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05/06 Season- A Costly Season in the Skiing World

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Kevo
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I was just thinking back on this season and all of the stuff that happened. It started off in Colorado with a freak avalanche at Berthoud in November, taking the life of a snowboarder. Then all of the other stuff- CR getting seriously injured at Brighton. Teddy dying. Doug Coombs getting killed. There were also lots of injuries- I got pretty messed up in early March. Within a short time of that, a friend of mine got so seriously injured that he will never snowboard again. Again, all at the same time (same weekend, same place where I got hurt), a friend of a friend broke her hip. Another friend messed up her hip badly enough where she has to have surgery on it this summer. Then Mike Cuseo got seriously injured at snowmass. The list goes on. It is just crazy to think of the people that we started the season with- Teddy, Coombs- who are no longer here with us.
May 17 2006 1:28PM
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freestyleskiin
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ya i hear u however this was my best season for being hurt, not once
May 17 2006 1:29PM
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RastaSkier9
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and spriggs just getting hurt
May 17 2006 1:36PM
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johnnypsunami
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dont forget marc andre...
May 17 2006 1:46PM
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A_W
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and spong

It was a crazy season, everyone of my skiing buddies including myself was out for at least 6 weeks this winter.
May 17 2006 5:58PM
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[lineskier]820
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and hoot brown
May 17 2006 6:00PM
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Kevo
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yep no joke. the list goes on
May 17 2006 6:02PM
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ESB
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Record number of avalanche deaths in Europe this season.
May 17 2006 6:18PM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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favres knee, my knee, lots of peoples knees
May 17 2006 6:35PM
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General_Shredgnar
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my fucken knees
May 17 2006 6:44PM
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r.w
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my knees have always been bad, but for this season i haent been "seriously" injuried
May 17 2006 6:48PM
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flippintricker
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im with you. shitty winter

i had three concussions, friend did his knee TWICE, brother broke his hand, friend broke his foot, girl snapped her wrist, friend with separated shoulders
May 17 2006 6:53PM
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flat9safety
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and didnt some snowboarders die on everest?
May 17 2006 6:53PM
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Shadows
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im with you on this shitty season. i almost died haha.
May 17 2006 7:13PM
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psychkub
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Not once??? Better knock on wood!
May 17 2006 7:17PM
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Jake...
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as the sport increases the amount of people involved, the more will get injured.

if you have only 1000 people in teh world skiing, only 2 will get seriously injured/death (100% made up just ot prove point), so if you have 10 000 people, 20 will get seriously injured.

its the price the sport pays for haveing so many perticipants.

much regards to everyone injured and those of whoms life was taken. RIP
May 17 2006 9:48PM
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timmi
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yeah. if you look per capita of skiers. its not really THAT high. sure i know that sounds insensitive towards the family of those who where killed. and i dont mean it like that at all. im just saying logically...
May 17 2006 9:51PM
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SirFryanator
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I know most of you probably don't care but I almost died. I tried hucking the 35 foot cliff underneath chair 6 @ crystal mountain (for those of you who know the mountain in WA) and almost hit the chairlift pillar. Fucking almost pissed my pants, no joke. my bindings released cuz theyre dead and I went flying down the hill without my skis. My pole was bent for the 10000000th time that year. New poles, too.

So people are basically doing stupid shit and dying. Doug Coombs was just in a freak accident (RIP!!!) and had no idea. Teddy, RIP. Hoot, RIP.

someone's going to die trying to break Jamie Pierre's record in the next few seasons I'll bet. It's just inevitable. Progression always comes with a bit of downside, and this is it.
RIP to all who lost their lives this season.
May 18 2006 12:44AM
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KeegLove
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and carey bokser, rip man.
May 18 2006 12:48AM
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ski_cartel
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yea it has been a costly year, but never the less a good year, people will always die in our sport, its something we just have to live with
May 18 2006 11:07AM
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monkeysteez
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You all are a year behind the trend curve. Simon, Tanner and I all got hurt LAST season. Just kidding that was cold.
May 18 2006 11:12AM
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dandoy
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marc andre
thomas olsson (most likely)
May 18 2006 11:20AM
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Mahre
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no offense, but i doubt it....unless he tries it himself....
May 18 2006 11:28AM
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Dan-Man
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ya it totlay sucked about alot of unjuries this season but you got to just be careful and calculated and when ur not something goes wrong and it usauly ends up suckin. though I managed to stay healthy all season cept for some knar shin bang
May 18 2006 11:45AM
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R.Fahey
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Yeah.... but i think as far as avalanche deaths, this is pretty average, to below average year in north america. There were a ton of deaths and injuries within the industry, but not many avalanches. Last year, i think like 40 or so people died from slides.
May 18 2006 4:14PM
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SirFryanator
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Leo's trying to break it.
He almost died. I think he might be the casualty i'm talking about.
May 18 2006 4:15PM
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