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Falling on rails and getting all cut up

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TimmyP
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A few weeks ago, i fell on a rail and cut my leg pretty good.  After years of falling on rails, my legs are scarred up pretty good.  Do other skiers have the same issues? Does anybody wear shin guards or some other sort of thing to help, or I dunno. 

Nov 9 2008 9:42PM
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Peter.
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i can't say i've ever been cut, just bruised
Nov 9 2008 9:43PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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dont think i've cut myself really from rails...i've cut myself more from my ski edges after falling on jumps then from rails...
Nov 9 2008 9:43PM
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JuliusJ
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i don't think i've ever cut my leg/shin on a rail. if you were doing a rollerblader grind, maybe you could
Nov 9 2008 9:44PM
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PhilboydStudge
Posts: 3431 - Karma: 206
the only cuts i have on my legs from boxes are from my friend's home made one, it has sharp edges. and they're on the sides of my legs so shinguards wouldn't work for me
Nov 9 2008 9:44PM
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sirskizalot
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i've gotten rips in my old jacket from rail crashes but ive never cut myself on one.............yet
Nov 9 2008 9:47PM
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cobalt
Posts: 1913 - Karma: 12
Bruised, but not cut... are you tearing through your pants a lot too with these injuries?
Nov 9 2008 9:50PM
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OneLove_skier
Posts: 1175 - Karma: 135
ya cut wtf jus bruises for me 2
Nov 9 2008 9:51PM
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mcweapon
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not on a rail.. .but i bit a hole through my lip when i took a pole to the face...

my boyfriend wears knee pads and swears by them...

Nov 9 2008 9:57PM
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KravtZ
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bad bruises never actual blood oh wait one time i kinda scraped my upper leg sliding off a rail but that is the worst
Nov 9 2008 9:59PM
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Merrrick
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Were you wearing shorts?
Nov 9 2008 9:59PM
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Blandct
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yeah dude i fucked up my hand from a my edge hitting me, and my face....but never have i cut my legs on a rail....i do know a dude that cut his leg on the edge of a box tho
Nov 9 2008 10:00PM
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Moses
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i have a scar on my left knee from the s rail at jay peak back in 2004 when i came off early and clipped the end with my knee cap
Nov 9 2008 10:03PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 126
suprisingly, my pants do not tear,
Nov 9 2008 10:08PM
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jeremy.g
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i just get mad bruises. no cuts.
Nov 9 2008 10:09PM
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cashdebt
Posts: 2383 - Karma: 349
Tom Wallisch doesn't bruise if he falls on a rail, the rail bruises when tom wallisch falls on it.

Oh wait, Tom Wallisch doesn't fall on rails. Never mind
Nov 9 2008 10:11PM
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Alex=God
Posts: 2422 - Karma: 139
those rails sure are lucky he doesnt fall
Nov 9 2008 10:14PM
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JonathonChandler
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i just try not to fall on rails
Nov 9 2008 10:44PM
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tribefan226
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last year i got 7 stitched in my knee cuz i slammed it on a rail. didnt cut through my pants but i got a nasty bruise to go with it.  the only explanation i can even come up with is that maybe i just hit it so hard it ripped open.
Nov 9 2008 10:52PM
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Chaz
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No way, the girl's goes on top.
Nov 9 2008 10:54PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
i cut myself in the back of my neck with ski while trying to hippie killer it
Nov 9 2008 10:54PM
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traylortrash
Posts: 1935 - Karma: 2,450

same...

Nov 9 2008 10:54PM
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-Kieran-
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ya same here, the only cuts i get are from my edges
Nov 9 2008 11:25PM
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seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
I did cork 270's to death for like an hour straight one day, wasn't my finest time, the next day my leg looked like a lick a color popsicle. I just bruise no cuts.
Nov 9 2008 11:31PM
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WORD.
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epic
Nov 9 2008 11:35PM
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BEARS.
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amen.
Nov 9 2008 11:39PM
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Jesus-FlwrSubaru
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it has only happened once, i leaned back and slipped, it was a kink rail and my right shin jammed into the kink, my shin got cut up, my nerves got all messed up, now ti tingles whenever it touch it.
Nov 10 2008 12:07AM
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chames
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whaat! thats sick! but...pics or it didn't happen.
Nov 10 2008 12:18AM
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s.miller
Posts: 268 - Karma: 95
I had my car key in my pants pocket one time last winter and washed out on my side and it cut my thigh pretty badly, i'll never ride with keys again, just one of those things you dont think about until you fall on them
Nov 10 2008 12:21AM
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lloyd_christmas
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i don't know what kind of rails you're hitting and getting cut...?  bruises a bunch, though.  and i wouldn't advocate shin guards; i feel like its not "skiing", plus you might lose more in comfort than you gain in protection.
Nov 10 2008 12:32AM
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creighton
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when tom wallisch falls on a rail. the rail falls instead
Nov 10 2008 2:04AM
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r3dbullninja
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Only problem I have is cutting up my ski sides and pant legs... Duct tape is always a good investment lol. Only way I have ever hurt myself on a rail is slipping and cracking my ribs on one.... That hurt. A lot

P.S. In response to your problem, I would suggest a different stance. If you fall, dont try to tuck up or anything like instinct might tell you, I just try to land on my upper back/side with my arms tucked in and my legs out and spread apart. I find it spares my wrists and my pant legs (or shins in your case).
Nov 10 2008 2:31AM
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TimmyP
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about 1/3 of the material on my ski pants is duct tape
Nov 10 2008 12:49PM
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pussymoneyweed
Posts: 2055 - Karma: 60
god said "let there be light" T-Hall says say please

enough said
Nov 10 2008 6:10PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I saw a guy cut himself on a tree once... so much blood.
Nov 10 2008 6:14PM
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.SimonB.
Posts: 1959 - Karma: 713
Just bruises and scrapes. Oh and a lot of mud!
Nov 10 2008 7:04PM
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TheQuailman
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In whistler they were setting up rails at the bottom for like a night time rail jam thingy and I slid one a few times and one time I slipped back and my knee went straight into one of the metal feet which was sticking out of the slushy snow.  It hurt so bad for a few seconds and just went away.  I even hiked back up to try it again but it was mad sore so I went in to the hotel.  I had apre ski and like an hour later I took off my ski pants and there was a huge blood stain on my thermals.  Turned out what I thought was a bruise was really a massive cut in my knee.  I got like nine stitches.  It looked so nasty but I've felt more pain getting kicked in the shins honestly
Nov 10 2008 9:37PM
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TOAST.
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I cut my wrists with razor blades









jk
Nov 10 2008 10:02PM
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seemeski
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Naw it sucked, I was trying cork threes or something and I wasn't able to brig it around or something I don't know. It was painful.
Nov 11 2008 12:05PM
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ct_steeze
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yeah dude i had a shitload of crashes on that rail
Nov 11 2008 12:27PM
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