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Originally Posted by Christafa
Ok. Instead of being a noob and opening a thread about this I'll just ask here. What other injuries apart from broken wrists have you guys had? Seems fairly bloody common!! Do any of you find wrist guards help at all? You could probably tell by now I'm not a snowboarder.
I've got a bit of a bad back - my lowest disc, the L5,is bulging a bit which causes a bit of hassle bending over for prolonged periods of time, as well as sitting (good encouragement to get off my fat arse). Does anyone else have bad backs but continue to snowboard?
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Injuries: anything can happen broken knees, tail bones, elbows and anything else you can think off can brake. Face injuries are not as common but they do happen as well. I believe that every border knows their limit and when you push it, something is odd to happen.
Wrist guards: they should work wonderful, I personally used to use them while extreme roller blading and they saved my wrist plenty of times. I have not seen anyone in the mountain with them, maybe it's because people want to avoid bulk in their gear as much as possible. I used to use a butt protector while boarding but stopped, it kind of limited my mobility and made my ass look huge
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About the back: Personally I have a bad back, but not as bad as yours sounds. I hit the chiropractor about once a month to keep everything in place, he does a great job at it. I know some boarders that have bad backs, they tend to take more breaks than usual to give their backs so time to rest. I think most snowboarders that have been bitten by the riding bug won't let an injury stop them from ridding, they will just ride to a lesser extent than before, to protect their body from further damage.
Why are you asking this questions? do you plan to join the sport?