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On 12/29/2001
dixiestixatb
wrote in from
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nice Joseph, where are you from?
check this out www.geocities.com/dixiestixatb/index.html
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On 12/20/2001 lawrence
wrote in from
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ouch!
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On 12/19/2001
joseph
wrote in from
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i have finally got a decent crash story to post so here it is
i was training on my earthboard as i have just begun riding the past few days and i have a few kilometer dirt roard calling my name.
my main goal was to learn how to power slide so if an object suddenly appears i can stop. i learnt pretty quick and was getting bored. the track i was doing is steep short and grass and as you go along you must lean to the right otherwise you go through bush and drop ten meters into a creek. the track angles hard to the left thus the right hand lean. i decided to attach a rope to a bike and get towed into it to get some serious pace for a long slide. as i began to slide going real fast my tires caught. i did a huge superman and cracked myself laughing then i got up went home and said "mum i need to go to the hospital" apparently i broke my left elbow YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUCCCCHHH!!
tHIS WAS OF COURSE ON THE FIRST DAY OF MY SIX WEEK CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY! THE ELBOW SHOULD BE BETTER AT AROUND THE SIX WEEK MARK. BUGGER
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On 12/11/2001 mikez
wrote in from
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jeepers creepers I took a wake up wipe out today,
yeah It tought me to concerntrate on the road and not the behind of the attractive lady ahead/ and showing off that hurts too, I had tightened up the doiwnhills on my DhIII
and was going for a "quick" sliding session
and a quick search for my right hand slider left me lost in my own home and so I just grabbed my left glove(DOPE!)
I was headed down when I noticed something tall and slim looking (from behind at least), so I thought "yeah I'll go a Bit faster than what I normally do before I slide to a holt"
I was a bit amped after being in the house all day and having not skated in two days,
I leaned into it and slid past the 180 mark thinking "hmm no prob I'll just bring around my right hand and turn it into a three sixty slide hey wheres my glove umm I better bring it back around like this" WAM
the chick turns around and laughed "you alright"
a quick inspection reveals she was nice from far but far from nice (damn now why'd I go show off for that :( )
" nah just my pride"
I started to push to get back to speed and realised that damn my ass felt like it had been ripped in two :( YOUCH that REALLY hurts I thought, also the unprotected right hand had lost it's print(hey at least the cops can't get me till I get better), and my hip had also got a bit bruised.
but my ass YEEEEEEOUCH
(heh I feel like an idiot now don't I, I think after this post you guys will know me in a "different" way)
a quick knee check shows there was some contact there but I fell with some style and life still goes on as normal,
as shown by my push up the 8 k mountain pass by my house
next time I'm wearing knee guards and BOTH gloves and also keeping my DIRTY EYES TO THE ROADS
well ya live and learn
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On 12/10/2001 shnitzel
wrote in from
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well, just before the end of the season i finally got what was coming to me..... took a lunch break and headed off full tilt to the local diner. i was pushing (on flat) about as fast as i could possibly push with beeeeg long strides when,,,,,,,, clip, my foot just barely hit the rear wheel and tossed my board sideways. i did everything i could to keep my hands off the ground but got 'em anyhow. skinned a palm, all the knuckles off one hand (still don't know how that happened), got my knees, shoulder and even skinned my chin. a beautiful lipstand into ass over tea-kettle........ the lady at the diner was pretty concerned but i assured her it was all part of the game and headed out with my take-out.
moral of the story...... even if your just headed around the corner slip your slide gloves on.... you're skin will thank you for it!
nite
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On 12/9/2001
kanufi
wrote in from
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Well i just got back from the x-ray joint and after being looked at by 2 docs they still could,nt tell me why my knee is locking up when ever i kneel down,a mri scan or an arthrascope is required to see whats going on inside the joint.Its only been in the last 2 days that i have been able to walk up some stairs.It all happened 2 weeks ago when there was some posts on tucking and how to get max speed with little resistance.So i was testing this theory and it works quite well and i found out the hard way bombing this hill all the way in full tuck and getting to the end where there is a 90 degree bend where its normally easy to make but not this time i cooked the corner and had to step of and ended up a good 30ft from the road with a hammered knee and what felt like someone had a full swing with a bat into my arm .I felt very lucky that this is all that happened to me if there was a solid object in the way (tree) it would have been nasty.And by the time i relised that i was going to fast to make the corner a coleman was out of the question as i didnt want to hit the gutter at speed in a slide.I had on all the gear and lost no skin but the knee is a different story.
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On 12/2/2001 h0dad
wrote in from
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I'll buy mikez's suggestion about stacking it on your ass. However,
perhaps the most pain I have ever experienced was screwing up a
layback and getting my cheeks forcibly parted by my concrete wave.
