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How not to use Look Pivots

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garrettdini
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Dec 13 2019 11:43AM
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Sharko
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That you?
Dec 13 2019 11:46AM
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SavageBiff
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Jzuz Christ wtf did u do
hope u feel aight
Dec 13 2019 11:47AM
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3oh3
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big thumb up for taking a snapchat photo as it was happening tho
Dec 13 2019 11:51AM
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brogoldenhair
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where did the rest of the thumb go???
Dec 13 2019 11:52AM
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garrettdini
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fortunately that is not me, stole this from r/hadtohurt
SharkoThat you?
Dec 13 2019 11:53AM
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CalumSKI
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Bruh moment
Dec 13 2019 11:53AM
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SavageBiff
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brogoldenhairwhere did the rest of the thumb go???


Look at the pic and think about it , it’s still there just separated, man that’s fucked up
Dec 13 2019 11:54AM
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brogoldenhair
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SavageBiffLook at the pic and think about it , it’s still there just separated, man that’s fucked up


must have been so much force, hard to wrap my head around. Want full story
edit: Checked out reddit, couldnt find how he did it but apparently bone shattered, probably going to just cut it off.
Someone's speculation as to how it happened "Based off the photo of the bindings I can see those are FKS Pivot bindings. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how he managed to do this so I went down to my basement to look at a similar model I have on a pair of skis. Basically he must have had his thumb between the black leverage bar and the heel piece (neon yellow part) and then accidentally engaged the heel piece causing it to spring back very very fast against the leverage bar. There’s not really any reason to have your hand where he had it but I’m always going to remember this."- reddit user yevan

**This post was edited on Dec 13th 2019 at 11:57:59am
Dec 13 2019 11:55AM
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HaydenB
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no no no no no no no no no
Dec 13 2019 11:59AM
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BedBugDoug
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Same exact thing happened to me once and it hurt like a real bitch, but my thumb didn't get fucking squashed hahaha another reason to have your dins low I guess
Dec 13 2019 12:15PM
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BigScaryLarry
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done that before as well. thumb looked just about the same. shit was fucked
Dec 13 2019 1:37PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Anyone looking to buy my pivots?
Dec 13 2019 1:43PM
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AndrewGravesSV
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bruh that is some cartoon injury type shit jeeezus
Dec 13 2019 1:47PM
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oldmanski
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Ouch
Dec 13 2019 1:51PM
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No.Quarter
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Welcome to the club
Dec 13 2019 1:51PM
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Idahoe
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AndrewGravesSVbruh that is some cartoon injury type shit jeeezus


this dude has a scooby doo thumb
Dec 13 2019 2:02PM
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crustyboot.420
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Lord have mercy
Dec 13 2019 2:20PM
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evaroni
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Did you cry?
Dec 13 2019 2:26PM
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BayAreaJerry
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Strange.Journey.done that before as well. thumb looked just about the same. shit was fucked


what does it look like now
Dec 13 2019 2:26PM
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.nasty
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When Berman worked in the shop I work at he did that years ago, to this day his thumb still tingles constantly hahaha

**This post was edited on Dec 13th 2019 at 3:25:39pm
Dec 13 2019 2:58PM
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tiger_shart
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So brutal. I clicked my middle and ring finger in my first pair of pivots. Luckily they were 12s and at the lowest possible setting. Still lost both fingernails. At the time I couldn’t even imagine what it would look like if the din was higher. Now I know...
Dec 13 2019 3:10PM
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evanball
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Strange.Journey.done that before as well. thumb looked just about the same. shit was fucked

claim
Dec 13 2019 3:10PM
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P3t3r
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Ive only ever heard of this happening but holy shit it looks worse than it sounds.

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Dec 13 2019 3:31PM
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P3t3r
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Also need an update!
What did they do to "fix it"?
Dec 13 2019 3:38PM
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Saucerboyshane
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man finger injuries and they tend to rape you in the ass... Pivots suck
Dec 13 2019 3:39PM
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GrandThings
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Like everyone above, had always heard stories of this happening

but holy shit that is way worse than I ever imagined.....
Dec 13 2019 3:55PM
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yungcurv
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This happened to me once with a set of unmounted 14's. Makes me real stoked that I got it out in under a minute.
Dec 13 2019 4:11PM
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seanahue.
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good god.

done it (like everyone says, it only takes once and you’ll never do it again) but THAT is far, far worse than i ever thought possible.
😱😱😱
Dec 13 2019 4:14PM
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GrapeHunter
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Bruh got playdoh thumbs hahahaha wtf
Dec 13 2019 4:50PM
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Paul.
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Caught in the bear trap! It happened to me once and Im still terrified every time I need to engage the heel by hand.
Dec 13 2019 5:42PM
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dolanslebensraum
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Jesus Fuck
Dec 13 2019 6:00PM
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BigScaryLarry
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BayAreaJerrywhat does it look like now


totally normal. it fills itself back in slowly haha
Dec 13 2019 6:13PM
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SuckleBrick
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garrettdini


Mad respect
Dec 13 2019 6:27PM
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corona
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I honestly didn't think flesh could do that. That is fucked.
Dec 13 2019 6:39PM
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Lemuel
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Don’t play with unmounted pivots! This happened to a coworker of mine. Laughed my ass off when he told me. Def no injury like that though. You basically need to put the binding in a vice to undo this, there is nothing to leverage again
Dec 13 2019 7:15PM
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VT_scratch
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wtf wtf wtf
Dec 13 2019 7:25PM
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GayWolf420
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hehe giving this thread a THUMBS UP
Dec 13 2019 7:41PM
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vibecheck
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I just bought pivots and I'm shaking n crying rn wTF
Dec 13 2019 7:52PM
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ThatSkiierKidd64
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dude that"s nasty as Fuck! Same thing happened to me the other day while i was pulling my skis out, but not that gnarly.
Dec 13 2019 7:59PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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update...



Dec 13 2019 8:04PM
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Sharko
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hotAFI just bought pivots and I'm shaking n crying rn wTF


I triple dog dare you to wear them as nipple clamps and post a pic
Dec 13 2019 8:12PM
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nosebutterpizza
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IanAvery-Leafupdate...




Fuck that second picture
Dec 13 2019 9:09PM
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thenathan
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garrettdini


I got my thumb caught exactly like that about a month ago. Thankfully I got it off quickly. Hope you get better.
Dec 13 2019 9:13PM
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mattytru
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was this you ian? frikin gnarly man hope its feeling better
IanAvery-Leafupdate...



Dec 13 2019 9:40PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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mattytruwas this you ian? frikin gnarly man hope its feeling better

ha no thankfully it's not me, pics were sent through some circles last night. It's a friend of a friend here in SLC, and last I heard he was able to save the tip of his thumb from amputation
Dec 13 2019 9:46PM
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aidanaughton
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holy shit, I have been wondering how common this is all day, crushed my finger like that not even 24 hours ago... nowhere near that bad though



Dec 13 2019 9:49PM
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Bdoobz
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I am guilty of doing this as well. Pointer and middle finger caught in a P14. No serious damage but probably the most intense pain I've felt.

Moral of the story, buy STH2 and you'll never have this happen.
Dec 13 2019 10:17PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Dec 13 2019 10:29PM
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ColoradoDogfart
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The stock market for pivots is about to drop, I’m calling it
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