Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

What happens when you ski into a tree at 30kph

profile picture
00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
Annnnd this is why you generally avoid skiing into trees (or anything for that matter) at 30 kph




Dec 2 2013 2:56PM
204 52
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 51645 - Karma: 162,278
.
Dec 2 2013 3:05PM
3 0
profile picture
Turkelton
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 8,558
how do people do this? god
Dec 2 2013 3:09PM
1 13
profile picture
CKpolicy
Posts: 2587 - Karma: 2,463
Blasting through a glade, your boot connects with something under the snow. Could be a rock, could be a stump, who gives a shit, it knocked you off balance. Now all your weight is on your inside foot and your fat waisted skis are tracking hard left. You look up just in time to notice the light contrast of green moss against greyish brown bark. Then, darkness.
Dec 2 2013 3:20PM
45 0
profile picture
JAHBRADOR
Posts: 3004 - Karma: 17,069
Why dont Stept guise ware helmets. Some1 show thum this.
Dec 2 2013 3:22PM
21 1
profile picture
Miomo
Posts: 4302 - Karma: 14,133
Hitting jump line next to trees, land off balance and back seat, keep turning until you end up in the woods. I have a huge fear of this.
Dec 2 2013 3:30PM
1 1
profile picture
Huck_Norris
Posts: 11487 - Karma: 18,627
Could be anything. Unseen obstacle catching a ski, random person shooting out in front of you... Really anything. The physics aren't exclusive to trees either! Rails, boxes, landings... Not hard to see how major G forces can build incredibly quickly.

I was skiing with a friend who is a RIPPING tree skier and he came whipping around a thick section and there was some old fat asshole just chilling in the middle of the only path through smoking a butt. He tried to avoid the guy and ended up plowing into a tree so hard he almost knocked himself out and busted in the whole front of his helmet. It took him about 7 minutes to stand up and he was done for the day, and was pretty fucked up for a while. I guaran-damn-tee that if he didn't have it on he would have had permanent damage or died. Scary shit man, his helmet took a ridiculous amount of force out of the equation. I'll never not wear one. (ok maybe on a handful of select spring days but whatever)
Dec 2 2013 3:33PM
6 0
profile picture
Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,351
I was skiing burnt trees at Sunshine Village after a storm and someone I was skiing with cut hard left and went right over my skis. That threw me into a tree and broke my goggle lens.
Dec 2 2013 3:42PM
3 0
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 51645 - Karma: 162,278
If you ski trees enough there's a good chance you've probably bumped a tree at the very least. I've clipped a couple pretty hard. My left shoulder still pops sometimes. Never hit one with my dome though.

I'd say knock on wood but for this topic that seems to be what you're trying to avoid.
Dec 2 2013 3:48PM
15 0
profile picture
Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
I've broken two pairs of goggles right on the front of a large tree, helmets are a good idea guys.
Dec 2 2013 3:58PM
1 1
profile picture
Huck_Norris
Posts: 11487 - Karma: 18,627
Wearing two pairs of goggles is steezy as fuck.
Dec 2 2013 4:01PM
34 0
profile picture
Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
Indeed it is.
Dec 2 2013 4:06PM
2 3
profile picture
MAWman
Posts: 142 - Karma: 49
^Just a matter of time untill this happens if you ski glades!
Especially on the east coast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happened to me last year, BLASTING along in the expansion at sugarloaf, just riding along and a tree well ate me up, threw my weight way off and sent me head first into a tree at MACH RETARDED.
I threw my pole as hard as i could and pushed my body weight left hard.
Ended up hitting my right leg just below the knee so hard that i literally bounced off the tree and was thrown....
Bone hematoma on my knee cap and tip of my femur, Dislocated knee and a level 2 strain on my PCL.
Had to ski 1600 vert ft alone, one footed, in doubele black diamond+ terrain because i had no comunication and was out of ski ptrol area.

