Snowboarder Mark McMorris breaks leg in Los Angeles - Saskatchewan - CBC News
Yikes. That's a brutal injury. Hope he can come back from it. Usually you're better off breaking a bone than you are shredding ligaments, but the femur is a different story.
This is also further proof that everyone catches an edge every now and then. I know we all consider it a beginner mistake, but it happens on occasion to everyone, even the best riders on the planet. He landed a little in the back seat and lost his edge and went down. No big deal. The injury happened when he tried to pop back up while sliding down the landing zone and caught his toe edge.
Yikes. That's a brutal injury. Hope he can come back from it. Usually you're better off breaking a bone than you are shredding ligaments, but the femur is a different story.
This is also further proof that everyone catches an edge every now and then. I know we all consider it a beginner mistake, but it happens on occasion to everyone, even the best riders on the planet. He landed a little in the back seat and lost his edge and went down. No big deal. The injury happened when he tried to pop back up while sliding down the landing zone and caught his toe edge.