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Ski pole to the chest?

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RustyTrombone
Posts: 268 - Karma: 10
so i was up at brighton today riding in their shitty park. i hit the lip popped a bit and i guess i just planted my pole and the handle just nailed my chest. it hurts like a bitch now and there are tons of red marks. has this happened to anyone else? and what did you do about it?
Mar 20 2008 8:47PM
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jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
never taken one to the chest...i have taken one to the face though. loose tooth for a month.
Mar 20 2008 8:52PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
same. i have had my pole hit my neck. it hurt for about a week
Mar 20 2008 8:55PM
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-+Siver+-
Posts: 1902 - Karma: 12
There is a solution to your problem and it is called shorter polls, believe me it works.
Mar 20 2008 8:57PM
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KAS
Posts: 1417 - Karma: 68
I have, but probably not as bad as you hit.
Mar 20 2008 8:57PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
i have short poles. just when i fell my pole stuck to the ground and my neck hit my pole handle.
Mar 20 2008 9:00PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
A college friend of my Mom's was skiing with her boyfriend in mammoth however many years ago (back when they were in college) and he fell onto the pointy side of the ski pole. it went through his heart and the friend of my mom watched her boyfriend bleed to death. imagine how gnarly that would be

that's the only other time I have heard of it. I have taken my pole to my fae and chin before. I drop them when I can now.
Mar 20 2008 9:01PM
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--Daniel--
Posts: 1248 - Karma: 8
yeah that happened to me once, right in the sternum. i had a gnarly bruise for about a week and it was sooo sore
Mar 20 2008 9:07PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I took one to my neck and my chest. The one to my neck happened when I was skiing in really flat light and I hit a bump in the snow and I fell forward and my pole got stuck into the ground in front of me. It was scary.
Mar 20 2008 9:08PM
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killabees
Posts: 8558 - Karma: 494
i took one to the boys once, hurt like a bitch, and bent my pole to a 60 degree angle
Mar 20 2008 9:10PM
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
I love riding no poles.
Mar 20 2008 9:18PM
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Federation
Posts: 430 - Karma: 17
Yeh I fell off a rail it once and it got me in the stomach. fuckin hurt
Mar 20 2008 9:22PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385

my poles are like at my knees so its pretty much impossible.

Mar 20 2008 9:27PM
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TheJerz
Posts: 549 - Karma: 67
ya one time at the end of the park all my frineds were sittin down waiting for me they were all boarders, so i got a bit of speed off last jump and went to spray them bad, and when i turned sideways i guess my pole planted and got stuck under my ski and i flipped over like twice and lost all my skis n everything, went from making them pist at me to laughing there asses off at me :(
Mar 20 2008 9:31PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
and all the no polers go hazah!
Mar 20 2008 9:35PM
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mackinnon
Posts: 5153 - Karma: 161
that happened to me once when i fell off a box. it ruled.
Mar 20 2008 9:37PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
I've never gotten it to the chest, but it hit my in the face like that once. Broke my nose and fucked up my lip.
Mar 20 2008 9:38PM
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phishfood
Posts: 2542 - Karma: 298
lol this thread is so sexual

but yea i owned my stomach with one once while i was really moving
i worried i had like internal bleeding for the next 2 days
Mar 20 2008 10:09PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
or no poles...haha

and on another note, I was in brightons park for a little bit today and decided to hit that forum tap thingy and completely ran into it, I felt like such a gaper
Mar 20 2008 10:25PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
ive punched my self in the mouth with my pole 270ing off a box
bloody gum ftw
Mar 20 2008 10:27PM
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Faggghkxd
Posts: 1163 - Karma: 13
i forget where i saw but some guy took a pole to his gut, cut open his skin and his intestines were hanging out. if i can find the pictures i will post them they weren't on ns
Mar 20 2008 10:32PM
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R-B-B
Posts: 915 - Karma: 28
i got a pole to the head, bent the pole, and started to throw up... then just sat down in the lodge and took some asprin
Mar 20 2008 10:33PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 673
hahaha that sucks! thats why you go no poles baby!! :D
Mar 20 2008 10:45PM
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WhackStyle.
Posts: 406 - Karma: 14
My pole hit me right between the eyes...  I was skiing a trail and I was going into the woods and my right ski hit a tree stump and my left foot was still moving to go and without noticing, I stuck my pole into the ground and it hit me right in the middle of my goggles.  Sucked for me though cause I wear glasses and my frames got all bent from the impact.
Mar 20 2008 11:03PM
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BrightonFridays
Posts: 952 - Karma: 2,314
i hit killingtons dfd and fell of the side a little back seat cause i took to much speed into it. so i catch my pole in between the rail and ground and pull my arm so hard i thought it was ganna fall off

