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Helmets
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On 12/14/2005
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
(207.17.nnn.nnn)
About 12 years ago my oldest son turned 18 and decided he didn't need to wear a helmet. He was living on his own already and had insurance plus he was "A MAN", my youngest at the time was only 6, and got his first set of wheels under him, the 3 of us went for a ride and as soon as we rounded the first corner the youngest hit the curb and went down hitting his head hard enough to crack the helmet. Well from that day on the oldest decided it wasn't too uncool to wear his "brain bucket". The youngest is 18 now and trying to get out of wearing it, but I continue to remind him of the 2 day long headache he had, then he puts it on.
It hurts if we don't protect ourselves, but we hurt others that care for us if we disregard our safety.
js
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always wear a helmet
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On 12/13/2005
jim
wrote in from
United States
(68.8.nnn.nnn)
i cant even say how many times my helmet has saved me trips to the hospital.i just hate it when i see kids bombing at liek 20 mph and not wearin a helmet! it makes me so frustrated and i try to tell them but they jsut look at me like im a loser who thinks its cool to wear a helmet. guess what, i do think its cool, cause i mean, is it cool to crack ur head open? is cool to get a concussion? i dont think so. e-mail me if u agree and have any good stories.
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Why You Should Wear A Helmet
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On 12/12/2005
North Carolina Longboarder -Downhillbillies
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
Go to the Slalom forum and scroll down to the posts regarding Hobby Park and its helmet carnage this weekend.
Wear a freakin helmet!
Marion Karr
Sk8sville, North Carolina
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
"Fueling the Stoke One Hillbilly At A Time!"
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Your ?'s
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On 11/28/2005 steve
wrote in from
United States
(63.105.nnn.nnn)
Most questions about foot braking and other methods of slowing down can be answered under the title (STOPPING) on the main page.
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On 11/27/2005
TheFuzz
wrote in from
United States
(68.13.nnn.nnn)
cool dude...
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Foot brake
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On 11/27/2005 steve
wrote in from
United States
(63.105.nnn.nnn)
A good rider can foot brake at 50 mph..........without problems...............FYI
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Mashed Skull
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On 11/24/2005
TheFuzz
wrote in from
United States
(68.13.nnn.nnn)
man last night at like one in the morning I was coming down one of the hills on the golf course flying my ass of and all of the sudden I hit a rock patch and spun my board frontside. After the instantaneous stop on my ass I flung the back of my head into the pavement. I remember screaming and then my buddy tim came over with the flashlight. My pupils were dialated as s#@! and I had a humungus mouse on the back of my head. I think next time I'll wear a helmet.
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What?
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On 11/24/2005
TheFuzz
wrote in from
United States
(68.13.nnn.nnn)
motorcyles NASCARs and the spinning earth have very little to do with longboards Stevie. Wieght distrbution CG and friction vary from vehicle to vehicle you know.
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1100 rpms?
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On 11/16/2005 Bug
wrote in from
United States
(141.213.nnn.nnn)
Actually, I think the earth's rotation is something like one revolution per day. Watching too much NASCAR?
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Crashing and your instincts
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On 11/15/2005
Stevan L. Panton
wrote in from
United States
(72.0.nnn.nnn)
My first high speed crash was going to return a video. The parking lot with steep driveways just put in new speed bumps and left them un-colored. I crashed very badly. However, my next crash was faster and I rolled like 6 times. Your body has powerfull defense mechanisms that after 1 bad crash you learn 300x how to handle it next time. I trained myself doing "Staged Crashes" to endure another high speed crash.
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How foot brake has claimed lifes of Skaters
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On 11/15/2005
Stevan L. Panton
wrote in from
United States
(72.0.nnn.nnn)
Ever see a NASCAR crash? When one car is bumped lightly, then milliseconds later the car rolls 14 times? Thats what happens when the 4 wheels that are spinning faster than 1100 rpms (speed of Earth's Rotation) suddenly start destablizeing at deffrent speeds. The foot brake is good untill you hit retrograde speeds, for me the speeds are around 28-32mph. If you open you minds, learn some things about (Mass X acceleration + a rotation = gravity). Figure out why motercycle racers lean so far into there turns. There are methods of stoping that have worked for 100's of people at very high speed numbers of times in a row.
