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Quiting Skiing?

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hobbes
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I have been thinking about quiting for a while now. One of the main reason's is a had a horrible fall which put me in the hospital for 4 days. Because of that, I am afraid to start jumping again. I also figure, if i don't ski next year, I will have more time to get involed with my community ie. Big Brothers. If you guys have any suggestions what to do, I'd be happy to hear them.
Jun 10 2006 9:15PM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,613
idk dude for me if i stop having fun doing soething i stop doing it. (basketball, baseball, etc) i mean if youre not enjoying yourself why do it right?
Jun 10 2006 9:16PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
keep on keeping on
Jun 10 2006 9:17PM
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b-ladd
Posts: 2300 - Karma: 48
pussy
Jun 10 2006 9:18PM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
dont hate
you don't know what its like having a large tube in your chest for four days because of skiing
Jun 10 2006 9:19PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
you are a member of this site because you love skiing, you wouldn't be able to give it up
Jun 10 2006 9:19PM
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Min_Soo
Posts: 2307 - Karma: 293
My friends brother from what I heard was a sick park skier and he had a pretty awful crash and he just completely stopped doing park. Now all he does is backcountry. I know your in a different situation, but I don't think you should completely quit. You should ski and do what you want. Ski when you want and when it's convenient for you and thats even if you want to.
Jun 10 2006 9:20PM
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FuckThePolice
Posts: 2088 - Karma: 17
i might quit, i had a very fucked up injury 4 years ago and i just have never gotten my balls back. and it really sucks to see people who havent been skiing that long progress past you.
Jun 10 2006 9:20PM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
I had a pretty bad fall last year. Really it was the grace of God that kept me from being paralized...at the least i should have broken my legs. I hit the ground so hard (i was snowboarding) that the sidewall under my left heel exploded.

I was in the hospital for a day and totally freaked out. I thought i was never going to ride again.

Anyway, i warenteed my board intending to sell it but when the season came around i felt like i should give it one more shot. I was super timid for most of the season but towards the end was able to regain my confidence.

