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 Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 01:21 PM
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| Or you could try landing on your face instead like I did |
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yellowlala
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Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 02:26 PM
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Branny wrote:
yellowlala wrote:
but cautioned about teaching people to fall.
argghhh...the no win no fee mentality rules again...personally i'd sue the instructor who didn't teach me how to fall!!
okay don't throw the newbies down the slope and see how they stop, but advise them of the safe methods, ie forearms, and bums rather than hands & heads.
Then remind them each time they fall and don't follow the methodology
Yep yep yep totally agree, the ambulance chasers strike again. I'm of the school of thought that you need to do your best to show ppl to keep themselves safe.
I got made to fall over with the board on backwards and forwards, just on the flat at the bottom of slope, think it's important. |
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 01:43 PM
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My boyfriend broke his wrist this year too. He was taken out by a skier. We both wear wrist guards, but the shorter kind so the advice here has been really helpful. Think we'll be investing in some Flexmeter guards.
I was taught to fall when I had lessons but I never seem to do it right in the heat of the moment. I'll have to fall over more for practice  |
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Branny
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 02:33 PM
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 02:46 PM
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NZ instructors don't teach people how to fall - as we can get sued.
I have always encouraged helmets and wrist guards all round for my classes though.
2 Breaks - that's unlucky. I've had a lot of sore wrists, but no breaks with my biomex gloves. If your'e crashing at speed you usually don't have time to put your arms out before you hit - i've found the slower speed rail stacks to be the worst by far. So i'd strap that wrist up and go faster.
You can prevent your arms from hitting first if your'e head strong enough - but it's difficult. We do this on dendex all the time, as you really really don't want your hands and fingers getting stuck in the slope when you go down. |
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vixen
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 03:15 PM
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So I've just bought some new Flexmeter wrist guards. If they don't work not entirely sure what I'll do (someone had the cheek to suggest I take up skiing!).
Many thanks for all the suggestions. I'm thinking my best option is not to fall over.
Only 3 1/2 weeks until the cast comes off and the board goes on. |
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Lesley
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 04:15 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
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As Laura berry's mum I can give you a bit of advice on injuries 
Laura has broken her wrist twice and her collarbone 5 times.
Laura now wears the flexmeter wrist guards and swears they've saved her from a broken wrist on 3 occassions.
One problem with the advice on using your forearms........you'll break your collarbone instead!!
Basically how you fall is a natural instinct but wearing protection helps to lessen the chances of major injury.
Laura's tried everything to help prevent breaking something and has found it's down to fate.Last time she fractured her collarbone earlier this year she fall onto bum but the force made her whiplash her head back which fractured her collarbone.
Hope you mend quickly. |
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 05:29 PM
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First post: Feb 26, 2006
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I bought some Flexmeter wristguards but cant be arsed to wear them, but when I have a big wipe out I have got in the habbit of clenching my fists when I fall and to this day I have never knowingly broken a bone snowboarding !!!
My mate broke his wrist in st anton in December, had a cast on 4 weeks, had it off and come to Tignes with us in the 1st week of feb, he was wearing the £90 Flexmeter gloves which has built in double splints, he never had a problem all week and swears by them that they are the best !!!! I tried them on and they were the business. I still have some 10% discount vouchers if you are intrested from when I bought mine !! they sell them at alpsgear.co.uk |
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:06 AM
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| The thing i would say is that if your riding cautiously worried about falling on your wrist, then that is usually when you will fall on your wrist. |
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 02:38 PM
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Yeah Wrist guards + learn how to fall - o.c the bad news is with wrist guards u then have a greater possibility of defering the break to somewhere else like a rib most commonly - but still its a safe bet specially when learning jumps and stuff to use them.
RE: Learning to fall is a dam good thing to do - i spent a lot of years doing proper contact martial arts ( Judo and Jujitsu) where u spend a great ammount of time learning break falls to lessen the risk of impacts.
Knowing how to do it - is one thing - learning to do it by instinct is what u need and that needs lots of practice. So if ure looking for a new summer sport - there ya go  |
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ChasKi
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 04:25 PM
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I always seems to slide out rather then stacking huge stacks.
Once I ended up going head first down a mogully red on my chest for a few meters because I caught an edge and slid out and round 180 degrees.
I always try and make myself as low as possible to the ground before I stack it, if I can feel it happening then when it does happen I just end up on my bum or chest shooting down hill.
Then again, so far I only ride piste! |
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yellowlala
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 07:24 PM
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How the hell did this post come back...2 years (nearly to the day) of the last post on it from 2008? You must have one massive shovel to have dug this one up!!!  |
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BigDan
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:21 PM
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First post: Aug 01, 2006
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