No wisecracks please
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On 12/2/2001
Hunter
wrote in from
(63.192.nnn.nnn)
So, it's been 3 months, and i can get back on my deck.
But i was skating in Bolinas (CA) dooing a downhill run with my friends, it was getting late and i did one last run on my friends S9-Cosmic9, now . i'm a little bit big for that board (250lbs) so it flexes like a mother. I was takeing this small hill at about 30mph, started to get wobbles, and i couldn't get his 70mm kryptos to break traction (left my glove at home, didn't think id' be skating) got flipped of the back of my board going about 30, and spent the next two days throwing up from my stupid concussion. I went and got a helmet as soon as i got out of the hospital. 2 days till i can skate again..
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On 11/23/2001 EXTERNAL FIXATURE FREAK
wrote in from
(24.187.nnn.nnn)
So...here's the thing about getting old......(I'm 37)....the other day at the skate park (I know, this is a downhill site but bear with me) I'm there......and I'm just kinda fartin around because I don't really want to be there but I dont want to leave either because I think of it as kind of like going to the gym or something..........it'll be good for me.
Anyway, I start a half assed attempt at something simple in the bowl and I bail because it aint workin. When I come down I land with one foot on the board, instantly whiplash down right on my back with my left arm underneath me.
SHATTERED WRIST....ouch.
So, after surgery, I'm lookin at 6 weeks in this contraption called an External Fixature (AKA the Wrist Jack) and then another 2 weeks in a cast that goes past my elbow.
I happen to make my living as a cabinet maker.
I also happen to have 3 kids.
Christmas is coming....
Moral of the story is: If your not feelin it, go home.
Full bore or not at all, otherwise your gonna get hurt.
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On 11/19/2001 Duane
wrote in from
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Got a good view of the meteor shower saturday night. Moments before I was skating along, returning home from a local pub, next thing I know I'm on my back staring straight up wondering what happened. I start looking for holes in my coat and pants, wrists, check, everything good, I'm on my way. the next morning I looked again, not believing there weren't some holes, tears or skid marks. Found a big skid on the top of my helmet, didn't even feel it, Giro nine is a good one.
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On 11/17/2001
The Boz
wrote in from
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dave,
Sounds like a good premise for " Ferris Bueller's Day Off 2"
That Ferris is a righteous dude.
The Boz
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On 11/16/2001
dave
wrote in from
(141.153.nnn.nnn)
The best thing about my crash was the nextday in skool. it all started when I bailed after having just come off a broken arm exactly a week after getting the cast off to be precise and my mom thought i broke it again and she thought i sprained my knee and broke my other rist so shes like freakin out and takes me to the hospital and has me all x rayed and stuff and as were in the hospital she called my friends dad to tell him everything and to let my friend know i wouldnt be showing up to school 2 morro and the dad was drunk and all he heard was x rayed leg and arms and wont be coming to skool so by the time the message gets to my friend its that i broke both my ars and a leg so he spreads it around skool like its the coolest thing ever and i show up with one little bandage on my elbow needless to say nothing was broken just nasty swelling and every body was in shock it was great and i found out that by the end of the day 1 teacher thought i was dead and all other peoples thought i was hit by a car and broke both my arms and a leg but it was so great. so next time you wipe out milk it as much as possible, have your mom your your bestfriends drunk dad and see what happens lol
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On 11/13/2001 Repairman Cam
wrote in from
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I love Autumn! Now I can wear my old leather jacket and protect my upper extremities from cold and pavement.
PS Once again I tried a shortboard, this time inside the store where I work...once again it shot out from underneath me like a banana peel, hurling my massive bulk to the ground laughing(The kid in footwear said later all he could think was "oh my God!") today's lesson- big guys and small boards don't mix.
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On 11/11/2001
joseph
wrote in from
(144.137.nnn.nnn)
Just something to add. a guy (i dont know him personally) came off his luge onto his but and compressed his 11th vertibrae and then got golden staff at the hospital. Just be carefull if using this method.
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On 11/11/2001 dave
wrote in from
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craziest crash of my life. me and my friends walked up this hill cuz we love to bomb hills the morning after a party. i had never been down it before. narrow, tight blind turn at the bottom, shooting out to a fast little road.i waz out in front, carvin it up barefoot cuz i left my shoes somewhere and couldnt find them. came to the turn, didnt see the car commin, brushed the front bumper as the dude slamed on the brakes. hit a planter box in someones front yard, ejected, it felt like i waz flying forever. landed in the driveway still holding my mountain dew. cut up from head to toe. lesson learned: if u dont wanna get soda if fresh flesh wonds, drop it before u bail.
