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On 4/18/2006 jeeps
wrote in from
United States
(68.5.nnn.nnn)
This one day i was skating down a hill, then i turned around a building and hit a pile of leaves, and slide into a brick wall, you could see the outline of the bricks on the side of my face good times
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Injuries
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On 4/18/2006 rasputin
wrote in from
United States
(24.63.nnn.nnn)
You people go back to longboarding after the knee injuries? I just dislocated my knee yesterday, doing a toeside 540 slide. Just torqued it crazy. Kinda scared to go back, just looking for any advice on returning after knee injuries.
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luckey
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On 3/25/2006 Casey
wrote in from
United States
(68.71.nnn.nnn)
Wow you're really luckey you didnt hit you dome :O. I have a sector nine too. And it has double trucks so it can turn super-sharp.
later
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Riding at night + maine roads = bad bail
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On 3/25/2006
C-Tut
wrote in from
United States
(130.111.nnn.nnn)
I've only been riding for a few months now, I got my first board for christmas, a Sector Nine, with a sick little swallow tail, and I've been really enjoying it so far. One night my friend and I were just walking around the streets surrounding our Maine University's campus, hitting the hills we though we could, and scouting other for later on. We were riding back, headed down a hill I had carved up in the day time, the street lit only by the moonlight. I wasn't going to fast, but I hit a frost heave, which is a break in the road caused by ice freezing under the tar, and tried to recover. The bump gave me speed wobbles, and I was trying to control my board when I lost balance and landed lat footed on the ground. I was tossed, head over heels and skidded for a while on my hoodie. Road rash on my knee and side, hands were a little bloody, nothing huge. I was lucky not to hit my dome, but its not a chance i'm taking again. My protec helmet is in the mail, it'll be here in a few days. It only takes one bump on the skull to pop a blood vessel and cause a hemorage, and I know that if or when I bail again, I want to be able to walk away from it.
C-tut out.
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Crashing story.... ouch
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On 3/24/2006 Casey
wrote in from
United States
(68.71.nnn.nnn)
I think I cheated death a week ago.
There's this one really steep hill in my neighborhood that all the kids who skate try to master, and if you make it down alive than you're a god of some sort. I haven't been longboarding very long ( started in Dec ) but I managed to make it down that hill alive and without hurting myself. All the kids on the short boards thought it was amazing, especially since I'm a girl, but I tightened my trucks pretty good that day to prevent speed wobbles, which usually dump you off the hill within the first few seconds of your ride.
Well this day my trucks were super-loose. That pretty much explains itself. So I started going down the hill, when after the first 5 seconds, I had the death wobbles.I attepted to carve off some speed when I noticed a car trying to pass me right from behind. I got dumped off onto the pavement and barrel-rolled down half the hill, and then when I tryed to stop myself, I skidded the rest of the way down on my left side. My helment was hitting the pavement like a jack-hammer. The car that was behind me stopped just in time. I just layed there in the middle of the road, I felt numb and I kept seeing flashes. I pulled myself up, which was extremely painful. The car than passed me fast and the guy gave me the finger -___-.
My clothes were tore on the entire left side of me and I was bleeding like crazy, and a large chunk of my helmet was gone. It got worn down all the way to my head. Luckily my board just took a few scrapes and was laying next to me.
Point learned. Not only was I extremely thankful I was wearing my helmet, but also thankful I didnt break anything, or die. And to anyone out there who decides they're ready for hills they're not sure they can ride, take a few seconds to re-think. Common sence is what I was missing that day.
Anyway I didnt have any kind of head injury (luckily) but my ENTIRE left side is one big bruice and it hurts like hell to walk, sleep, sit etc.
I'll totaly be back out and riding when I can, I'll just be a little smarter and remember to re-think large hills that people hurt themselves on.
