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Buddy of mine was on the ski patrol at Wintergreen

He told me the injury rate for snowboarders is 3x that of skiers. Wrists, elbows and shoulders get blown out. Skiers mostly knees.

You mentioned your head. I hope you have a helmet. With both feet strapped in, you are basically a human lawn dart. My buddy and I were riding up a lift and we watched a dad snowboard down to his kids. He was a decent snowboarder. Was not wearing a helmet. He slowed and stopped with his back down the slope, lost his balance and whipped backwards. His head hit the icy slope. It sounded like someone dropped a cantaloupe from a third story window. Then we saw the snow begin to turn red. Buddy radioed it in and they got to him asap. Helicoptered him to UVA.

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BTW thank you to the Sabre poster(s) who talked about Timberline ski resort -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 2:22PM

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More crowded, well, I can turn better after three days so -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 2:58PM

More crowded is more an indictment of their lift lines than anything ** -- ftwuva 02/19/2021 3:16PM

Yeah, I would imagine they have more trails ** -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 3:19PM

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Saturday ski western in the AM, take early lunch. ski silvercreek in the PM ** -- CAVern 02/19/2021 3:50PM

This ^^^^^^^^^^^ ** -- Spudnut 02/19/2021 5:21PM

I take it that it’s been a while since you last -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2021 2:34PM

I hadn't ski'd since 2003 ish. I had my own skis but I wanted to try -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 2:57PM

Buddy of mine was on the ski patrol at Wintergreen -- Spudnut 02/19/2021 5:10PM

I won’t go without a helmet. -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 7:55PM

I was a patroller at Wintergreen in college -- GoneFromBad 02/19/2021 5:47PM

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I agree with you on helmets. I stopped skiing -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2021 6:05PM

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I won’t go on either without ** -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 7:58PM

Not sure about the 'social signaling' aspect- it seems to me that skiers - -- Trigon 02/19/2021 7:19PM

I think the social signalling is the most important part actually -- Toolie92 02/19/2021 8:01PM

I’d say skiing is now more like > 95% -- North Main Hokie 02/19/2021 8:42PM

They are like hockey players without helmets in the late 80s early 90s ** -- hooman#1 02/20/2021 01:17AM

Best $9.99 you'll ever spend ... -- Trigon 02/19/2021 4:01PM

Which then sends the force to the elbow and shoulder :) ** -- Spudnut 02/19/2021 5:20PM

That's where the elbow and shoulder braces come in ;-) ** -- Trigon 02/19/2021 5:45PM

Lots of folks destroy their wrists (I think detaching ligaments from bone), -- Trigon 02/19/2021 3:59PM

You kind of learn not to put your hands down especially falling backwards -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 4:10PM

Sounds like a plan ... it's apparently not uncommon for newbs to end up -- Trigon 02/19/2021 4:25PM

Wouldnt be shocked if I tore a ligament (slight) in my wrist -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 4:41PM

I can’t imagine picking up snowboarding at age -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2021 3:07PM

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What, no Elkhorn Lift? -- North Main Hokie 02/19/2021 3:38PM

Nope. Never stayed in elkhorn. Love -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2021 3:45PM

Funny, we are the opposite -- North Main Hokie 02/19/2021 4:29PM

We’ve been lucky to find some good -- BocaHoo91 02/19/2021 7:32PM

Day3 Ill be honest, I didnt want to go. I had taken quite the beating. -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 3:19PM

Hang in there on the snowboard! -- Andreas Cantor 02/19/2021 3:48PM

I was eating up the carving on day 3 -- hooman#1 02/19/2021 4:08PM

Buddy of mine was on the ski patrol at Wintergreen

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