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What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had while skiing?

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JGalletta123
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One time last season I sacked myself on a rail so hard I passed out on the lift on the ride back up
6 years ago
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DayMan
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Shattered my kneecap into 7 pieces slipping out on a rail
6 years ago
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crustyboot.420
Posts: 989 - Karma: 4,277
Hit my head to my knee skiing sidehits and broke a couple of teeth and fucked up my tongue. Then I passed out after spitting blood for three hours.
6 years ago
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xxACIDTRIPxx
Posts: 5980 - Karma: 8,185
I thought I broke my back once when I scorpioned into an incline of hard snow

Shit clicked like a cobra
6 years ago
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theabortionator
Posts: 52626 - Karma: 174,621
Head injuries. Might not have been the worst in the moment but def the worst long term. Also fucking my knees is already starting to not be fun.

Cracked vertebrae, cracked femur, and concussion in one overshoot. That was pretty beat. But I was 17 and bounced back easy. Prolly the worst sounding once but I'd go with the head injuries as worst overall.

Sparknotes: Don't fuck your brain
6 years ago
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dolanslebensraum
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Shit whipped a concussion.
6 years ago
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SavageBiff
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torn groin/hip flexor unexpected flat landing after 15ftish drop , didn’t exactly do a split but my ass n nuts hit d ground
concussion - tail wash hit my head on groomed that was quite firm pre helmet days
bloody head - snow machine spit something at me , required 4 stitches
6 years ago
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AlmostCooler
Posts: 584 - Karma: 3,633
Broke the top of my tibia where it connects to the knee joint. I was dropping a lil 10 footer as a ballsy 12 year old lmao. I was on crutches for half a year /claim
6 years ago
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yeetus_chund666
Posts: 107 - Karma: 232
horrible concussion or broken neck
6 years ago
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jupiterhenry
Posts: 140 - Karma: 598
My own mother called me a Jerry and then proceeded to lip on 2 off out of there
6 years ago
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SavageBiff
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jupiterhenryMy own mother called me a Jerry and then proceeded to lip on 2 off out of there


To have grown up in that environment ! Wow she sounds awesome good for you and her ! And that’s funny as shit too
my dad was awesome but was not a skier or boarder
6 years ago
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jupiterhenry
Posts: 140 - Karma: 598
Forgot to mention it was actually a lip on 2 off backslide. She was rocking just one full tilt/vishnu wet, and the other foot just had on a high heel. I didn't get dinner for a week. OK I'll stop.
6 years ago
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hootsquad
Posts: 272 - Karma: 1,351
dislocated my shoulder and shredded a bunch of ligaments and cartilage. had to get surgery to put it back together
6 years ago
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Andy03
Posts: 51 - Karma: 18
Dislocated my shoulder and located by myself. Hope it was the last time I dislocated my shoulder.
6 years ago
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FabseM
Posts: 155 - Karma: 491
Ripped a muscle in my abs trying to ollie on a high box. Wasn't warmed up and just pulled up the noses too hard.
Had to roll out of bed everyday. Happened again 4 weeks later, same box. 100% stupid boy.
6 years ago
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davetron78
Posts: 531 - Karma: 1,118
I once afterbanged so hard my left testicle exploded
6 years ago
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Mingg
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Took a pivot heel piece up the ass.
6 years ago
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GayWolf420
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Concussions in terms of their permanent and long-term effects.

Nothing super duper serious as of yet, but a bad ankle sprain and attempting to ski on it all day cuz my friends were all in town + bought day tickets. I didn't wanna leave early cuz I was their ride and wanted them all to get their moneys worth. Definitely worth it though, it was a pretty sweet bluebird powday at Snowbird.
6 years ago
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ModMommy
Posts: 10877 - Karma: 58,290
I had a TBI that resulted in relearning how to walk (balance was fucked), read (hurt my optic nerve), write (motor skills were really not there), vocabulary, etc. I was knocked down to about kindergarten level at 17 1/2 years old. That was a good one.
6 years ago
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FelixmcCormick
Posts: 12 - Karma: 43
acl and mcl at the same time tore the mcl and strained the acl also got a nice little chip in my knee that had go be removed I csn feel where it used to be
6 years ago
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Bushdid9_11
Posts: 535 - Karma: 2,209
Fully dislocated my left hip on a slushy stepdown a few years back
6 years ago
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profa_212
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oh lordy.

Broken back, tore off my ear, torn quad, broken arm, fucked ankles, and concussions. Concussions are by far and away the worst. I can't hit my head again ever. Still, feel it sometimes.
6 years ago
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evanball
Posts: 259 - Karma: 1,392
Tried to backswap on a flat down box and broke both my arms
6 years ago
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SavageBiff
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Profahoben_212oh lordy.

