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How do you Prevent Shinbang???

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fsscott
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I was wondering if anyone had some ideas on how to prevent shinbang...
I have a pair of Salomon SPK's, and shinbang is still taking weeks off my ski season because the pain is too much.
If there's anything I can do, I'll do it, just make it stop!!!
Thanks again!
Nov 20 2007 7:40PM
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d-rok
Posts: 594 - Karma: 113
a good solution would be to move to an RCR resort where you wont be doing any jumps, therefore no backseat landings which equals no shinbang.
Nov 20 2007 7:47PM
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MiniMeDanny
Posts: 1737 - Karma: 2,312
check out a product called boosterstrap 
Nov 20 2007 7:49PM
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djty111
Posts: 1103 - Karma: 93
^ HA you could do that or buy some booster straps...
Nov 20 2007 7:49PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
well you can run around kicking things with your shins to toughen them up. but if you dont wanna look like a retard then you can always take a ski pole and rub your shin with it. hold it and push down pretty hard onto your shin so it kinda hurts and just rub it up and down. this will make many micro fractures and then those frctures will scar over thus making your shin stronger thus giving you less shin band. oh and the best time to start this was like last week. so get going
Nov 20 2007 7:51PM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
thats harsh
Nov 20 2007 7:51PM
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sandybov.ill
Posts: 804 - Karma: 1,559
don't ski
Nov 20 2007 9:08PM
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MtHoodCork9
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Pretty hard thing to avoid completely. Just suck it up. A little shinbang never killed anyone, plus you usually dont feel it till the next day. Just man up.
Nov 20 2007 9:10PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
shintronics work wonders, i dont think i could ski without them. apparently full tilt boots work well too if they fit ya.
Nov 20 2007 9:20PM
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sneaky
Posts: 349 - Karma: 10
or buy good boots. i have lange freedride 120's they have abooter strap, i have not had a problem, but i might not be as "intense" as you on the shinbang catagory. :/
Nov 20 2007 9:33PM
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eheath
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Don't land back seat.
Nov 20 2007 9:35PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
somehow i knew u would say that when i saw u posted
Nov 20 2007 9:36PM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
i get the same problem. i try to suck it up but it gets reaaly painful sometimes. my boots are too small too
Nov 20 2007 9:42PM
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chickenwang
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get boots that fit. forward pressure. seems like thats not stressed enough anymore these days. put rocks in the back of your boot if u need to to keep your wieght forward
Nov 20 2007 9:44PM
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styl.tweakit
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lol, i cut up gel insoes for shoes halfway through the season last year, and put the 2 halves of  gel insole on the tounge of your boot, inbetween you shin and touge.
it surprisingly worked wonders.
Nov 20 2007 9:49PM
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Ryanvdonk
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vicodin!
Nov 20 2007 9:50PM
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skiracer-steez
Posts: 72 - Karma: 11
definitley get boots that fit good you dont want a boot that is too big or too small this worsens shinbang.  my friend also says that he does foot raises to put more mussle around your shin bone so they dont bruise as easily.
Nov 20 2007 10:05PM
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popNfresh44
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o yea also my shins have lots of ridgey bumps on them, but they are consistent. is this normal?
Nov 20 2007 10:07PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
trry using a searchbar.


someone had to say it...
Nov 20 2007 10:44PM
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Caleb_F
Posts: 197 - Karma: 156
Back seat is a killer.  Also, get boots that fit...
Nov 21 2007 10:25AM
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Alpineslide
Posts: 405 - Karma: 49
land switch
Nov 21 2007 1:04PM
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Tucks
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booster straps are good
Nov 21 2007 4:21PM
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titsLOL
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check out the reviews on here (under resources) bishop reviewed some shintronic things that look like they could help...
Nov 21 2007 4:23PM
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Upgrayedd
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I am liking my booster straps
Nov 21 2007 4:23PM
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noj1080
Posts: 355 - Karma: 69

land switch all the time it works wonders

Nov 21 2007 4:31PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445

you want you keep your boots as loose as possible

Nov 21 2007 5:01PM
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doublexl
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its probably cause SPKz are fucking pieces of garbage. just suck it up and wear em around your house.
Nov 21 2007 5:12PM
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JaySkier107
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Buy some Il Moro boots there sick and the design helps prevent shin bang
Nov 21 2007 5:15PM
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JaySkier107
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or you could shave your shins. My friend tried it and doesnt recomend it!