I've realized that i cant say 'fuck it' and just try shit anymore. I have to be methodical and calculated about the risks that i take. Dont let your fears take you; you may have to change the way you ski but dont let that stop you from enjoying the best sport in the world.
Jun 10 2006 9:21PM
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girl_jibBer
Posts: 761 - Karma: 14
I hear you on that. Tough to come back after a serious injury...mentally that is.
Jun 10 2006 9:22PM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
this is a skiing site, not a quitting skiing site. if you people here 99 percent will say keep going. this has to be your decision. once you get to jumping again you'll realize that you're not going to fall everytime...good luck, hopefully you make the right decision
Jun 10 2006 9:24PM
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b-ladd
Posts: 2300 - Karma: 48
i actually didnt read the whole thing, and while i dont know what its like to be in a hospital for four days with a tube coming out of my chest, nor do i want to be, i think id still ski afterwards. i dunno, it probably just means more to some of us than others.
Jun 10 2006 9:24PM
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BFINO13
Posts: 1563 - Karma: 14
dont jump than just do it for fun when u feel like it
Jun 10 2006 9:26PM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
another reason is my ski hill has 4 trails and its less than 600 feet with a horrible park and pipe
Jun 10 2006 9:28PM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
WTF did you do dude?!?
Jun 10 2006 9:29PM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
i collapsed 55% of my left lung
Jun 10 2006 9:30PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,647
dont let injury stop you from skiing. unless the injury fucked you for life, stopping skiin is the dumbest thing iv ever heard
Jun 10 2006 9:31PM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
how?
Jun 10 2006 9:32PM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
Dude its different when you face death.
Jun 10 2006 9:32PM
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kabozo101
Posts: 4429 - Karma: 20
yea dude i wanna hear how you did this
Jun 10 2006 9:40PM
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Rip
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 3
You dont have to ski park in order to ski. You probably were a skier before you were a park skier.
Jun 10 2006 9:58PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
just don't ski park until you are fully confident in your skiing, and ski within your limits. don't quit the sport overall, that's stupid
Jun 10 2006 10:01PM
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BLKOUT
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 20
I love skiing too much so I could never quit unless I physically couldn't do it any more. But it's your choice, if you could live without skiing, more power to you. Otherwise suck it up, you'll get over it, get back in the saddle, etc...
Jun 10 2006 10:03PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
why not start some little grom on skiing through the big brothers program?
Jun 10 2006 10:03PM
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sexy_skier_babii
Posts: 2490 - Karma: 15
fuck that shit,id never quit skiing ever, even after injuries.
Jun 10 2006 10:03PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
good idea, i feel sorry for my friends whos parents never took them skiing/ don't encourage and support their skiing
Jun 10 2006 10:06PM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
i popped off a jump on one foot more than the other and it was enough to put me horizontal in the air. I than landed on my side with my pole between my side and ice on the hill
Jun 10 2006 10:07PM
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kabozo101
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that sucks
Jun 10 2006 10:16PM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
one positive thing i expericened was the american healthcare system. I found it superb comepared to the canadian system. we had no wait times, a private ward, and very good food
Jun 10 2006 10:29PM
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newschooler7
Posts: 2253 - Karma: 21
I was in your same situation. I really did consider quitting. I just took it easy on the jumps for a season then got back.
Jun 10 2006 10:32PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
yo, im quitting doing other shit to ski, so obviously my opinion is biased, but i think you should keep skiing man. unless your a joey, i hate joeys.
Jun 10 2006 10:38PM
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sneather
Posts: 6672 - Karma: 19
u def shouldn't quit ... just take it easy at the start and progress back into it
Jun 10 2006 10:45PM
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potatofarmer
Posts: 2020 - Karma: 13
SHOTTY ON YOUR SKIS.... no just kidding, im sorry for sounding like a total dick right there. do whatever you feel is best, maybe go out a couple times at the start of next season, and see if you're feeling it. If not, then quit, but atleast give it a try again
Jun 10 2006 10:58PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,647
face death? thats a bit of an exaggeration. sure, as skiers we risk our bodies to the point of injury.
But if your in control, and you know your limits, you shouldnt be worried about dyin on the slopes
Jun 10 2006 11:01PM
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canuck
Posts: 1124 - Karma: 137
Yeah just dont jump and hit lots of rails.
Rails are not as bad because you are at lower speeds and you cant mess yourself up like jumping. (generaly speaking)
Jun 10 2006 11:21PM
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nealpgards
Posts: 1254 - Karma: 12
there is more to skiing than park... (not for kids on NS). but just look at everyone else who skis outside of the park, they are still having fun without getting hurt.
Jun 10 2006 11:28PM
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CanadianSkiGod
Posts: 2281 - Karma: 10
Hey, I quit skiing park this year because of an injury I sustained last year... ski the backcountry (well, what's available), the glades, the moguls and just groomed runs and you'll still have the time of your life, as long as you're on skis. That's what I did this year.

