Have you ever seriously injured yourself when skiing or snowboarding?

Question

What happened and how bad was it?

Answer 1

I was snowboarding and if I were wearing a helmet, I probably would have been fine.  I took a few lessons and then went up the lift to a green trail.  I went to switch from heal side to toe side and as i did that, I wiped out and my head bounced off the ground (icey - in Vermont) like a basketball.  I had a concussion and terrible whip lash.  I was able to make it down the hill but was definitely nauseas and dizzy.  

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Answer 2

I AM TOTALY PARALIZED RIGHT NOW I CANT MOVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW FROM MY NECK DOWN SO MAKE THIS YOUR BEST ANSWER PLZ BEFORE I KILL MYSELF

Answer 3

One time my sister, my cousin, and I were skiing and my sister fell off the ski lift and broke her arm. But I have never gotten hurt when i went skiing.

Answer 4

I broke my tailbone when I came off a kicker, caught an edge and landed on a patch of ice.

Another time I was riding these cool unmarked trails, went shooting off a rock into a frozen pine tree (tell ya what, the snow makes em look all fluffy, but it's like hitting a frozen curtain), got a cool cut on my face and dislocated a thumb.

got a few concussions. I still don't wear a helmet or skidpads. Snowboarding's been great to me.

Answer 5

Ya in a slopestyle race I hit a kicker and there was a hole in the landing, which shot my skis out from under me and  i smacked my tail bone of a chunk of ice and severly bruised it. I had to go to school the next week sittng in a special chair.  If it had not been for that i would have one the race easily.

Answer 6

I caught edge coming off a kicker and tore my hamstring.

Answer 7

haha ok i got a couple but one that stands out is this time when i was by myself(dont do that), on an unmarked loc's trail(even dumber) i was cutting in and outa the trees like they were race gates but i didnt see a drop off in the snow and it sent me flyin into the tree, i broke three ribs and punctured my lung. probably the sickest wipe ive ever had

Answer 8

when i first started doing my 540's the first one i attempted, i landed, but was going so fast that i started to lose my balance on my toe side, put my left hand down to stop me from falling, and somehow dislocated my shoulder, it hurt like h**l.....

but it's fine now, and my 5's are dialed in....