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foot break
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On 11/14/2005
kameran
wrote in from
United States
(67.131.nnn.nnn)
Once upon a time my bro and are crew were shreding a ditch when my bro decided to bomb that bitch. when it came time to stop his toe came off the board and hit a rock.....
he flew off his board did a roll, and broke his collar bone...
good thing for helmets or he wouldn't have gotten up and laughed....
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Unfamiliar runs
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On 11/7/2005
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
(207.17.nnn.nnn)
NOW I remember the rule "Know your run". This last weekend my son an I were driving around looking for new places to ride, we found a new bike trail at a fairly new park by one of the bayous in Houston. The trail was confined to a large bowllike area maybe a 1/4 mile around. The entrance to the trail is a series of switchbacks, short runs with dogleg turns. They are deceptivly steeper than they look. I thought that I would'nt get up too much speed before the turns, WRONG! At the second turn the detachable pucks on my slide gloves came off (just enough distraction to throw off my timing). Anyway I when my wheels hit the grass I went flying off and did a little courtship dance with an oak tree. I understand they are naming the seedling after me. All in all thanks to the proper protection I came out of it with little more than a bruised ego and a few scrapes.
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helmet
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On 10/9/2005
emilio
wrote in from
United States
(67.82.nnn.nnn)
so i dont break my head next time.
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knee accident
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On 10/9/2005
emilio
wrote in from
United States
(67.82.nnn.nnn)
Just dislocated my knee and fracture the side of my leg goind down a hill at about 20mph, and there was a pothole in the road so i dove off and took to my knees and a car ran over the tail of my board, good thing it didn't break.Forgot to post it in my last post and the first thing i did since i could leave the house was to go look for a helmet.
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knee accident
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On 10/9/2005
emilio
wrote in from
United States
(67.82.nnn.nnn)
Just dislocated my knee and fracture the side of my leg goind down a hill at about 20mph, and there was a pothole in the road so i dove off and took to my knees and a car ran over the tail of my board, good thing it didn't break.
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No fun getting older
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On 10/6/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(64.60.nnn.nnn)
Tuesday My son Justin told me he could get air out of the local wood skate park and wanted to show me.He did get air but not out of the ramp.All my life 3 wheels out was it, forsure and I did come to ride.After about an half an hour I decided to drop in and try,boy did I get some air.Just could not land it.After a while I had egough so we when home no worrys had a ball.The next day Justin came home and said he was going again did I want to go, I said no, need a day to recover from yesterdays ride.My wife asked me if I would take Kyle to school for bagpipe practice which was near the park.I get there feeling all that and was going big.Forgot that I was 43 years of age with a very bad neck and shoulder bad from racing downhill.I was getting it and almost landed both front side and back side air.Was at the top making a turn and would you beleave it I got a wheel bite that gave me air I did not want.I came down so hard in the flat that kids heard it outside the place, laided in the flat thinking ER again, DAMIT ! I should go but hate docs. real bad and nothing seem to be broke but my neck and left shoulder is hurt real bad again and I will have to have my neck fixed very soon because I cant turn it but half way and cant sleep. IT SUCKS THAT I CAN NOT TAKE A HIT ANY MORE.
Now I am done for at least a month. BUT I DID NOT BREAK ANYTHING, (GOT MILK)
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i ate it
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On 9/10/2005 lt
wrote in from
United States
(69.152.nnn.nnn)
yesterday i crashed on this hill and got messed up pretty bad. No helmet, shorts, and a t shirt. My friend was with me. I fell off, hit my head, got a concusion, sliced open both knees, elbows, one ankle, and my face. I spend 4 hours in the er. I had to ask my friend what happened today about the crash cause i can evn remember the rum i fell on. Now my head hurts, its all mesed up, my face looks like someone beats me, and i'm all wrapped up like a mummy. Now i wearin a f#@!in helmet. i had to learn the hard way, you shouldn't. Just find a cool helmet and save yourself the pain.