I guess I'm not a "newschooler" anymore, but evertime I see any kind of a jib, my brain goes "what if... your life was ruined for six months again... is that 4 seconds of fun worth it?". I know it sounds "pussy" or "gay", but I can't help it.
Jun 10 2006 11:33PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
just ski when you feel the urge to
Jun 10 2006 11:35PM
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alaskadrifter
Posts: 384 - Karma: 10
Yah except that backcountry can be even more dangerous because of all of the avalanches. At least here in alaska it is. Ive havent heard of anyone getting killed in the park, but people die here all of the time doing backcountry. But I dont think you should quit either. Hey you could even take who ever your doing your community service stuff for skiing.
Jun 10 2006 11:39PM
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Capt.Flannel
Posts: 10928 - Karma: 36
You shouldn't necessarily 'quit' skiing. I blew out both of my knees and over the last 2 years, I've skied maybe 10-15 times, because of surgeries/stability issues and such. I didn't 'quit' skiing, but I don't ski alot anymore. I don't feel like saying that I quit, cause if I feel better some weekend and have the urge to go take a few runs with my dad, I'll do it. No reason to necessary quit something, just don't make it a priority.
Jun 10 2006 11:45PM
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DaysToCome
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 86
i know what its like to sit in a hospital for 3 days not being able to eat or drink even though u are hungry because ur stomach wont let you, and u are tired but u cant fall asleep because ur head is throbbing and u cant move ur body because ull rip out ur I.V.
this happened to me longboarding
believe me the first time u hit a jump again ull be scared as shit but once u land it ull be amazed at how awsome it feels to get back up. its worth sticking through and accident because its a great feeling when u over come an obstacle like this
Jun 11 2006 1:32AM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i think its really cool that you want to help out with your community. but i wouldnt quit skiing i would just not go as often.
Jun 11 2006 2:16AM
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cork13
Posts: 439 - Karma: 11
Don't quit skiing. I too thought about it last year when I broke my leg skiing in a mougl line off of the second air. I broke it early December, and didn't ski the rest of the season. My parents were feeling generous and sent me to Momentum Camps that summer. I didn't get any of my spins back, but I still hit the jumps. So this season, I decided to take my instructors, and I did, I got my Level One CSIA. It was the best thing I ever did for my skiing, and although I barely skied park this year, I have my confidence back. Next year, I'm going to go and do my Level 2, and if I have enough time, ski with a freestyle team.

Don't quit entirely. We all fall, its just getting back up again that makes us better.
Jun 11 2006 2:26AM
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ATLskier
Posts: 8203 - Karma: 406
well, is skiing fun to you, is yes, defineately dont quit, if no, dont quit. Just have fun, you dont need to jump, do rails, whatever, just cruise around, ski powder, have fun.
Jun 11 2006 4:08AM
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andy_boy
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Don't quit.
Jun 11 2006 4:30AM
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slice_of_mustard
Posts: 731 - Karma: 9
i broke my back skiing, i pretty much couldnt walk for awhile without it hurting like hell, and i couldnt ski forever. dont be a faggot and quit skiing. seriously, think about it, you could have been sitting on the computer at home and have something fall off a shelf and crack your head open killing you. shit happens so just deal with it.
your gonna be so gay when you grow up if you keep thinking like that, if you dont ski because you think of the worst that can happen, your gonna think that way for the rest of your life, and end up living in a padded room forever never doing anything because something "bad" could happen.
one of my dads friends hurt his neck bad when he was little in high school or college, now he cant move his neck as much as normal, but now he freaks out about everything, like last year, we were at a lake and we were on the top of the boat, it got really windy out and he started yelling at us like crazy to get down because there was a chance the wind could "blow us off the boat" and we could hit our heads on the way down to the water. and he said "its just not worth it to risk it" and he is a neurosergion so its not like he is stupid or anything. and now he is going crazy about this bird flew stuff, and he is buying like tons of water, and food and putting it in his basement incase the birdflew comes here. he even understands that there is a very very tiny chance it could ever make it here, but he just said "its not worth taking the chances incase it does come"
so yeah if you want to turn into a crazy boring as hell shitty life type of person like that then go ahead and quit skiing, but you need to get over it and realise that shit happens, you could get hit by a car tomarrow just as easily as you could fuck your self up skiing, so i guess you should stay away from roads huh?
Jun 11 2006 4:40AM
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7X
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you should probably quit
Jun 11 2006 9:38AM
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hobbes
Posts: 898 - Karma: 17
i don't think i'll quit because there is just that feeling when you are a skier or when you tell people ski
Jun 12 2006 6:59PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
dont your brothers ski/snowboard?
Jun 12 2006 7:00PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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dude just dont jump, become one with the powder
Jun 12 2006 7:03PM
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