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crazyface · 01-20-2011, 04:54 PM

I told myself "hit the box with a flat base, do not go on edge." As I approached it, I tried to keep my speed low and was going moderately slow when I decided to shed more speed... on the take off ramp. I landed on my toe edge and it instantly went out from under me, causing my right shin to scrape painfully down the box.

The scrape is about 3 - 4 inches long and has left part of my shin completely numb 3 days after teh fall. I think I'm done with boxes for this season.

linvillegorge · 01-20-2011, 04:58 PM

The thing with boxes is that speed helps. You just gotta work up the guts to carry the speed.

Deviant · 01-20-2011, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyface

I think I'm done with boxes for this season.

Cancel that thought right now, go back and hit it when you're healed up and own it, don't let it control you.

justdust · 01-20-2011, 07:38 PM

Don't even wait to heal. The box can smell fear.

slyder · 01-20-2011, 08:03 PM

my first attempt at a boardslide on a box slammed me too. No injuries, but scared me.
I hit it next time down, but I wasn't bashed like you. Get some soccer shin guards and hit it again

LG_FUAD · 01-20-2011, 10:42 PM

i got a scar like that from skateboarding a long time ago.

david_z · 01-21-2011, 10:04 AM

i saw in this one Ice Coast video (I think it was in Numskull) one of those guys shinned a street rail and pulled up his pant to reveal this gaping, bleeding wound. I hurt just watching it.

doron · 01-22-2011, 11:47 AM

Dude I got the EXACT same injury last season! Took a few weeks for the pain to go away when touched but it still feels numb a year later.

My recommendation is to buy yourself some shin guards before you ride next time and hit the box again with more speed, and concentrate on looking past the feature not down at your feet. I went out the following week and hit the same spot on my shin, but this time my guards saved me from something much worse (still hurt like hell though).

swilber08 · 01-22-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by justdust

Don't even wait to heal. The box can smell fear.

...I did the same exact thing last week except i slipped out on the top of a rainbow box...I thought i fucking snapped my shin at first but I just manned up, got right back on the lift, went right back to that box and got my sweet revenge by shreddin it!

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Wrongday · 01-22-2011, 03:35 PM

i did the same thing 2 days ago. Im doing boxes since a few days and i cant fix my mind to get enought speed. I end up at the end of the box trying to jump off of it and slipped right on that shin.

01-20-2011, 04:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
crazyface Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PA Posts: 648	god damned boxes I told myself "hit the box with a flat base, do not go on edge." As I approached it, I tried to keep my speed low and was going moderately slow when I decided to shed more speed... on the take off ramp. I landed on my toe edge and it instantly went out from under me, causing my right shin to scrape painfully down the box. The scrape is about 3 - 4 inches long and has left part of my shin completely numb 3 days after teh fall. I think I'm done with boxes for this season.

01-20-2011, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,927	my first attempt at a boardslide on a box slammed me too. No injuries, but scared me. I hit it next time down, but I wasn't bashed like you. Get some soccer shin guards and hit it again __________________ Thanks -Slyder

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david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	i saw in this one Ice Coast video (I think it was in Numskull) one of those guys shinned a street rail and pulled up his pant to reveal this gaping, bleeding wound. I hurt just watching it. __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

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01-20-2011, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
linvillegorge Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Evergreen, CO Posts: 4,501	The thing with boxes is that speed helps. You just gotta work up the guts to carry the speed.

01-20-2011, 07:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
justdust Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Albany Posts: 494 Blog Entries: 1	Don't even wait to heal. The box can smell fear.

01-20-2011, 10:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
LG_FUAD Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9	i got a scar like that from skateboarding a long time ago.

01-22-2011, 11:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
doron Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 131	Dude I got the EXACT same injury last season! Took a few weeks for the pain to go away when touched but it still feels numb a year later. My recommendation is to buy yourself some shin guards before you ride next time and hit the box again with more speed, and concentrate on looking past the feature not down at your feet. I went out the following week and hit the same spot on my shin, but this time my guards saved me from something much worse (still hurt like hell though).

01-22-2011, 03:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Wrongday Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 32	i did the same thing 2 days ago. Im doing boxes since a few days and i cant fix my mind to get enought speed. I end up at the end of the box trying to jump off of it and slipped right on that shin.