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crashing
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On 9/4/2005 jake
wrote in from
United States
(66.184.nnn.nnn)
I hate to crash
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"No Helmet?" Testimonials Needed
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On 8/27/2005
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(64.81.nnn.nnn)
From the webmaster..
Ncdsa.com needs your crashing stories where you were saved by your helmet. We're also seeking stories from riders who survived a serious helmetless crash and now prefer wearing a helmet. These stories will be posted on a new landing page for our new "No Helmet?" banner ad campaign.
Submissions can be of any length and should be submitted via email to webmaster@ncdsa.com by Sept 30, 2005.
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hill bomber
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On 8/15/2005
Bean
wrote in from
United States
(24.113.nnn.nnn)
first time down this hill, deceiving slope so i go from the top.
in the end speed not my problem...
from the top everything is great. carving between lanes, between yellow reflectors in center so thats what i look for.
as i crest the hill going mmm bout 15 two reflectors are missing.
i see the divets they sit in but too late, i dodge one except one rear wheel.
gives me the SLIGHTEST wobble. dont think much of it...unfortunately
i continued riding but as the hill progressed wobble picks up violently.
now riding a teeter totter.
the last thought that went through my mind was im doomed and decided that the grass was softer than the pavement. but i didnt make it there.
so i spent the next three days between two hospitals (one of which highly overmedicated me, resulting in coma!?!?)
and i now ride with my new best friend helmet.
too bad some of my old favorite hills will never be the same...
my mind plays tricks on me. i hope no one has to overcome thee mind!
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Any time
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On 8/12/2005
matt
wrote in from
United States
(67.174.nnn.nnn)
My friend died yesterday. He was on an easy street, skitching behind a car, got speed wobbles and fell on his head. It can happen anytime, anywhere, from a downhill race, to simply cruising home on the local roads. It can happen to your best friend or even you. Don't skitch. Wear a helmet.
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brain buckets
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On 7/24/2005
mike p
wrote in from
United States
(69.107.nnn.nnn)
yeah, so skating yesterday i fell pretty f#@!in hard. me and olin were sliding this rode we call switchbacks and i was in only gym shorts as clothes (and no helmet) but gloves of course. i was taking a right turn, but came in really hot, so i was gonna pendulum and then come out regular and take the turn. i brought the slide across and as a goofy foor, expected to roll to the left, but didnt enuf and saw that i was goin off the road to the right. as soon as i knew i was falling i saw a metal pole in my path and my life flashed before my eyes. if my head had hit that pole (inches) i would not be here typing this because i would be dead. no room for recovery, dead. maybe with a helmet i could have been recovered, but i was going about 35-40 or so, and it would have been the first thing i hit. instead i just barely missed it and shot thru a gap and then hit a different part of the road, prob 20 ft from where i fell originally. my back has road rash (a lot) and i think my right wrist is broken, but im just very happy to be alive. goin to the hospital in a min. wish me luck. o, i will ALWAYS wear a helmet now.
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painful wrist
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On 7/20/2005 dennis
wrote in from
United States
(216.9.nnn.nnn)
did this two days ago at hillsyard in spokane.
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SanDiegoArea downhill/slalom clinic
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On 7/18/2005
isabelle
wrote in from
United States
(68.7.nnn.nnn)
An intro to downhill/slalom clinic is being offerred this August 27th, a Saturday, from 3:30 to 6:30p.m.. The cost is $40.00US and will include Gravityboard slide gloves and a light snack/drinks. The hill is located in LaCosta and I will give directions as the date approaches.
All riders must have a ride to the hill and their own skateboard/longboard, protective gear; helmut, knee pads, elbows are optional. All riders will complete a Release Of Liability form and payments are cash only. Both will be due the day of the clinic.
E-mail ASAP, since room is limited.
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