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worst crashes you've seen?

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#1 ·
the other day at Attitash while on a lift i saw a skiier fall right at the beginning of a run, loose both skiis and poles, then slide headfirst down the entire section of the run (which was a black--long and steep). he was perfectly fine, though.
so what are the worst (or funniest) crashes you've seen?
 
#89 ·
Second day out boarding, i'm there with my g/f at the time, my sister, and my best friend... we had just learned to go up and down lifts(definitely with falling involved everytime) and my buddy had ended up behind us. We stopped and sitting at the bottom of the hill, and were chatting (my gf, sis, and i) He comes barreling down the hill at me, slows down a little, and then tries to stop drastically and throw snow on us. He ended up catching his toe edge and LAUNCHED over all three of us, not touching any of us, and catching his chin in the snowbank about 5 feet from any of us... left an indent in the snow from his chin, and split it wide open... funniest/craziest shit i've ever seen. To this day I still don't know how we weren't all taken out by him.
 
#96 ·
No worries man, it needs to be shared. If I get one person to wear a helmet then I'll look at that as as success. :thumbsup:
Dude, that is a brutal story and I'm really glad you shared it. I'm just getting into the sport this year and bought all my gear minus the helmet. :confused:

I told the wife I would consider getting one once I start hitting the harder slopes and the park... however there is absolutely no way I'm going to wait to buy a helmet after reading this; there's going to be a bucket on that melon before I hit my first slopes.

Again, thank you so much for sharing your story and I hope you'll recover from everything you suffered from that crash.
 
#93 ·
What are your guys' takes on ASTM 2040 vs EN/CE1077? (since a lot of this thread is about helmets)

I bought my helmet (that I'm still wearing, and thankfully haven't taken any big hits except for getting whiplashed into ice from a very small kicker last year) about 2002? Maybe? It was a Giro something for like $30 new and it says ASTM certified on it.

I was going to replace it last year after that hit, but noticed that 95% of helmets in stores now are EN/CE certification and have useless stuff like earbuds built in, and ASTM ones don't start till about the $100 mark. Even considering inflation, that helmet was the cheapest thing I could buy. The OCD me doesn't like the idea of wearing a EN only helmet lol.

Ski Helmets- Maintain Your Brain With A Ski Helmet here is an explanation if you aren't familiar with those standards.

And sadly the standards are nowhere near good enough that you won't get a concussion from hitting something hard =[
 
#94 ·
I have only been riding for one season, but the worst crash I have seen was some guy on ski's trying to teach someone on the bunny hill and showing off while he did it. Well, needless to say he lost control and decided to see how the snowmaker worked... head first. He was carried away with a broken wrist, broken collar bone, a concussion, and he broke a ski in half. It was the lamest crash at a slow speed but he certainly ruined himself.
 
#95 ·
Worst I ever saw had to be the first day of the season about two years ago. I was with some roommates at the time who are all about the park. I'm not a big park kind of guy, but I went in with them to watch them hit the rails. While we were there, I saw a guy try to jump on a box, but his nose hit the front of the box and he went flying face first into the top of the box. He must have smashed out every one of his front teeth on that box. He was a bloody mess. Pieces of his pearly whites were everywhere and he was still concious somehow. He got up and spat out an entire mouthfull of blood.

Needless to say, I'm sure that guys dentist was happy. Everyone wants dentures at 22 right? lol
 
#98 ·
Thank you sir! For the most part, I'm recovered. The hardest part now is getting the guts and confidence back so I can hit the slopes again.

I'm glad you're getting a helmet! I know the temptations of buying online for good prices is there, but if you have local shops buy your helmet there for a couple reasons. 1, it supports the local community and that's cool :thumbsup: 2, you want to try on as many as you can to find one that correctly fits you. Try different brands, different sizes and all that jazz. Make sure it fits correctly, or else it's no good. Don't be afraid to drop a little bit more cash on it if it is the helmet for you.

I'm definitely glad that you're wearing a brainbucket due in part to me sharing my story. I've always had trouble talking about that crash. A few members I was close with here (killclimbz being one of them) got PM's and phone calls a few weeks after letting them know what happened and that was about it. I have never been comfortable talking about it, but knowing that you're willing to wear a helmet now makes me feel 100% better that I shared it. So thank you!!!:)

/endrant.
Believe me, it's not going to be a cheap bucket. I play hockey every week and the second helmets came out as a 1-piece (instead of 2 pieces held together by screws) with the foamy/squishy inserts, I went out and bought one.

I'm not sure why I was hesitant to buy one right away, perhaps because I figured I'd look like a goofball... but for once in my life, I'm going function over fashion, in large part due to your story.

Again man, the thanks all go to you, not the other way around.
 
#99 ·
My worst accident so far has been really minor, i was in a group lesson and people were riding behind me in glades (which i now realize is stupid) and it was one of those shitty glades with a thin path and no other good path and i didnt want to speedcheck to much because of the people behind and i hit a patch of ice and i went flying and had to turn sideways to avoid hitting my head and i hit my ribs on a tree, bruised but not badly it wasnt so bad but ever since then i have been super hesitant and slow in glades.
 
#100 ·
My worst accident was on my first snowboarding trip on the first day. I pushed myself a little bit to far by already trying to link turns on ice, hit the ice really bad with my knee :/ So, my knee was like totally blue but I had no pain so I just kept on snowboarding for the rest of the vacation. Back home, my mom like freaked out when she saw my knee xD We went to the hospital and apparently I had broken my knee xD Then I had a little surgery the week after (they sucked away the blood and cleaned the inside of my knee). But I was fine :D
 
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