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35+ mph bailout
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On 3/7/2006 scottie
wrote in from
United States
(209.233.nnn.nnn)
yo check this vid out of me bailing my longboard at 35. i know i dont have a helmet, but as you can tell i aint got smarts to loose anyway. i swear i done this hill a hundred times. i was always able to carve enough to slow down and hop off. this time , from the freakin start, i got goin a little to fast and i had no control and had speed wobbles the whole damn time. it was crazy. SO FUNN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHdfmhLSgtU
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Thank God For Helmets
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On 2/28/2006
Bennett Casey
wrote in from
United States
(66.57.nnn.nnn)
I used to baord with out a helmet all the time then my friend's mom who was a lawyer for civil cases told us about some of the accidents she's seen with people carsing without helmets so we decided to carry them with us and use them when we went down the hills. Well to make a long story short i hit a sand patch while boming a corner and well i him my arm/side then roled onto my back allmost sitting up my butt cought a rock and my body stoped and the back of my head slammed into the asphalt. I have some fairly big dents in the back of my helmet now but without it i think that i would have split my skull open.
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advertising and style -- sans helmets
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On 1/26/2006
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(198.144.nnn.nnn)
peters, Thanks for the kudos on our No Helmet? campaign, a little something I thought up last year. There are actually four different banners, and every Ncdsa.com forum has one.
You mentioned longboard ads, and of course I think of Concrete Wave magazine. I've been engaged in an ongoing discourse with its publisher, Michael Brooke, over what I consider to be CW's continual promotion of helmetless riding. Michael counters that he's improving the ratio of helmeted to helmetless over time, that CW is better than other mags, etc. IMHO, I think he can do a whole lot more, and have suggested so on numerous occasions.
Anyone else who feels similarly is welcome to tell the man yourself. He has a Q&A forum here and posts his email freely.
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Wrist guards...
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On 1/26/2006
Miko
wrote in from
United States
(69.85.nnn.nnn)
I've always hated the bulky wrist guards that I've come across, including the PD ones, and never chosen to wear them after trying them for awhile. I've been hanging with mountain bikers lately, and found that most of the hardcore guys have some form of chronic wrist problem, like carpal/ulnar tunnel issues.
After talking with a few pros about what they use I tried a pair of the Six Six One (661) Wrist Wraps. They're a bit more flexy than what we skaters use, and they're way more streamlined, but seem to really provide GOOD compression, and they definitely restrain your wrist from hyperflexion. They're more comfortable than any wrist guards I've run across, and they fit well under gloves. I just feel better with them on at this point. I plan to use them for skateboarding as well. What a relief to finally find guards that I can stand to use (and even like!)
Both my son and I are newcomers to mountain biking who ride 2-4 times a week, mostly dirt jumping, and we're both developing numbness in our arms... I was diagnosed a while back for ulnar tunnel syndrome, which I thought was work-releated, but now I'm pretty sure it's all the biking... especially after seeing my son shaking his arms out the other day. It was a shocking realization that my 10 year old might be developing wrist prolems, and I've decided that we either wear wrist braces or don't ride.
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advertising and style -- sans helmets
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On 1/26/2006
peters
wrote in from
United States
(64.236.nnn.nnn)
Ever since a pretty good slam last year, I feel completely naked without my lid. Slow rides can be even gnarlier than those at speed, sometimes. There's a lot of great lessons to be learned on this and the Dr. Dave forum, and the "No Helmet? No Brain" campaign on NCDSA is one of the best.
But many longboarding ads and contests still focus on how cool it looks to let the dreadlocks flow or wear a baseball cap sideways while busting tricks for the camera. Advertising and style photo-ops could go a long way to make helmet culture COOL amongst the youngest riders, not to mention the older guys who should just know better. If cool is required, then cool helmets with cool sunglasses can make for cool pictures, right? Most slalom ads show riders fully geared up as they're charging through cones (the gear is normally required) -- Will other skate-related advertising and events catch up?