ive also had a freinds pole hit me in the tooth knock the middle on out. i have a picture somewhere but im not very good at posting those shits
Mar 20 2008 11:29PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
Word I used to have 46 inch poles and I got chest shots every now and then. Now I am on like 40 inch poles and they never do that and I think it helps my style.
Mar 20 2008 11:36PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
took one in the neck once when i was messing around skiing out of the park last year, i now have very short poles and often ski no poles
Mar 20 2008 11:44PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
hmmm probably not your fault, knowing how brighton builds.
Mar 21 2008 12:21AM
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huckaberry
Posts: 993 - Karma: 14
that really sucks
Mar 21 2008 1:20AM
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Inbred_Redneck
Posts: 2776 - Karma: 28
Same thing happened to me this week.  I did little 180 off of a small knoll and somehow caught my pole.  I then got speared in the face with the handle, now it looks like i lost a fight with a black man.
Mar 21 2008 11:05AM
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Mezmerize19
Posts: 6475 - Karma: 18
my friend got his wrist stabbed with a pole and his arm sliced open from a ski edge. gaper didnt scout the landing when we said he was down
Mar 21 2008 11:08AM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
ive taken my pole handle in the mouth before it hurt
Mar 21 2008 12:22PM
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Shatner_is_God
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i got one right in the neck this year and it bent my pole. that was like a week ago and my neck doesnt hurt at all. You'll be fine
Mar 21 2008 12:27PM
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R-Bertsch
Posts: 4719 - Karma: 20
i've clocked myself in the jaw a few times getting on lifts when your pole sticks in the ground and the chair swings forward and bam looks like i got socked in the face
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM
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thegreyarea
Posts: 3265 - Karma: 34
I've taken a poll to the chest before during a race doing about 30 mph. I ended up with 3 cracked ribs, but there's nothing you can do about it except ice it and not take any aggressive chances.

If you think you might be in my situation, go have a doctor check it out. You don't want to make it worse.
Mar 21 2008 1:03PM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,122
ive taken a pole to my nuts twice. one was oversotating a spin and the other was in a liftline.

my friends dad was skiing with his buddy and he hit a jump and put his ski bole right through his boot.
Mar 21 2008 1:11PM
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MoistAbode
Posts: 1132 - Karma: 37
same
Mar 21 2008 1:14PM
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RustyTrombone
Posts: 268 - Karma: 10
ya that thing looks siiick but they took it out before i ever got to try it. did you see that huge ass hip/jump they were building today?
Mar 21 2008 11:59PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
i landed a small jump with a pole between my legs. i peed blood for a few days after that.
Mar 22 2008 12:05AM
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stingfire
Posts: 315 - Karma: 13
I did last year and my pole bent in a perfect arc 90 degrees
Mar 22 2008 12:18AM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
the tap was ok..it could have been built a lot better

and that hip is for the new slug games comp. It looks like SO much fun
Mar 22 2008 12:54AM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
I have done that.  Hurts like shit, but cutting them shorter helps a lot.
Mar 22 2008 12:56AM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 1,659

yeah its happend to me but i hit my mouth and chipped half my front tooth off.

Mar 22 2008 1:04AM
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Mr.May
Posts: 126 - Karma: 57
earlier this week i was bending over to put a strap down on my boot and i wasn't paying attention to my poles. and one came out and drilled me in the testicles
Mar 22 2008 1:12AM
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