Broken back, tore off my ear, torn quad, broken arm, fucked ankles, and concussions. Concussions are by far and away the worst. I can't hit my head again ever. Still, feel it sometimes.


Multiple accidents or at once ?

All yall are tough as fuck I mean damn all these skinjuries trump mine vastly
6 years ago
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nosebutterpizza
Posts: 231 - Karma: 1,403
Profahoben_212tore off my ear


explain
6 years ago
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profa_212
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SavageBiffMultiple accidents or at once ?

All yall are tough as fuck I mean damn all these skinjuries trump mine vastly


nosebutterpizzaexplain

Multiple....over the years.


I was cruising some glades on a pow day. Binding pre-released right in front of a group of trees so that my only option was to lay it down and fully body a set of 4 or 5 thick pines or try and squeeze through on one ski. I turned sideways and tried to squeeze but my shoulder caught one and death spinned me into the last tree in the set. Made full contact with only the side of my head.

Split my ear real good and a good chunk was just dangling off. But it was under my mask, couple buddies came over to see if I was alive and I told them that it felt like I ripped my ear off, they laughed and I told them to check it.

He lifted my mask and it was one of those....yup we gotta go moments lol. Skied down the rest of the run on one ski and walked to patrol who bandaged me up nice. One of my friends drove me home and I got 16 stitches in my ear....mostly cartilage so no numbing. The doc literally stuffed my mouth with gauze so I could just bite and grunt it through lol. Felt like the 1800s...ill never forget the sound of my cartilage slowly cracking over and over my hell.
6 years ago
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ScootSkiLyfe
Posts: 1072 - Karma: 5,764
Smashed my head crashing into a fence in 8th grade. Was thinking about catching the next chair with this hot girl; needless to say I was hauling ass.

Broke a 4x4 post and tore apart a small electrical box.

Got knocked out and dealt with concussion symptoms for a whole year. Needed to wear prism glasses to help correct my vision for a bit. School year was very tough.
6 years ago
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clorox
Posts: 1728 - Karma: 4,867
Fractured my L2 from landing a side country drop too foreword, crash diving into a rock. Did a 1.5 front flip to concussion/dislocated shoulder.
6 years ago
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Chron_Rabbit
Posts: 988 - Karma: 1,572
27 stitches in my chin after tomahawking into a nice rock.

Knocked myself out on a tree while it was snowing. Idk how long I was out for but I woke up with like a cm of snow on me.
6 years ago
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Anti-Hero
Posts: 1269 - Karma: 344
tore my left acl when i was 9
6 years ago
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DayMan
Posts: 4707 - Karma: 8,804
DayManShattered my kneecap into 7 pieces slipping out on a rail


This one was bad but my worst injury ever was from skating. Here's my arm after 3 surgeries trying to put it back together.


6 years ago
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DayMan
Posts: 4707 - Karma: 8,804
hootsquaddislocated my shoulder and shredded a bunch of ligaments and cartilage. had to get surgery to put it back together


this is the worst, I'm still feeling my labrum/RC tear years later
6 years ago
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Holte
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I thought breaking my back was a serious bummer until I broke two ribs. Way, way more painful.
6 years ago
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hootsquad
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DayManthis is the worst, I'm still feeling my labrum/RC tear years later


yeah I just started my PT for it yesterday and it is no joke
6 years ago
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imfromruka
Posts: 11 - Karma: 5
Honestly not that bad but I jumped a fucking knuckle that wasn't done yet to get to the other side of the park and didn't see the huge iceblocks behind it so I flew straight at one and had to sit a few weeks on my ps4 because both my knees were fucked
6 years ago
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theabortionator
Posts: 52626 - Karma: 174,621
I broke my pocket beer 2 seasons ago at boreal. All the lifeblood from that lagunitas draining out onto my pants and the ground. It was a real tragedy.
6 years ago
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YeetCannon
Posts: 114 - Karma: 301
Pulled both of my Soleus muscles, and got a pneumodynastum in one tomahawk sesh. Pneumo's feel exactly like a punctured lung
6 years ago
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GrapeHunter
Posts: 2406 - Karma: 8,779
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/939234/CBF6681E-5D5E-4D56-A31F-0040F6A566F0-MOVTried to do a backflip of a landing side hit in mid April and landed right on my head/should and demolished my collar bone.
Sliced my finger open on the edge of my ski while doing gloveless grabs on a summer airbag

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/939236/6A745F2A-3490-45FB-8C0E-EA73D23DCC12-MOV
6 years ago
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