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Role Models
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On 1/26/2006 jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
(207.17.nnn.nnn)
I just want to say that I do believe that the proper gear is important. After saying that I also want to say that the proper gear seems to change as the skill level rises. When I first started riding longboards I felt more secure than on a popsicle stick, but as the runs started getting steeper and faster I had a revalation,"The faster you go the more it hurts when you crash." So I have made it a rule that anyone riding with us has to wear at least helmet,pads and gloves. I always have at least 2 sets extra for those who forgot theirs. Lately I have seen some extremely talented riders going downhill in excess of 30mph without any protective gear. A red flag goes up every time I see them do it, the reason this bothers me so much is because there are alot of youngsters out there who identify with their rebellious attitude, and I have noticed that even when they have gear they won't put it on if there's a rider already riding without protection. I guess what I'm gettig at is that even if we don't want to be role models to those around us, sometimes we are, so let's be a good one and ride with the proper gear.
Sorry for getting on my soap box like that, it's just that I took a nasty fall about 3 weeks ago and I ruptured 2 discs, I am going throug alot of pain and meds but it would have been a whole lot worse if I had not been wearing all of my gear. I'm waiting for the doctors and the insurance company to decide when they will repair them. I still ride in garages but I can't stand because if I take another fall it might do more damage, I do ride in a crouched position that allows me the pleasure of riding, but no more carving or sliding for me. (for now)
Take care and ride safe.
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Wipe out
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On 1/21/2006
Max M.
wrote in from
United States
(68.66.nnn.nnn)
I had only like a week experience of longboarding at the time, I was going down a hill with my friend Ian. We got going 30-35 mph. I got down really low for more speed, and was not in very good control. I turned just the slightest bit to avoid even coming close to a car, but I hit a bump in the road and started to speed wobble like crazy. I fell off and, luckilly I was wearing a helmet; I felt it hit the ground several times. But I had a HUGE hamberger on my elbow, as well as right on my side. Ian came running over and helped me up... Now I know to wear pads!
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brain buckets
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On 1/11/2006 mike p
wrote in from
United States
(129.210.nnn.nnn)
who remembers strike goin down on maryhill? it was a little colision between him and andrew. i was taking pictures on the turn at the time and went over when it happened. he hit his head really hard. i was really scared bc he didnt say anything that made sense for at least five minutes. his helmet had entire layers of hard material stripped off of it. that one fall was excellent reason to not only wear a helmet, but a good solid one too. it was the first race i know of in which snell helmets were mandatory, and i am not sure how that fall would have turned out in a lesser helmet. use good gear.
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Crashing
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On 1/3/2006
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
(207.17.nnn.nnn)
I forgot to add that the board that I was riding was a 60" home made board which came in handy as a gurney so my son and his friend could get me out of the road till I got the feelings back in my legs and I could get up with their help. I am glad to say the board did not sustain any damage, so the day was not a complete loss.
I'll probably be riding again in a couple of weeks (I can't wait). But when I do resume finding those sweet hills I promise you this, I will be riding safer and hopefully smarter.
So if you are going to ride, ride safe, please think of yourself and your loved ones and not of what other people think.
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Saftey Gear
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On 1/3/2006
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
(207.17.nnn.nnn)
My son and a friend of ours and I were driving around looking for some hills to ride about a week ago. We found a few nice slow meandering runs that went well, but on the drive home I sighted a fine lookin run in a local park that I just had to ride. We were all wearing all our gear (except common sense). We attacked the hill like maniacs, I was the first, and as we approached what was to be the run-out area I spotted the speed bump that we missed comming in. Anyway I hit the bump at about 30mph, my skills not being as good as I had hoped they were, I lost control and did a back flip and landed on my head and lower back. My left elbow pad and right knee pad were torn off along with my watch. The helmet survived witm some scrapes, but I ended up layed up for four days becaused I pinched a nerve in my lower back. But if I hadn't been wearing the gear I doubt seriously that I could be writting this now.
Please any one young or old, if you're going to put wheels under you please put the protection on you.
