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Friend may be paralized...

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Lé.Skiing
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so yah last sunday, it was the last day of the week... everyone was like hell yah its friday nor work after today for 2 days... then at around 9:00 AM something happened that would change one of my friends lives forver he hit about a 60 spine and cought his back edge and slammed into the ground about 3/4 of the way to the bottom of the landing... when i heard about it over the radio(i work up at the hill and so did my buddy) i thought to myslef Holy shit this is not good news... the head of ski patrol told me to grab the big red pack and bring it straight down(i even remember going up the T switch)... so when i arrived at the top of the Tbar i grabbed it and wend down... all i remeber hearing over the radio was that he fell on his back and that he was bleeding from his mouth. I didnt know that he couldnt fel his legs, and one thing that gets your emotions is seeing one of your friends lieing on the ground saying he didnt want to come to work today hearing them say "I never wanted to come to work today, i should have stayed in bed this morning like i wanted to" is something that just sticks in your memory... life is so preciouse that one little mistake can take someones legs away from use... I'm not absoloutly posative that he is completely paralized from the waist down, but when someone says they cant feel their legs from the waist down its not good, especially when thier pelvis is in an intense amount of pain... its so harsh when someone as young as 19 can lose thier legs on a board(i know he's a boarder, but thats not the point) has anyone ever known someone that has lost the use of thier legs.. and how did affect thier life.. and thier friends and crap.. cause like i dunno this is just something i cant really just turn my head away from... so yah peoples thoughts... comments
Feb 27 2007 5:06PM
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Lé.Skiing
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i poseted this once, but i'm gonna re-post for the new page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQhzmwBFnmc


so check this out... he's the guy that has the orange board... i think he's in like 3 or 4 parts of it.. and yah the skier in this is me... and on the only take with the camcorder, i injure my shoulder... for about an hour then i was at it again, and when my camcorder was dead
Feb 28 2007 10:11PM
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timmi
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pay some fucking respect asshole.
Feb 28 2007 10:12PM
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GuerillaSki
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I like your video .
Feb 28 2007 10:13PM
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Lé.Skiing
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one thing i have to say to you is that i dont even have to rip on you... i know others will tear you apart 10 times more then what i can do... but i'll leave you with this note only... Do Not Fuck With Donators!
we are what make this this site possible to keep going and hopefully more people will donate to NS.. and not be like you and take advantage of the free site and not throw any money into it... you have dissapointed(sp) me, and everyone else, even your parents.
Feb 28 2007 10:24PM
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Lé.Skiing
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bumpt
Mar 1 2007 1:05AM
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cjgncjgn
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goodluck and godbless to him dude
Mar 1 2007 1:17AM
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Lé.Skiing
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word thanx man... i'll show this to him when ever i get the chance
Mar 1 2007 2:28AM
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nosnowsnakes
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Man, thats harsh. I wish him the best of luck with recovery!
Mar 1 2007 3:15AM
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slaydave
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that guy talking shit is straight a grade A asswipe... and one day karma will rape your ass on the hill... nuff said...

good luck to ur friend... it really puts alot of things into perspective... be thankful for every day u go out there and come home unharmed...
Mar 1 2007 3:31AM
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hnosyalnif
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That sucks, hope the guy is ok.
Mar 1 2007 6:13AM
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Lé.Skiing
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ok, so news from today, i'm getting the number where i can reach him tomorrow. i'm gonna call him and what not see how he's doing, and the guy thats giving me the number said today that he talked to him yesterday. apparently he sounded well too.. he still cant move his legs, but he sounded good.
Mar 1 2007 10:34PM
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SkiMN
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Kill youself


Sorry to hear about your friend man, that shits intense
Mar 1 2007 11:36PM
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GANDALF
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what the fuck is your problem?! we're talking about a guy getting paralyzed here. if you wanna call him an irrisponsible bastard, then fuck you. imagine your best friend getting paralyzed. how would you feel? get off this site and i hope you feel just awesome. venting.


good vibes to your friend man. my best goes out to him and he'll be in my prayers.
Mar 2 2007 12:46AM
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soulskier
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any update
i'll keep him in my prayers
Mar 2 2007 10:52AM
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soulskier
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any updates?
i'll keep him in my prayers
Mar 2 2007 10:52AM
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skier24
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you are a fucking dumbass.

hope this kid is ok.
Mar 2 2007 8:11PM
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KingTaco
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sounds harsh, that is always one of my great fears about skiing.
Mar 2 2007 8:22PM
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Lé.Skiing
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i got an update, apparently he feels pins and needles in his legs... i was going to get a number to call him today, but the guy forgot to bring the number to the hill again... hopefully i'll get it tomorrow.
Mar 2 2007 11:54PM
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~auddie~
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oh man that is terrible, ughh one of the things i never want to happen... I'm glad he has feeling in his legs.

