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Spine protectors for the park?

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redbull247
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I haven't heard of people wearing them but does anyone use a spine protector in the park or backcountry?
Apr 20 2012 7:07PM
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TheClap.
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Apr 20 2012 7:13PM
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j.saaaarela
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Yup I wear a Poc VPD Vest every day I ski. Landing flat on your back is much less painful, I hardly notice it, and its a good confidence booster.
Apr 20 2012 8:46PM
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Sklar
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I wear one for skicross, and it is definitely nice

If you do get one, i recommend something like the POC vpd mentioned above, which is nice because it's a vest, and soft, or check out Slytech as well, that's what i have and it's super comfy. I can barely even tell i'm wearing it.
Apr 20 2012 9:38PM
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Stose
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I wear a scott one in the park. Ive only ever taken one hard fall that ive been glad ive had it on for, but i like the security of it more than anything
Apr 21 2012 1:39PM
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rozboon
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I ride in a Scott one, it's never really got in the way but if you're going up a chair with a pack and that on you feel like you're sitting on the veeeery edge. Other than that, all good, keeps you a little warmer, good for confidence and definitely makes a difference when it all goes pear-shaped. One of my buddies rocks a POC VPD vest and reckons it's the shit, I'm tempted to upgrade too.
Apr 22 2012 3:37AM
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sneds
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walked it off like a true gangster.
Apr 22 2012 10:12AM
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I_Am_Mod
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used to wear one all the time, but mine has kind of gotten too small for me and i stopped wearing it, even tough i'm pretty sure it saved me of some serious injury one time ...
i guess i'll have to start looking for a summer deal on a size bigger :)
Apr 22 2012 11:40AM
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bnewbs6
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Salomon is coming out with an amazing one next year. It isnt like the usual ones with the hard plastic scale like things. It's this weird stuff. It's really soft and squishy when you touch it. But when it gets hit it gets really firm and hardens up. I've used it and it is so rad.
Apr 22 2012 4:23PM
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I_Am_Mod
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RED hippads are the same stuff, it's really cool, i think the material is called d3o or something, it gets hard when it absorbs kinetic energy, its pretty whack stuff, the guy at the store sold it to my by putting my hand underneath it and smacking it with a hammer :P

i guess i'll keep an eye out for this cause i love the stuff in my hippads and i'd definitely be interested if this would ever get incorporated in spineprotection ...


Apr 22 2012 4:36PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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yeah d3o is cool, if you go to there site it tells you who uses that stuff.
Apr 22 2012 4:52PM
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pbandj
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scott already made a spine protector with d3o
Apr 22 2012 10:29PM
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Sklar
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yea, it's similar to the poc vpd, or slytech
Apr 22 2012 10:31PM
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saxon
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i don't yet, but i've been seriously looking into them this winter. I am going to get one for next winter though, I'm gonna get the POC Spine Ergo Bug. I figure the cost of one of these is a lot less than a serious injury.
Apr 23 2012 12:05AM
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Mr_pretzel
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Been wearing a sweet one for a while. Dont notice it. Defiantly recommend everyone to use one.
Apr 23 2012 2:12AM
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BITS
Posts: 1808 - Karma: 866
I have always been wearing one.

Three weeks ago I caught my edges on a cannon rail and landed straight on my back on the knuckle.
I fractured my back in three places, but I will be back skiing again in three months.

The doctors said I probably would have become disabled, if I had not wore a spine protector.

I really recommend everyone to wear one.
Apr 23 2012 6:39AM
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northeast
Posts: 2119 - Karma: 254
I have a few friends at the mountain who wear them, we always call them jetpacks. they say they hardly notice it and it helps a whole lot.
Apr 23 2012 9:24AM
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redbull247
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Sick, thanks guys stoked to be riding with a spine protector this summer and next season!
Apr 24 2012 8:32PM
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callmeteo
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Apr 30 2012 8:48PM
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Bahamamama
Posts: 70 - Karma: 13
My old spine protector is now too small so im thinking about buying an poc vpd vest. Is it really worth of the extra money cause it´s quite expensive here in Finland?
May 1 2012 7:23AM
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BROSEIDON
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How much is the ability to walk worth to you...
May 1 2012 4:18PM
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BROSEIDON
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^ that being said I don't have one, but I don't really go huge haha
May 1 2012 4:18PM
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aaron@summit
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I used to use a poc vest after I hurt my back, helped alot. But I got better and gradually used it less and less
May 1 2012 6:06PM
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Bahamamama
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did u notice that you were wearing it cause my old spine protector was stiff as hell and was really big so i´m looking for an thinner and more flexible model?
May 2 2012 9:49AM
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Bahamamama
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and i´m 5.74 ft so what size should i get the poc vpd vest?
May 2 2012 11:01AM
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saxon
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what kind did you have? so i know what not to get.
May 2 2012 11:15AM
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Bahamamama
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i got the r.e.d back protecter, dont remember which model but it´s really stiff and dont fit my back, had it few times in the park but trying to get rid off it
May 2 2012 12:33PM
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WI_Personallty
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I wore one from RED when I snowboarded.
May 2 2012 3:55PM
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