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helmet
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On 12/31/2005 matt
wrote in from
United States
(69.141.nnn.nnn)
i used to not wear a helmet when i longboard until i relized that the pros wear them too so i got myself a motorcylce type helmet a full face one...it makes me feel more protected espcielly when im bombin hills
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skool
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On 12/30/2005 anthony
wrote in from
United States
(69.231.nnn.nnn)
alright thx man i appreciate it and i do have a black helmet and i should put some stickers on it but thx for the help
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Re: Skool
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On 12/30/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(68.111.nnn.nnn)
Yes, you should wear a helmet going slow because thats when it can hurt you the most,The great thing is to make a black helmet your own and have all the others kids thinking that they can make a cooler helmet than your.You can save your life and a freinds by wearing not just a helmet but a cool one!
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skool
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On 12/30/2005 Anthony
wrote in from
United States
(69.231.nnn.nnn)
well i been walking to skool (intermediate) and i c kids ridings skateboards without a helmet but they werent going fast my friend was riding a skateboard without a helmet and he was going fast either but i c some kids bring a helmet maybe they jump and do tricks, but is it ok to ride an skateboard without a helmet not going fast cause i need to no cause i might ride it to skol cause im sick and tired of walking reply back
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No Helmet=More than just your pain
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On 12/28/2005 LadyL
wrote in from
United States
(63.204.nnn.nnn)
Never been one to preach, but need to share...4 months ago, my 20 yr old son chose to long board down a pretty steep, freshly paved road without a helmet on. He's been riding for 12 years and thought he was invincible. Unfortunately, he got a bad case of speed wobbles and went down. When his friend turned around, he was unconscious in the middle of the road bleeding bad from his left ear. Paramedics rushed him to the trauma unit and to make a long story short, he fractured his head in 2 places and had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the entire left side of his skull to relieve pressure and save his life. Thankfully, he has no ill effects from this. He was without the left side of his skull for 4 months, until 2 weeks ago when they operated again to replace it with a polymer piece. The pain he went through was staggering, and the mental heartache and pain our family endured was almost as bad. Hey, it's your life, but take a minute to think about what could happen. You never think it will be you, or someone you love. But it could be.
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Marc and no helmets
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On 12/25/2005 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(68.111.nnn.nnn)
Dame you just helped me to understand something that has been going on with me for years.I got a skateboard helmet for the 1st time today for x-mas my son got it for me. I have hit my head as a young boy skating and to these day will loose one side of my body from time to time.Wear a helmet and live a full life!Have been tru. alot of E.Rs and the numbest is apart of my life now and the doc. could not find why I was going numb. Thanks alot bro. for sharing and its easier for me now the next time it happens. If you ride a skateboard and dont wear a helmet you will not see THE next day as you saw today. My freind Joe D. over 3 years now and can not talk or walk, got ran over and his head was on the pavement to 3/4 of a mile with no helmet. WEAR ONE AND SEE YOURSELF DOING GREAT THINGS,DONT AND YOU WILL JUST BE ABLE TO SEE THE PAST AND ONLY HEAR THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU CANT MOVE! MERRY X-MAS
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helmets
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On 12/23/2005
dylan
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
dude im to big of a pansie to not wear a helmet. ha im already cool enough man i dont need to not rock the helmet. i mean damn dude with out your melon cap bailing your screwed
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My crash No helmet
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On 12/22/2005 Marc
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
A couple of years ago I was skateboarding with a friend. I had a cheap board and was going down a steep curved hill without a helmet. The back wheels came out from under the board and I hit the back of my head on the pavement. My whole body went numb and I had trouble getting up. I didn't go to the hospital afterwards and suffred no type of concusion. I have had three seizures since then and I don't know if that is atributed to not wearing a helmet. I just recently had one and will probably have them the rest of my life.
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No helmet - No Life
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On 12/15/2005 Fred
wrote in from
United States
(170.131.nnn.nnn)
For anyone who thinks that they do not need a helmet, check out the page labeled "Ouch" on www.crashcorner.net. Turn up the volume, and listen to Beagle Jarvis' head hammer the pavement at MCGF IV. He was quite shook up, even with the protective gear.
In the words of Beagle himself, "ALWAYS wear your Brain Bucket!"
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