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jp_draves
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 37
alright so today i basically kinda overshot a five and when i landed i compressed and my face hit my knee pretty hard. got lucky and i only ended up cutting my lip and getting a big bump on my cheek. this seems like it could be pretty common has anyone else had this type of thing happen? if so, was it scary to land switch again because the jump we have at our home mountain is pretty flat and not very steep landing so i figure it might be pretty intimidating to land switch again. anyone else have this kind of thing happen?
Mar 15 2008 4:51PM
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hoodSlayer
Posts: 900 - Karma: 7
it pretty much happens to everyone who overshoots or undershoots a large jump...lucky you didn't knock any teeth out
Mar 15 2008 4:53PM
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killabees
Posts: 8558 - Karma: 494
i jumped off my friends roof into a moon bounce, Ya i said it, a moon bounce!. and knee went to chin and i was alright. shoulda landed on my ass
Mar 15 2008 4:53PM
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MEGAZORD
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Split my lip open a few times this way
Mar 15 2008 5:04PM
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VTtreeskier
Posts: 1833 - Karma: 64
Undershot a road gap and cut up my tongue pretty well, it happens
Mar 15 2008 5:36PM
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Billek
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I fell sliding an a-frame and got pole to jaw.  It was like being flash grenade-ed for 5 seconds.
Mar 15 2008 5:40PM
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masta_LE3B
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my friend jumped off a swing and his knee nocked his chin hard enough that he bit through his tounge
Mar 15 2008 5:40PM
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mike_e
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i have kneed myself in the mouth twice both on 5's and both were undershoots. Im lucky to not have lost any teeth but im thinking about getting a mouthguard or something

Mar 15 2008 5:51PM
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poofartpee
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i find flatter landings are better for landings switch...
Mar 15 2008 5:53PM
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wintersway
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i got a knee to the upper rib cage on an under rotated 5... it still kinda hurts two weeks later
Mar 15 2008 6:29PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
the worst it happened to me was when i dropped a cliff like 12 feet (im not a hucker at all) and landed pretty flat and on a hard patch and my knee hit my shin decently hard, bloody tongue and lip and hurt face was all i got out of it (thankfully)
Mar 15 2008 10:01PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
yah its happened to me before bloody face and stuff
Mar 15 2008 10:04PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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very common, esspecially of cliffs, but i would say you would have a less chance landing switch then regular.
Mar 15 2008 10:06PM
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987321654hgfd
Posts: 5133 - Karma: 5,447
i hope you mean chin
Mar 15 2008 10:06PM
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BReed
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almost bit off my tongue one time
Mar 15 2008 11:05PM
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theres_ghosts
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there was a guy on Scarred or some show who took a knee to face after over shooting and smashed is cheek bone all up and he now has tunnel vision sometimes.
Mar 16 2008 12:03AM
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jason...
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yaeh k i cnat speel, gte ovre it
Mar 16 2008 12:04AM
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shizam
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Whats a 5?
Mar 16 2008 12:13AM
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Abc567def
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ya i have done the same thing b4 on a 5, but then after i was knocked a little "wonky"(and yes this is a technical term) i went into a nose butter and grinded my face on hard pack for a bit...

so ended up with bloody me:)
Mar 16 2008 12:16AM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
yeah that happend to me early in the year just straight airing a jump for the first time i came up a little short and hit the side of my face on my knees. its def scary and hurts like a bitch. i bet once you throw a couple 180s off of it and land clean you will be fine and wont be that scared trying 5s off of it
Mar 16 2008 12:16AM
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-dAvE-
Posts: 677 - Karma: 74
2 days ago in whistler.. i did this cliff and when i landed, my knee hit my goggles.. like on the side..and i gues the plastic from the goggles made a little cut beside my eye. so i was lucky to only get a little cut.. my cousin got stiches from a knee hitting his chin.. so i guess it happens often..
Mar 16 2008 3:55AM
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WeK
Posts: 1894 - Karma: 11
knee to the face is one thing, i went pole to the face at least 4 times last year, but now ive learned to take the knee instead
Mar 16 2008 4:18AM
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J_BISCHOF
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i did it on a trampoline and broke my nose
Mar 16 2008 10:10AM
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laurence^
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yup, i chipped my 3 bottom teeth
Mar 16 2008 10:43AM
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ontwosticks
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it's a number between 4 and 6, and is sometimes spelled out f-i-v-e.