Nov 21 2007 5:16PM
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nipe
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BOOSTER STRAPS.

Why everyone doesnt have them is beyond me. They will elminate your shin bang woes. Promise.
Nov 21 2007 5:32PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Booster straps are s'posed to be good. i don't have any problem with shin bang cause my boots fit my legs really good for some reason.
Nov 21 2007 5:44PM
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solitaryman
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suicides an option.. nahh  a booster strap would work.
Nov 21 2007 6:28PM
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Salomonkid161
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Or just land everything switch. Thats what i do when I get shinbag.

Nov 21 2007 9:52PM
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thedutchmayn
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well at least my hair can't be ripped out anymore.
Nov 21 2007 10:18PM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
we all did
Nov 21 2007 10:53PM
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ElliottP
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haha, for sure.
Nov 22 2007 1:38AM
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charmander
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lean forward?
Nov 22 2007 1:46AM
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landonn
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theres no way to prevent it but if you buckle up tight around the shins it helpsl
Nov 22 2007 1:49AM
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turoa_NZEE
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yea, learn to lean foward when you land for sure. I used to get it so bad, so much that i couldnt lean foward into my boots any more, and i thought it was because they were to stiff. it got pretty bad so i went to see some one and it was cause i was leaning back to far especially on landings, and it stretches the shit out of your mucsles covering that bone and sometimes splints the bone. so i changed how i jumped, learnt to get myself more foward on jumps and it helped me progress my skiing a shit load too
Nov 22 2007 3:28AM
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Billiards.
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Land standing up, lean forward, ski the mountain. Don't let the mountain ski you haha.
Nov 22 2007 4:02AM
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Colbs
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words of wisdom from willem haha.
Nov 22 2007 11:19AM
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7X
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get yall boots as tight as they go then make sure to have forward shin pressure. leave the backseat for the girlfriend.
Nov 22 2007 12:48PM
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chickenwang
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i shave my shins
i reccomend it. but you have to keep up so it doesnt grow back cuz the stubble will hurt.
Nov 22 2007 12:52PM
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Karcher
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wait, im confused. are you guys talking about landing backseat forward? I always get shinbang when I land backseat switch...
Nov 22 2007 12:55PM
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potato_man
Posts: 2158 - Karma: 89
wider straps, tighter boots
Nov 22 2007 2:59PM
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ax_murderer
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yah i get it so bad sometimes i cant jump for like 2-3 days after no joke it fuckin hurts like a motherbitch
Nov 22 2007 3:17PM
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ct
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i get it from doin butters/nollies
anyone know how to fix this besides the obvious dont butter/nollie
Dec 23 2007 8:34PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026

my shins are hurting i could NOT ski right now and i have tried ibuprofen, booster straps, foam, eliminators, and i have spk boots that fit

my shins must be weak as fuck

shit blows

Dec 23 2007 8:38PM
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ButteredToast.
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Yeah it's normal.

I used to  have shinbang, but I tightened my boots as far as they'd go, and it didn't bother me anymore.
Tighten those bitches.
Dec 23 2007 8:45PM
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scurry4
Posts: 155 - Karma: 16
walk on your heels everyday for a hundred yards or so, builds up your shin muscles a ton. its also what you do to prevent shin splints, which i am assuming is very similar.
Dec 23 2007 9:02PM
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overyourhead1
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I got some boot inserts that go between my shin and the boot liner, helps me get a more snug fit. Anyways helps me a ton. FUCK shin bang
Dec 23 2007 10:37PM
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