 - Karma: 10
issue of the year for me, when do you call a day quits, I can think of at least three or four days where I kept on going after I was pretty hurt (bruised/cracked ribs, thumbs, split lips, pulled groin), and I paid the price most of those ones afterwards...

worst was ribs on 270ing into a flat rail, which I had been stomping the hell out of for a morning. then proceeded to biff chest first, and get up only to self-destruct to near nutting, that ended my day.

but when do you back down from a trick you know you can do? or when do you stop for a day just to avoid hurting yourself...


Apr 10 2005 3:19PM
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Shaggy
Posts: 4349 - Karma: 17
you stop when you know that you're not feeling it, or when you know that your body wont be able to take much more if you've already hurt it. no use pushing things too far. better off just missing the rest of the day, or a couple days than fucking yourself and missing the season, or potentially seriously hurting yoruself


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Apr 10 2005 3:24PM
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skibio5
Posts: 1044 - Karma: 31
i stopped after i broke my collar bone... yup that was a day killer right there

Apr 10 2005 3:25PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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there was a rial jam yesterday that i did and i did it with a cracked growth plate in my heel which i cracked again 2 weeks before the jam. and in the beginning of the session i like pulled out my hip...but i kept skiing

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Apr 10 2005 3:28PM
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ItsPhil
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 11
i punched one of my teeth out on some moguls first one of the day
then skiied the rest of the day looking like a redneck with a missing tooth

Apr 10 2005 4:27PM
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BillyGoteMan
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 12
i fell on a 24' battleship and cracked two ribs, black eye, broken nose, all this nasty shit like blood all over my pants, then i took 4 more runs and stomed out that rail BIATCH

Apr 10 2005 4:47PM
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monkeysteez
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^That retarted in a bad way


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Apr 10 2005 4:59PM
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Apple
Posts: 7906 - Karma: 33
no its not. thats presistance. I noraly call it a day when i get tired. I know i get tired because i stop landing anything, and i cant do things that iv been doing all day.

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Apr 10 2005 5:05PM
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pag
Posts: 3412 - Karma: 69
yeah I'm stopping when I'M tired, if you're killing yourself doesn't mean that you have to stop.
you need to stop when youre body is too tired to accomplish the desire trick not when you are not landing it.

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Apr 10 2005 5:29PM
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pag
Posts: 3412 - Karma: 69
and the best thing to do when you're taking a hard bail is to hike the shit up straight there cause you have so much adrenaline and stuff that it's at this time that you're killing the shit out of it.

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Apr 10 2005 5:30PM
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Sashac
Posts: 3197 - Karma: 88
I don't usually quit early, but when I do it's becaus I'm not feeling good about the tricks I'm doing.... like I'm not landing anything because I'm just getting lazy.
There's just times when you're not feeling a trick or something, you know?


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Apr 10 2005 5:30PM
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Sashac
Posts: 3197 - Karma: 88
Oh, and I've never really ended my day just because of an injury. I mean, I haven't had any serious ones, just like bumps to the head, sore thumbs, shin splints, bruises.... etc.
But I imagine that if I had a really bad injury where I actually couldn't keep skiing, I'd probably have to stop..


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Apr 10 2005 5:32PM
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(Jonesy)
Posts: 2594 - Karma: 20
here's a tip, never say "this is my last run". surefire way to fuck yourself up on the way down

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Apr 10 2005 5:58PM
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TeddyKnape
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Never, ever step down from anything.

Apr 10 2005 6:01PM
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levistewart
Posts: 3360 - Karma: 111
thats why teddy kape is our hero

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Apr 10 2005 6:16PM
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DutchJibber
Posts: 109 - Karma: 14
^^ word

I've had quite a few injuries doing my "last" run of the day. Just like last weekend, I twisted my knee more than I is supposed to twist... Still walking funny.

When you decide you're going for your last run, just don't and consider the previous one your last. EXCEPT when it's the last run of the season, that it doesn't really matter if you get hurt!

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Apr 10 2005 6:35PM
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DutchJibber
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^^^ I meant


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Apr 10 2005 6:36PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
yeah, i sacked on a 10 foot high battleship, and then hit a berm of snow on the way down, and that made me flip, and shot my skis, and i kneed myself in the mouth. i said it was gonna be my last run

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Apr 10 2005 8:26PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
270 falling and hitting my knee, then doing a d-f-d a destroying my hip which still hurts a month later

Apr 10 2005 9:28PM
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Switchstyle
Posts: 1194 - Karma: 11
after falling the whole day and not feeling it and then finally you have that fall that signififies that you are done. Then I either hopefully disregard that and keep trying and stomp it or be a puss and do some filiming.

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Apr 10 2005 9:34PM
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LPT_311
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yeah same here man, when i get so tired i stop landing shit i've been doing all day, thats when i usually quit

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Apr 10 2005 9:40PM
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crm
Posts: 286 - Karma: 10
You are a man.

Apr 10 2005 11:46PM
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eheath
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i got a minor concusion the first run one day, proceeded to ski and i think i pulled my mcl that day, and kept skiing and the rest of the year i would tweak my knee everyweekend and keep skiing

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Apr 10 2005 11:51PM
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scientist
Posts: 6920 - Karma: 348
i quit when im not feeling it anymore

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Apr 10 2005 11:54PM
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MHFreeriderD
Posts: 255 - Karma: 11
i have to call it a season when i re-break my collarbone 7 weeks after the original




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Apr 11 2005 12:07AM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
I call it quits when I can't get up again. which is fairly often,I just lay there for like 15 minutes contemplating, then crawl back to my car.

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Apr 11 2005 12:23AM
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Shaggy
Posts: 4349 - Karma: 17
hahahahaha, if half of what you people are saying is true, you wont be skiing past the age of 35


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Apr 11 2005 4:45AM
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Tross
Posts: 951 - Karma: 117
Sometimes it's hard to know when you're done. Usually I feel good mentally and want to charge it, but my body just isn't responding the same. I often start letting my legs drop or land back-seat if I'm tired. That's how I know it's time for beer in the parking lot.

Apr 11 2005 5:08PM
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gaperslayer
Posts: 158 - Karma: 10
think two more runs, take one.

Apr 11 2005 5:35PM
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