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How to crash?

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Breaking_Rad
Posts: 478 - Karma: 1,092
Stupid question (maybe), but I don't know if I've ever seen it asked. If so, sorry.

So, you know you are going to eat shit and you have limited time - rail or jump. What should you be trying to do with legs, arms - What to think about and what strategies - penguin slide, etc. to reduce bad going to worse.

Maybe a few scenarios -

1) Catching edge on rail
2) Clearing knuckle, but under/overrating
3) Flat out not enough speed and decking

or anything else that makes sense.
Feb 10 2015 4:58PM
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Dobber
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I usually just slide down the jump on my back and get major ice burn.
Feb 10 2015 5:02PM
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LucasTrent
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,460
not much you can do besides just take it and hope for the best. Some crashes are worse than others but the truth is your gonna go down and sometimes you get hurt.
Feb 10 2015 5:25PM
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WhatTheHuck
Posts: 503 - Karma: 2,161
Hip check when possible. Don't want to extend your arm to protect your fall to a certain extent, as they are much weaker than your legs/hips. But really I think your body will do whatever it needs to do to protect your head/organs instinctively
Feb 10 2015 5:33PM
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OzzyJ
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when your ski flies off mid air try to land it and then tip over as soon as you hit the snow unless its a small jump.
Feb 10 2015 5:39PM
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Burgy
Posts: 414 - Karma: 630
when i catch an edge or slip of a rail, i automatically tense up, bring my neck forwards, bring my arms to my sides, put my legs and skis together, and then try to land on my ass or slide it out.... obviously any fall will hurt a bit but way better then twisting your leg or landing on a shoulder or rib.
Feb 10 2015 5:46PM
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plastic.cheese
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Just let yourself fall and absorb the impact as best you can. If you try to fight it , it usually results in a injury.
Feb 10 2015 6:09PM
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Camharhar
Posts: 198 - Karma: 555
DONT, that is how
Feb 10 2015 6:10PM
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uyghur
Posts: 993 - Karma: 2,028
Ideally you would roll out of a crash just like people do in parkour, but the chances of pulling it off consistently are pretty slim
Feb 10 2015 6:18PM
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JOYSTICK*
Posts: 271 - Karma: 1,719
The Joystick Varsity Guide to Success in Life and Getting Swol;

1) land in a sit up position, proceed to do crunches until the pain stops.

2) land in push up position, 600 sets of 50 pushups. Do not stop until coach says stop.

3) land on deck, fashion skis and boots into benchpress, proceed to gym out until protein is gone.

If you follow these rules you'll make it to State for sure. #varsitychamps
Feb 10 2015 6:37PM
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Mr.noodle
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I dont know, I've never fallen
Feb 10 2015 6:45PM
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Gr0mo
Posts: 707 - Karma: 3,663
I think the only real thing you can do is try not to extend your legs and arms to brake your fall.

A lot of times you want to stick you arm or leg out upon impact to take a way from the hard hit. Instead of what could have been just a bruised hip or shoulder you end up with a blow rotater cuff or a torn ACL.
Feb 10 2015 6:57PM
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mr-mcsteeze
Posts: 487 - Karma: 1,103
hold the afterbang even if you fall. gotta look steezy even when you fall
Feb 10 2015 7:14PM
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-Colton
Posts: 272 - Karma: 2,525
I treat falling on the slopes as i do on the pitch... With learning rugby we use a tree in relation to our bodies when taken into contact (tackle) and proceed to hit the ground/turf in a forcefull way. We use the tree analogy as that your main body (torso... abdomen.. etc) is the trunk, and your arms and legs are your branches. When taken into contact with ur branches (arms) all out and about, things like to snap and break off. When you CORRECTLY take the hit, you want your branches inside and contained so that you dont have any loose cargo on the way down. With the impact from jump ~ air to snow just use ur legs as a shock absorber and keep ur branches in close...

If that made no sense i wouldnt blame yah^^
Feb 10 2015 8:01PM
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