LESSON- Neeeeeever push it while skiing alone in backcountry! Always wear a helmet. Always film that shit for glory hahaha
Dec 2 2013 4:38PM
4 1
profile picture
Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,008
Paging Daphne.
Dec 2 2013 4:42PM
1 0
profile picture
TheBigApple
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 488
I stump that was invisible under the snow caught me last season, completely flipped my backwards and launched me head first into a tree. Was quite dazed but had just started to pick up speed so was lucky.
Dec 2 2013 4:56PM
0 0
profile picture
MaxBaker
Posts: 202 - Karma: 272
Last year my dad hit a tree going full speed. He shattered his tibial plateau as well as tearing his acl and meniscus. Rough shit
Dec 2 2013 5:23PM
0 0
profile picture
250r
Posts: 2276 - Karma: 1,013
haha when i was like 7 or 8 i was ripping ahead of my ski school group, and straightened into a big, wide tree at the entrance of moose alley at sugarloaf. still remember how bad i got the wind knocked out of me, ended up with a cracked rib.
Dec 2 2013 6:40PM
0 0
profile picture
phyz
Posts: 573 - Karma: 937
Or just never do this.
Dec 2 2013 7:52PM
6 0
profile picture
Lmclellan4
Posts: 34 - Karma: 27
Just saw a guy eat shit off a rail yesterday and he wasnt wearing a helmet and he got concussed...
Dec 2 2013 9:10PM
1 0
profile picture
.Duncan.
Posts: 1375 - Karma: 459
all you have to do is fall over...
Dec 2 2013 9:13PM
0 0
profile picture
Anchorfilms
Posts: 879 - Karma: 1,888
ENGLAND:

taking everything to seriously
Dec 2 2013 11:11PM
1 5
profile picture
Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
Yeah, head injuries are a joke. Thanks for the reminder.
Dec 2 2013 11:21PM
8 0
profile picture
MAWman
Posts: 142 - Karma: 49
we had a 16" storm followed by a 24" storm in like 3 days
i couldnt resist the powder calling me....
Dec 3 2013 12:36AM
1 1
profile picture
eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
30kph isn't that like 5 mph? lolol /badmetricjoke
Dec 3 2013 12:42AM
9 12
profile picture
brandonhausner
Posts: 201 - Karma: 837
Whether or not that dummy hit the tree, he had some mad steeze
Dec 3 2013 1:31AM
1 0
profile picture
.tomskis
Posts: 380 - Karma: 1,025
No.
Dec 3 2013 2:27AM
1 5
profile picture
pow_pow~
Posts: 1429 - Karma: 1,804
yes but the chances of your head hitting first are very low, 95% your hands would come up first. regardless, wasnt there some test done last year that proved most helmets are useless at crashes like this over 40km/h?
Dec 3 2013 2:45AM
0 5
profile picture
purplejumpsuit
Posts: 2208 - Karma: 157
Ohh well in that case we might as well not eh, they look pretty ugly anyways. Same with beacons in the backcountry, I mean how many people do they really save? Taking precautions that could potently save your life is soooo overrated.
Dec 3 2013 4:53AM
4 0
profile picture
pow_pow~
Posts: 1429 - Karma: 1,804
never said they werent useless. but its clearly that time of the month so not even going to bother arguing.
Dec 3 2013 5:17AM
0 3
profile picture
ErryB
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,685
but but but, stept doesn't wear helemts
Dec 3 2013 6:23AM
1 0
profile picture
esotericjive
Posts: 1889 - Karma: 1,445
Three weeks ago at killington I was skiing down from the park pretty fast. I think I caught an edge near the side of the trail, don't really remember. Woke up in the woods two minutes later and my helmet was cracked. Got a nice concussion but probably saved my life.

tldr;wear a helmet
Dec 3 2013 9:29AM
3 0
profile picture
mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
thats scary
Dec 3 2013 9:37AM
0 0
profile picture
neutralzombie
Posts: 8629 - Karma: 606
i don't think anyone's blasting at 30km/hr...
Dec 3 2013 9:43AM
0 0
profile picture
AlexMartini
Posts: 2989 - Karma: 1,905
i hit a tree at 3 kph once, on a snowboard, i dont snowboard glades anymore though
Dec 3 2013 10:43AM
4 0
profile picture
slowaimer
Posts: 278 - Karma: 1,510
Can we all just do what we want...
Dec 3 2013 4:26PM
0 0
profile picture
yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
anyone remember the video that came up last season that showed some dude flying straight off the groomer and into a tree? he musta been going 50+kph, i think he died so maybe the video is gone

I just remember the sound of him hitting the tree that hard was gnarly
Dec 3 2013 4:45PM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
3scary5me.


Every time Im skiing trees out west, its just a matter of time before I have to stop because of a combination of anxiety and close calls
Dec 3 2013 5:08PM
2 0
All times are Eastern (-5)