conradg_7

i have never been injured but i have only been boarding for a year and a half

Turbomarco

Those of you that got concussions, did you have stiff necks when you woke up in the morning?

sedition

Motorcycle wreck. The bone in my arm was sticking out my shoulder.

I also had broken bone in my wrist for "9 to 12 months" (skateboarding) before I went to the Dr about it. Cast, for 6 months, followed.

Another good question, is what is DUMBEST injury you have ever had? My two best:

(1) Broke my thumb doing a method: went to grab the board with my hand, and just ended up kicking my thumb with the snowboard, really, really hard. Smooth.

(2) Skateboarding in downtown Boston with some friends. We were trying to bomb this hill, ollie up a curb, and then manual an entire city (sidewalk) block. None of us could do it. We kept running out speed about 15' short off the curb on the far side. Then, I decided to grab onto a bus for extra speed. It worked. I just *barley* made it across the whole thing. I got off my board, and started walking back over for high-fives from friends. Then, I tripped on the very same curb I had just manualed off the end of, fell, and chipped my tooth. Super smooth. Skateboarding isn't dangerous. Walking, however...

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bushgirl

I've tried boarding on and off since I was 16, but never with a lot of enthusiasm. Never really hurt myself too bad on the board. Kneed myself in the mouth once and split my lip pretty good... A couple years ago I was playing touch football, was running fill tilt, and then suddenly tried to change my direction. My right hip and knee twisted and pulled out... hurt like a b**ch (there kids on this thing?). Now I find I don't have as much strength as I used to. Yeah.. I don't know anyone else that has fu**ed themselves up playing touch football either.

There's no ski hills near me (for like 200 kms) so I've been hitting this steep road off in the bush. I went out last year, right after the first good snowfall. I ran it three times no problem, then the fourth time slipped up and landed on my knees. The snow was only an inch or so and everything underneath was rocky ice. Tore up my pants and was hobbling a little for the next week. Only gone out once since then. Maybe I'm getting to be a wuss in my old age.

zumiezrep24

haha ive got plenty... dislocated my knees like 7 times last year. and a hyperextended left elbow... 1 of which was the hyperextension and a dislocated knee... so i was in the superpipe at chestnut doing mah thing and i get to the end and i was like 540 this shiznit... yeah haha... funny story... i get up and missed my jump at the top of the pipe... i was riding toe... and i got to the 180, stopped in mid air prolly 8 or 9 feet up... this is when i started to panic madstyle and my nose came down on the top of the pipe which carved into the top and dislocated my left knee, then screaming in pain i put my left arm straight out... SMART right? yeah haha fell on that at the bottom of the pipe just bout at the transition and the flat, put my left hand out and straightened my arm completely, and it hyperextended and then shot my ass up in the air like a rubberband... and yeah... tht was about january 14th... i was out for the rest of the season...

zumiezrep24

only if it was from snowboarding and i had whiplash...

jasonjcarney

I broke my femur in half coming down off a jump and landing on a flat bottom that was all ice. Ended up with a rod going the length of my femur and pins at the knee and hip. Still have it in and still riding.

crustyjuggler

Sprained my MCL after getting off a lift with my back foot out of the binding. Was goofing off carving around and doing little ollies when I caught a little washboard bump and got my front leg all bound and twisted up on the fall. Felt a "pop" and thought my knee was toast. Turns out it wasn't too bad. Nothing a handfull of ibbys couldn't handle. I did hobble around for about a while but was back at it with a brace the next weekend.

Its unreal how stupid you feel after hurting yourself in a dumb fashion.

mike1two

Yup! Both snowboarding concussions.

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colortv

colortv would just like to reflect on a day of snowboarding at mountain high.

today i broke my thumb sprained my wrist and have possibly fractured something in my shin....theres a huge tumor like lump on it. went up a superman box with way too much speed and ate shit comin down.

WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD that a guy had a severe concussion, in front of me, was pretty gnarly. he went off the jump and landed face first into the kicker, which was pure ice, slid down a good 200 feet on his face. came to a stop and didnt move. however, he start to moan and groan. when he got up i saw his face was TOTALLY puffy....how was your day on the hill?