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kickerlicker
Posts: 820 - Karma: 11
I was Skiing in my back yard and thought i would try a cliff drop with 4 inches of snow and broke a part that sticks out on my spine and i am out for november. Whats your worst injury? How long were you out for
Nov 3 2005 9:28PM
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matthasaurusrex
Posts: 5160 - Karma: 185
ouch man, feel better!!

iv been real luckey with injuries, hardly any..
Nov 3 2005 9:31PM
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sherpasrock
Posts: 2382 - Karma: 10
hit a jump out west...landed on my back compression fracture of 6 vertebrae, out for 6 months with a brace. 2 of which were in a bed
Nov 3 2005 9:37PM
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thatoneguyattyrol
Posts: 1497 - Karma: 14
yikes.

why would you try a cliff drop with four inches of snow?

I would never even consider it with less than ten inches fresh.
Nov 3 2005 9:50PM
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matthasaurusrex
Posts: 5160 - Karma: 185
hehe thats what happends when theres no snow over 3 months :p
Nov 3 2005 9:51PM
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Anti-Hero
Posts: 1269 - Karma: 340
tore my acl and pcl in left knee a while ago in the beginning of season, out all of that winter
Nov 3 2005 9:56PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
holy fuck, bad injury
Nov 3 2005 9:58PM
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twintipteles
Posts: 2954 - Karma: 13
damn, how big was this cliff?
Nov 3 2005 10:10PM
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skoganskier101
Posts: 2067 - Karma: 14
dang dude, you must have really landed bad
Nov 3 2005 10:12PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
1995 - right colarbone (okemo halfpipe/snowboard)
1996 - broken tib/fib (boarder cross at the US OPEN)
1998 - UCL right thumb (fucking ski poles)
1999 - nose, left knee ACL (yippee twin tip skis and terrain parks)
2000 - ribs ribs and mo ribs (The railslide is discovered and it hurts) 5 broken ribs throughout season
2001 - low snow year in tahoe, lots of park time = broken nose, broken humurous, right thumb UCL
2002 - strghtlining palisades hit the traverse below the chimney sweep - PCL+MCL+ACL+Menisucus rt knee - out for season and some of next
2003- rehab year, powder, one concusion
2004 - knocked my head forgot where I was, broke C5 vertbrae at northstar on c-box
2005 - fell off new motorcycle....hand became hamburger (still healing)
Nov 3 2005 10:32PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
the way i see it most people ski 10 -15 days a year at MOST...and they get hurt every few years...I ski 130+ days a year, gonna get hurt more often, just the odds...
Nov 3 2005 10:34PM
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nofriends
Posts: 31 - Karma: 11
i cut my penis off with my ski!

what nigga
Nov 3 2005 10:47PM
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college
Posts: 7 - Karma: 10
i was skiing back country and there was a 20 foot cliff that i didnt see and i fell on my arm and i broke my humerous, radius, ulna, and my femur. i was out the whole season and it was only one month in. took about 5 months because mt femur kept getting infected
Nov 3 2005 11:06PM
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thatoneguyattyrol
Posts: 1497 - Karma: 14
yea but dude you really get effed up everyyear. I ski 130 days a year and dont get fucked up like that, only skier thumb some bruises and a tweaked out shoulder/knee on occasion.
Nov 3 2005 11:08PM
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college
Posts: 7 - Karma: 10
you suck faggot
kill yourself
Nov 3 2005 11:16PM
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JockinJLoads
Posts: 3480 - Karma: 6
lmao ppl are such dicks..."you suck faggot, kill yourself" ha ha ha assholes
Nov 3 2005 11:22PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
holy shit man....wait till u hit 50 and that shit starts to REALLY hurt
Nov 3 2005 11:31PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
i am already done...

hoping modern medicine has some tricks planned for my future...right now i try to keep it healthy, do tons of yoga, train and try to keep my feet under me...
Nov 3 2005 11:55PM
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