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Worst Season Ever?

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Arabian.
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In all my years of skiing I have never seen before so many tragic accidents happen in one season at one time. Its so terrible it deserves a thread. Doug Coombs(rip), 3 mammoth patrolmen(rip), All the kids in vail, breckenridge, winter park, and all up the east coast(rip). All the injuries: Laurent F., Ashley and Ty Battersby, and Witt Foster all blew out their knees, and Marc Andre broke his spine and is paralyzed. Can it get any worse?
Apr 10 2006 10:18PM
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John.
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Unfortunately skiing has severe risks. We just happened to have a really shitty year in terms of injuries and deaths. But, I'm pretty sure all those people wouldn't want us to let it stop us, keep going hard in their memory and honor.
Apr 10 2006 10:19PM
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Stan_Darsh
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well on a good note the snow wasnt bad
Apr 10 2006 10:20PM
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Dilla
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i feel the same way man, but dont ask if it can get worse. ask what went wrong and how could it be better.
Apr 10 2006 10:20PM
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Ski_Unit_19
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def one of the worst seasons ever... cant forget about CR
Apr 10 2006 10:21PM
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Dilla
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speak for yourself
Apr 10 2006 10:22PM
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N.Skinner
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and teddy
Apr 10 2006 10:25PM
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STAUSS
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yes it is the worst season ever. its weird tho, its the one that i didnt hurt myself in... last year was pretty bad too just cause of dumont and tanner, and i fucked my arm up... this year is so much worse tho. RIP to everyone... dont forget teady knape.. mabe you didnt i forget who you said initially.
Apr 10 2006 10:27PM
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Stan_Darsh
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it wasnt that great in montana, but overall id say it was pretty good, if you are from the east coast it is never good
Apr 10 2006 10:30PM
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B.L.A.K.E
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you covered it, sage blown knee.
Apr 10 2006 10:47PM
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aznpcskier
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don't forget the recent loss of a 16 year old skier from Telluride, fuck man skiing is scary
Apr 10 2006 10:56PM
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Edward.
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i dont really care that the snow was bad, i just didnt like the fact that i didnt get a fucking goggle tan
Apr 10 2006 10:56PM
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cjb1776
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is marc andre temporarily paralyzed or paralyzed forever
Apr 10 2006 10:58PM
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Arabian.
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^permanant damage to his spinal cord. paralyzed forever.
Apr 10 2006 10:59PM
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cjb1776
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like neck down or what?
Apr 10 2006 11:01PM
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nychka
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dana flahr tore his ACL too
Apr 10 2006 11:03PM
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Arabian.
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Just his legs. went into jagged rocks, broke spine, damaged spinal cord, no legs. paralyzed instantly. :*(
Apr 10 2006 11:08PM
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The_AJ
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where are u livin
Apr 10 2006 11:09PM
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forfun
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2/3 olenicks are injured i think too
Apr 10 2006 11:11PM
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Stan_Darsh
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^MT
Apr 10 2006 11:11PM
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Arabian.
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how'd the olenicks get hurt?
Apr 10 2006 11:48PM
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manwiththemetalleg
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53 people have been killed in avalanches in the French Alps this year...thats the most since records began. Shit Year.
Apr 11 2006 10:00AM
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freestyler540
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Skiing is a dangerous sport. We push the limits every day. Injuries will happen and there is nothing we can do. We all took a vow when we started skiing. It still sucks when people get injured or die...
Apr 11 2006 10:21AM
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pmills
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but more people are skiing off piste this year too...
Apr 11 2006 10:27AM
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Download-My-Apps
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I hate to sound like an ass, but you can only push the sport so far before someone gets hurt.

Skiing is a dangerous,and the pros do amazing stuff and I'm sure they are careful, but with the amount of air they get a misjudgement could mean their life.

I by no means think skiing is or ever will peak. But but maybe this means progression can only be pushed to a limmit so fast. Skiing has progressed soo much the past couple years, I honestly dont think it could keep improving at the same rate with out some more tradgeties.
Apr 11 2006 10:57AM
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ski_cartel
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so its been particulary bad this year, but there have always been years like this one, the kind that seem to have no end in regards to tragity, but it can always get better, and it could have and may still get worse.
Apr 11 2006 11:02AM
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CooksCorner
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Just to be considered bad ass you have to cork 9 a 70ft table, and i know we look at it with apathetic eyes, but that is some SERIOUS SHIT. 10 years ago you would be considered insane.

Welcome to the newschool boys, Cheers to our progression, but we have to recognise all good things come with tags attached.
Apr 11 2006 11:59AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I look at skiing as a numbers game, if you play long enough eventually you will get a bad hand. No one is 100%, 100% of the time. And in a sport where mistakes can equal tragedy, it's bound to happen more often than not, it's just a question of when and who, not if.
Apr 11 2006 3:27PM
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lowtech
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this year has sucked, for me personally and for the skiing community at large. so many shitty things happened this year
Apr 11 2006 3:35PM
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freestyleskiin
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not true the snow where i skied on the east coast sucked but the west coast was awsome
Apr 11 2006 3:38PM
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Liam.
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i agree and up east we got like no snow
Apr 11 2006 3:41PM
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philipc
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shut the hell up. it was awesome last year, and this year wasnt THAT bad, sugarloaf had a sick park and sunday rivers was good too
Apr 11 2006 6:15PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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trusay Ontario sucks
Apr 11 2006 6:17PM
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FUUUCK
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ontario saw some good snow,i think this year we had a lot of bad luck as far as injuries go
Apr 11 2006 6:23PM
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scientist
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I fucked both of my knees. pour out some love for all the snowriders who have died or became injured this year.
Apr 11 2006 7:05PM
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kabozo101
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i'll second this if nobody has. this season just sucked ass so much. hardly any snow at all
Apr 11 2006 7:07PM
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Min_Soo
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you obviously don't live in the northeast do you
Apr 11 2006 7:08PM
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TylerS
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wow this is outa control but we are pushing the limits
Apr 11 2006 7:44PM
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Greenish
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So many people blew out the old knee
Apr 11 2006 8:33PM
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Desjardins
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wow, i just realized that it was a pretty bad season for skiing's population. Especially all thoughs death.

Rest in peice
Apr 11 2006 8:42PM
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KillerMonkey
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well the east coast winter was especially bad this winter. We got some snow but it all melted the next day and the whole season was freezing and no snow. it really sucked this year
Apr 11 2006 10:14PM
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Stan_Darsh
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yeah but your awesome is like our shitty so for my standards its shitty so you shut the hell up bitch
Apr 11 2006 10:27PM
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