Ouch! - Snowboarding Forum

Zee · 03-08-2009, 01:26 PM

You can get hurt in the strangest way sometimes.

I've been teaching my daughter, so there is a lot of slow riding (mostly switch) on green runs. Yesterday, I'm riding just below her, looking up at her coming down and giving her encouragement, when I catch my heel edge. Landed hard on my hip and smacked my head hard. The helmet looks OK, but had it not been there, what was just a painful fall would have been a concussion, and I have been concussed before, so it doesnt take much. Goes to show you, you can wipe out anywhere.

I have a good bruise on my hip... left my butt pad at home.

Technine Icon · 03-08-2009, 02:29 PM

Yeah, catching edges is the worst part about snowboarding.

03-08-2009, 01:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zee -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 1,423	Ouch! You can get hurt in the strangest way sometimes. I've been teaching my daughter, so there is a lot of slow riding (mostly switch) on green runs. Yesterday, I'm riding just below her, looking up at her coming down and giving her encouragement, when I catch my heel edge. Landed hard on my hip and smacked my head hard. The helmet looks OK, but had it not been there, what was just a painful fall would have been a concussion, and I have been concussed before, so it doesnt take much. Goes to show you, you can wipe out anywhere. I have a good bruise on my hip... left my butt pad at home.

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03-08-2009, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Technine Icon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,252	Yeah, catching edges is the worst part about snowboarding.