Broken face skiing

[imarookie]

this past week i was tryin a lincoln off a small cliff, and i came around to my feet and when i landed my skis didnt sink and my knee hit my face...i dont remember it at all because i got knocked out for a couple minutes, but my buddy told me how it happened. but i ended smashing a bone in my face into my sinus, and i was wondering how often this happens to people on here? or if you know anybody who it has happened to. people keep asking me if i was wearing a helmet, but it wouldn't have helped in this situation. is this very common?

 

[HERCULES.]

super common to knee yourself in the face. I never heard of anyone breaking theres though lol. It was part of your nose i guess?

 

[array.]

check the landing next time?

 

[Degnan]

My roommate broke his eye socket in two places and messed up something in his sinus last year. Smashed his face on some hard snow on a super gnarly crash. He was wearing a helmet. Still got knocked out real bad and had no memory of the whole day.

 

[AspenBeatrice]

yup i did it

3 days later blew my nose and face blew up...went to clinic, went to CT scan, went to eye doctor, went to eyes-ears-nose-throat doc, had surgery a few hours later to repair my orbital...if you havent got checked out yet you should...doctor told me if i waited any longer my eye would have sunk back in my head and i would be cross-eyed

 

[McFellon]

for me, once or twice a week. no biggie.

jk. that sucks a lot. hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

[AspenBeatrice]

when i had surgery i was able to ski a week later.....had to do nothing for a week, no lifting or anything, just couch and tv and pain meds

great week then back on the hill!

 

[Heart]

+vibes man. ive actually smashed myself in the face quite a few times, but ive never broken anything.

just last week i overshot a 35 footer to flat, smashing my lip into my braces with my knee. spat blood for a few minutes.

 

[tim_b]

my cousin did the same thing out in tahoe except he kept tumbling down the mtn on his face after it happend...shit hurt

 

[J.Shep]

Vibes to a Tar Heel

 

[crab_pretzel]

dam that sucks man. vibes. not saying your at fault but a full face helmet might have prevented this

 

[feihlination]

but he would have shattered his knees then. paradox

 

[imarookie]

haha it was way powdery and i had already done it several times so i thought it would be fine. and i broke my maxillary bones, which i guess arent the orbital which is good. to the guy above who busted his orbital, that sounds extreme. i guess its more common than i thought.

 

[Z-Juice]

on a separate note, are lincolns off of cliffs easy? thinking about trying one.

 

[mkuczmarski11]

mouthguard=problem solved

 

[imarookie]

not hard at all dude. i know it sounds ironic since i just busted my face doin one, but if you just go for it youll be fine. mine was somewhat of a freak accident and just unlucky, or at least i think it was. you dont even need a big one, you got it bro!

 

[wtmtss]

Yeah dude that sucks. I've seen people smack there face on knuckles and stuff.

 

[Z-Juice]

ok thanks

 

[The.Ginger]

i tried a frontflip and didnt commit and landed on my face and broke my maxillary sinus wall in two places

 

[prophet]

squaw's miles clark just did that to himself at alta with a frontie... now he looks like a zombie in a fullface.