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Why a backprotector?

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jammiefreerider
Posts: 27 - Karma: 16
I actually cant think of a situation where a back protector woud help me in a crash in the park wo I dont know why so many people have them. The people who have them dont really know either, they just seem to like the comfort value of something thats supposed to help. Anyone got any ideas?
Oct 10 2006 8:21AM
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surf+ski=LIFE
Posts: 185 - Karma: 10
theyre useful in pipe and qps...imagine falling on your back on the side of the pipe...
Oct 10 2006 8:28AM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
well lets see marc-andre is paralyzed waist down now because he hurt is back. i dont know the details of his injury but a backprotector in the BC could of saved him.
Oct 10 2006 1:24PM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
i think its a worthy investment some day when i get enough money, but for now itll just be my helmet
Oct 10 2006 1:32PM
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Ryanvdonk
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you can't tell me you've never slipped out of a rail before. you otentially fall straight on your back.
Oct 10 2006 1:32PM
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smuggs
Posts: 6561 - Karma: 1,375
i broke my L1 vertibrae on a rail like 6 years ago. if i had a back protector on i would have got up and laughed about it and skied the rest of the day...... wait i did that anyways. then went to the hospital with a hematoma the size of a softball on my back. ever since then i wear a helmet
Oct 10 2006 2:03PM
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skier_bum
Posts: 395 - Karma: 17
i overshot one of the tables at nakiska 4 years ago and compressed my spine, it easy to hurt ur back
Oct 10 2006 2:04PM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
um duh? Ever slipped out on a rail and landed on your back on the rail. It hurts.
Oct 10 2006 4:15PM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
hip protectors for sure...
Oct 10 2006 4:18PM
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jammiefreerider
Posts: 27 - Karma: 16
erm...no actually i usually land on my side. Im still not convinced. In the end theres a chance we could hit any vital part of our body why back protectors so big? When you think of the worst thing that could happen on a rail, you think of landing on your nuts but were not buying a box for ourselves...
Oct 12 2006 9:37PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
seems kinda overkill unless you do mad crazy BC and shit. I can't wait to get one for biking though, I've started racing DH in college and falling on rocks and trees sucks balls compared to snow.
Oct 12 2006 9:42PM
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