It can happen so easily

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Well today I learned that a friend of a friend of mine broke his 5th and 6th vertibrae skiing. Good skiier too apparently, I'm not sure what trick he was trying or anything, but he hit a small kicker, nothing even that big, something he had done 1000 times before, and he fell frontwards like onto his head, and rolled over, breaking his vertibrae. I for one know that i've fallen like that at least a few times, it's kind of scary to think that it can happen so easily. Apparently he wasnt going that fast, and not even that high, it just took that little bit of force. Now he is a quadrapalegic for life, well at least a parapalegic, they're trying to perform surgery to regain use of his arms, but they don't know if it will be sucessful. Just a reminder that sometimes there is more than just being good, or progressing, and throwing tricks, keep it safe too guys. It can happen so easily.

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Ignore the posers. Respect the beginners as much as you do the pros. Ride hard for yourself. Everyday.[/i]
 
ya, it happens, but dont let that make you into a scardy cat. like you said, just keep it safe, well, as safe as you can keep it.

originally posted by chris_64_impala : why do u need a fat ski? huh fatty? yeah thats right u like the chocoalte
 
Yeah, that sucks and none of us like to think about it, but with all these genius scientists we've got, I bet your friend will be skiing again in 5 years.

Girls don't like sensitive guys. Since I don't treat women like objects, I have to treat objects like women.

 
when i fell on my lower back and bruised my lumbar (sp?) vertebrea i couldnt move for like 10 minutes. it was the scariest thing ive ever experienced.

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yep, hes right, it can happen, but have fun while u can, it cud happen but dont change the way u ski, better to have tons o fun while u can rather then be bored ur hole life

Chad-'lets head north.'

Riley-'We cant ski uphill!'
 
yea man, that quadraplegic thing used to scare the crap outta me, but then i saw on the news last year about some dude in Israel that was shot twice in the back and it completley severed his spinal cord, and this doctor injected hormones and he was walking again in 2 weeks... so when they start doing that shit in the US then a broken back will be like a broken leg

4FRNT.

Thugged out since cub scouts.
 
Thankfully, i have never broken any bones at all. Never taken any bad skiing falls either. (amazing being the i didnt take any bad falls learning rails) But it happens easily on small stuff when you arent being really cautious. My dad tore ligaments in his knee just from a little bump.

~*Michelle

->'the CD goes right here. the speakers... oh well one of 'em's broken, but THIS speaker is good, and these wires, they are really good!'
 
Thankfully, i have never broken any bones at all. Never taken any bad skiing falls either. (amazing being the i didnt take any bad falls learning rails) But it happens easily on small stuff when you arent being really cautious. My dad tore ligaments in his knee just from a little bump.

~*Michelle

->'the CD goes right here. the speakers... oh well one of 'em's broken, but THIS speaker is good, and these wires, they are really good!'
 
there was a lady at snowmass 4 years ago who was going down a blue, and caught an edge in a snowplow and flipped, and she is paralyzed...

4FRNT.

Thugged out since cub scouts.
 
Yeah I know, i'm not gonna let it stop me, but i've never even considered the fact that i could be put out of commission for life, it's just kind of a wake up. I'll still be riding as hard as ever, and i know there's a small chance of this happening, but it's still freaky.

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Ignore the posers. Respect the beginners as much as you do the pros. Ride hard for yourself. Everyday.[/i]
 
whoa thad bad dude

'Did you know that average penis size is 6.4inches and that the average vaginal canal is 7.9inches? Therefore.... in this country alone, there is over 17,000 miles of unused virgin pussy' - Poolhall Junkies
 
I've never been hurt to bad, but have always heard if you start to ski tenative and scared because you are worried you will get hurt is when injuries happen

 
Yeah, dont freak out, cuz tensing up is really bad. Just flop it up when you bail, thats probably the only reason Im still alive.

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I've got a buddy who crashed three years ago, and now he's a parapalegic. He says GO BIG, you can't be scared your hole life.

Why do your skis curve up on both ends?
 
I've seen so many of my friends go away in ambulances...not from skiing, but from auto racing. Yeah, it can happen, you just have to know it can and realize when it is and isn't worth the risk. You're probably almost as likely to be critically injured while riding in a car on the freeway, so it's all relative.

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Go huck yourself.
 
yea, you gotta just enjoy being out there having fun with your friends while you can. shit happens. and my prayers got out to your friend

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