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arg.. accident
Well I managed to brilliantly bang myself up last Sunday.
Wasn't even out that long and was on last run .. kinda zoned thinking about some things I had to do and just lost the edge while traversing toe side.. probably a bit of ice as we've had a bunch of thaw/freeze here in NE. Seems to be the same injury I had a couple years ago and I'm just trying to figure out how it happens. Front leg, calve pull/tear. As I slid on my stomach to a stop the board did skip/hit once or twice. My best guess is the frontside edge may have caught hold under that foot and then the board rotated back (downhill) sharply before disengaging and sliding some more. The leg hurts the most now when fully extended and the heel dips down... Sadly I'm missing a nice day of snow..(well snowball snow) but this stuff bumps up instantly and I think better to wait a day or two more than make it worse. Has anyone else had a similar injury or have any other ideas on how it happened? I guess from now on I'm raising my feet up the first moment I can after washing out! Mike |
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Crickey Mike, take it easy eh!
My closest to that was taking a run down a mogul field which turned into car sized lumps. I timed a turn wrong, caught an edge, flipped out and almost popped my knee as the board caught whilst I was sliding on my butt. Like you, I figure that I'll try and keep the board up next time. Get well soon. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org.uk/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow. Donek Sasquatch 162, Prior Pow 181, Burton Canyon 162 The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/ |
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Switters wrote:
Crickey Mike, take it easy eh! My closest to that was taking a run down a mogul field which turned into car sized lumps. I timed a turn wrong, caught an edge, flipped out and almost popped my knee as the board caught whilst I was sliding on my butt. Like you, I figure that I'll try and keep the board up next time. I would propose that significantly bending your knees while trying to stop on your back would significantly reduce this risk. The edge would scrape rather than grab, and if it grabs, your knees will absorb it, and bend more to release the edge. I'm going to have to play with this. |
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"Bob F" wrote in
: I would propose that significantly bending your knees while trying to stop on your back would significantly reduce this risk. The edge would scrape rather than grab, and if it grabs, your knees will absorb it, and bend more to release the edge. I'm going to have to play with this. In trying to think back to the actual event (its a bit blurry as afterall I wasn't paying close attention!) I think post the initial loss of edge it was not an edge sliding event instead the board was above ground (while I was frontside down) for a second or two and then I made contact again very abruptly and probably with my legs fully extended from the wash out. Had both front and back foot held uniformly I might have bounded upright and done less damage, who knows. What is interesting is now that the black/blue is finally nearing the surface I see also see brusing about half way between ankle and knee on the front and instep side. I also check the height of top edge of my boots relative to known bruises and for most part bruises are below that level. I was able to take a few runs yesterday in the powder... going straight in powder was ok, though I keep speed well in check. Turning on the surface or off lift on toe-edge was still painful. And here we got another 18" and the place is on windhold still at noon |
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