An alternative definition is when two people slap hands together palm to palm and be above the head in a "high five" or below the elbow in what is referred to by the inuits as a "low five".
Mar 16 2008 12:32PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
I kneed myself in the face the other day and my jaw owned the shit out of my kneecap. Barely felt it up top but I hobbled around like a pregnant walrus for two days.
Mar 16 2008 12:35PM
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KeithB.
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I have definately had the knee to face, it sucks. I have to agree with the pole to face guy though. I took a pole grip to the ribs and I thought I would never be able to breathe again. I took a grip to goggle once and my eyeball left an impression on the inside of my goggle and my eye would not stop watering.
Mar 16 2008 4:31PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
ahaha i read this and was thinking "hey something similar to this happened to my friend" at least becca was there to help
Mar 16 2008 5:12PM
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SkiingLlama
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I dropped a cliff and bit my knee pretty hard once, pushed all my front teeth inwards. But this was way back when i had braces, and it was lucky i did because my orthodontist told me if i didn't i probably would have lost some teeth.
Mar 16 2008 5:30PM
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Barf.
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 123
I hope you are joking.
Mar 16 2008 5:40PM
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Ski_Midwest
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Ya, same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago casing switch and I chipped my front tooth.
Mar 16 2008 7:57PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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i have gotten 2 black eyes, a broken nose, and bit a hole thru my toungue from my knees hitting my face/chin. It really sucks and always makes me nervious for the rest of the day, but come the next day and im back to normal, i do it about once a day too, and its all stupid shit, like trying a lazy boy out of a quarter pipe. 
Mar 16 2008 8:09PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
i did that twice in one day, once with a blind 450 out and once catching on a switchup

then the next day i did it again overshooting a 5
Mar 16 2008 8:12PM
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Billy_B
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c-rad you fool you Love becky. you want her. just kidding.
Mar 16 2008 8:26PM
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flatspinner
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=324930&id=503540746
Mar 16 2008 10:57PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300

chipped front tooth backflipping off my deck

Mar 16 2008 11:08PM
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flatspinner
Posts: 2701 - Karma: 546
Knee to Face
Mar 16 2008 11:08PM
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spinthe90
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yeah this just happened to me yesterday. I landed switch off of a knoll into some powder, was too heavy on the tails, ejected from one ski and kneed myself in the nose while backflipping... not fun at all.

Mar 17 2008 12:57AM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
i did a 180 over the momentum big table, which was like 70, and i overshot. took my knee to my chin. my helmet buckle cut into my chin, and i have a scar. i couldnt ski anymore after, i just went back to the hotel. it felt like a concussion but not as bad as any ive had, no throwing up. just sore eyes and a bad headache.
Mar 17 2008 1:16AM
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K2skipunk
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dropped a 15 ft to flat, to a landing that looked awesome, cuz it was an awesome day, but no. it was flat and icy. knee to the chest then face. fuck it hurt
Mar 17 2008 4:14AM
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readiculous
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
^^^^ That looks fucking brutal. I was gonna talk about broken goggles or some shit, but damn!
Mar 17 2008 12:08PM
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phishfood
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lol
Mar 17 2008 2:49PM
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HappyTreez
Posts: 311 - Karma: 401
i hit my knee to my face pretty bad once...broke my gum bone and killed some teeth, and bit my tongue in half.  Got 12 stitches in my tongue and some root canals, still dnt really have feeling in my tongue.
Mar 17 2008 3:10PM
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bernard.saucier
Posts: 248 - Karma: 61
why would you hit your face with your knee (sorry i didnt read the whole thread)


haha
Mar 17 2008 3:23PM
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jp_draves
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 37
dont post then.
Mar 17 2008 4:02PM
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KeithB.
Posts: 608 - Karma: 12
What's a gum bone?
Mar 17 2008 4:12PM
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HappyTreez
Posts: 311 - Karma: 401
its really called the buckal plate or something like that...its the bone under you're nose that holds your teeth in.  i just called it the gum bone to simlify things
Mar 17 2008 4:14PM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
It's happened to me a couple times on big cliffs with flat landings.  I think I've only done it in the park once...I cased on a 5 or something a few years ago.  
Mar 17 2008 5:14PM
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bernard.saucier
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pretty sure i was joking
Mar 17 2008 6:04PM
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chames
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it happens to me a lot on this one jump thats hard to get speed for and sometimes you'll case it, but it mostly happens when i land switch, although ive done it off a cliff with a hard landing
Mar 17 2008 6:09PM
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Will_B
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my friend derek dropped a cliff two seasons ago and hit his face with his knee.  he crushed his eye socket, cheek bone, and nose. fucking brutal. the video footage he has a knee sized crater covering his right side of his face, indented abot an inch and a half. he had 3 reconstructive plastic surgeries to fix it, he's lucky he is not blind or has brain damage.

it was the most metal thing i have ever seen.
Mar 17 2008 6:09PM
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