I volunteer as a ski instructor teaching disabled people, I know the most amazing guy who messed himself up pretty bad skiing, now he is in a sitski, that dude is unstoppable. Btw sitskis cost upwards of 50K
Mar 2 2007 11:58PM
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TriAddict
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I'm not sure. there was something in his spine. luckily his mom is a doctor and he got help right away
Mar 7 2007 1:02AM
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meggles
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any updates?
Mar 7 2007 5:14PM
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followCam
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i really hope he can walk and board again.
++++++++ vibes
Mar 7 2007 5:24PM
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MADr.
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i just found out that this guy i used to go to hs with fell out of his bunk in his dorm room sunday morning and is now paralyzed from the neck down, as in he has little control over his arms, none over his legs and cant really use his hands. i dont know what to feel about this, or what to do or anything.

just remember how precious life is and dont take anything for granted
Mar 7 2007 6:10PM
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Edward.
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man, i hope your friend is alright. ive heard of a realy good snowboarder get paralyzed at my mountain, it was pretty tragic jst hearing about it, and i dont know what i would do if i couldnt ski for the rest of my life
Mar 7 2007 6:17PM
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396222687862
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i feel horible for your buddy, and your having to experiance it, even worse being your buddy. i work at maple ski ridge, NY, some may know about this but a boy recently died at our mountain, its small and very friendly, so we were caught extremely off guard. i hope he gets better and i hope you get better too.
Mar 7 2007 7:04PM
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derbski
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that probably means he will heal, because his nerve chord wasnt completely broken if he has feeling, there was probably some fluid or something swelling by it, causing it not to work. Think about when your hand falls asleep, or you get something nummed, and then you get pins and needles when it comes back, thats probably what he is feeling, just a thousand times worse because it was out longer
Mar 7 2007 7:27PM
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Lé.Skiing
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ok, so i got his number and called him on the weekend... he was pretty drugged up... so this is what he told me is that he cant move his legs still, he's already had 2 operations and has another one coming up... and what had happened is that the nerve was pinched, like saverely, that he wont walk again, but theres a chance he will... another thing is that he gets spasms in his legs so bad sometimes that its just intesly painful. but yah thats all i can really remember right now... a really cool thing we did for him is made a card with everyones hand print that works up the hill... and were gonna take a picture with every one holding it up and semd him a box of stuff, and i think i'm gonna throw in my GB colour with pokemon red.. and any other games i can find... i think he'll like it he was sounding bummed on the phone cause he hardly gets to go anywhere... and wow i was just announced that he's in the newspaper... so i might scan it into the computer and show you guys if you want...
Mar 7 2007 10:15PM
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Pisces
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damn that is so harsh. :-( best of luck to him! my friends dad got into a motorcycle accident and he was paralyzed from the waist down. the first time i saw him it brought tears to my eyes, he is an amazing person and it hurt so bad to see him in a position where has little to no control over his body. this was 6 years ago, and the recovery is going great. they told him he would never walk again, last ive heard he walked a mile with his walker. just encourage your friend, and pray for him i know i will and let him know he can overcome this if he puts his mind to it. best wishes to him his family, and anyone who knows hmi.
Mar 7 2007 10:22PM
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thefilmerguy
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my prayers go out to him man, after reading that he could feel pins and needles i got very happy for him, and the fact that he can feel the spasms in his leg is good news too i guess because he can feel them, so my best wishes go out to him. i hope he will ski again

ban that little prick fuck who said he got what he deserves, seriously ban him, i dont want to hear any of that shit ever again, what an asshole
Mar 7 2007 10:26PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
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My buddy is paralyzed from the waist down, used to be more. He hit his head diving into a pool to save someone elses life.

He has not changed one bit since the event though.
Mar 7 2007 10:30PM
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twintipteles
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great to hear, it really seems like there are some awesome advances in spinal medicine. I'll try and send some positive vibes to your friend man.
Mar 7 2007 10:37PM
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