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On 11/10/2001 Herbn
wrote in from
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jumped/Ran/speed crawled down from 30 ish(probabely just under) today.It was pretty funny ,i didn't cut the corner close enough on the inside and drifted closer and closer to the ridge of asphalt they call a curb. 25+ slappys on rough asphalt curbs are pretty sudden so i bailed ,left a 5 foot divot of dried grass with my knee. no burn or anything just grass stains,he he,how fast can YOU crawl:)
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On 11/7/2001 mikez
wrote in from
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SLIDE ON YOUR ASS!,
anything else HURTS
the roll thing means that all your limbs get scratched to sh1t and sitting on you ass means that your back pocket gets burned off.
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On 11/7/2001 Dave T
wrote in from
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Wonder why when you're younger you can take a fall better? Apart from the obvious reasons and the extra weight that normally accompanies getting older!! being fit and supple/ flexible plays a big part too. Wearing correct gear, leathers etc.. should be mandatory when going fast, but fitness helps to make the body more resilient. Watch motorcycle racers they'll try to slide when they come off to lessen impact and let their protective equipment do the rest. Surely some of the downhill guys must have some good advice. Bob is a pencil roll when you roll down a hill drawing pretty pictures with your own blood!!
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On 11/6/2001 bob
wrote in from
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Ive hit fast speeds also very fast off of the hills in my area, and im only 14! Ive had my share of bails and have pulled some bad ones that have given me some bad pain, my adivce to any hill bomber is to bomb with the traffic, dont over turn, and if you bail do a pencil roll down the hill
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On 11/6/2001
dave brown
wrote in from
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I had a strange thought this past weekend. I was carving down a very nice curvy hill and during one of my turns I came about 10 feet from hitting a black explorer. I am guessing he was going about 35 miles, and I was going 37 miles an hour (thats what my friends speedometer said). It was an exhilirating feeling, to say the least, but my friend was scared shitless by it. In my mind, I know bombing hills that if I fall, I will SERIOUSLY screw myself up. I just figure I suffer extreme pain, possibly die, etc. maybe these consequences will set in later. I was just wondering though, what is the best way to fall? The one bad fall I've had when I was 13, I naively tried to run off the board, tripped, and landed on my chest. My friend was trying to tell me the best thing to do is tuck and roll, so that I would land on my back. I'm not so sure about tucking and rolling, that seems really sketch, especially at 30mph+. what about just landing on your ass, I wonder? anybody have any advice? it might save a life...
Dave
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On 10/30/2001 phatkidwit1eye
wrote in from
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ive only been riding for about a year now and up to last week no serious injuries i was going down this hill not too fast bout 15 miles an hour and this yo boy in his ride thought it would be funny to knock me off my board so he drives up on my butt and i bailed into a front yard and half of me landed in the yard and my other half hit the cement luckly i got off with a nice bruise on my right side but the funny part and the part that pissed me off the most was the kid got caught at a red light so i pushed my self as fast as i could and caught his ass and i broke his driver side window with my board but in the same time i snapped my board on his door post. but you should have seen his face it was so funny he had this big stupid look on his face. i didnt hurt the kid but i think his pride was a bit hurt when he tells his yo boy friends a skater kid broke his window, but on the other hand the other part of my board is in his car. Dont ever come to nebraska it sucks to ride here its mostly flat and it snows so you can only ride 6 months out of the year. bottom line im gonna be like the beverly hillbillys cause cali is the place i wanna be so im gonna pack my stuff and move to beverly..hills that is..lol. yall keep it fast and bomb some kick ass hills for me....
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On 10/24/2001 Chris
wrote in from
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I live in downtown Denver, and my primary mode of transportation is a 48.5 Sector Nine Zepplin. The other day I'm riding to work at rush hour, hit the walk signal at Broadway, and my skating foot makes contact with the right rear wheel, sending me supermanning into the middle of the crosswalk.There are folks all around, and the Sector9 goes shooting off behind me like a friggin rocket. I've got roadrashed hands and knees, and my nice work clothes are now ruined and I'm late for work. Some dude grabs my board and I walk my sorry ass to the office hurting. Talk about pure embarrassment.
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On 10/24/2001
kanufi
wrote in from
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Had a bit of a stack on the weekend whilst trying out toeside slides,i cant remember what happened but my feet ended on the road and i slamed my hip and back.It was,nt to bad ,a little saw the next day.So a day or so later im testing out a board of my friends which we cut up and i end up falling again,thank you slide gloves you saved me again but my hip coped it for the 2nd time in as many days.Its not a big graze but it is so sore now even the slightest knock is very tender.If you fall once give it a few days. Your body will luv you for it.
Kanufi.
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On 10/20/2001 jay
wrote in from
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today a bunch of friends and i rented some mountain boards and hit the hills. we were baja'in most of the day through a field on a folf course. most of the stuff was pretty tame which was good because we were all mostly beginner mountain boarders/intermediat skaters.
well, my first big crash came when a few of us were trying to bomb down a hill and then go across a road and catch some air off a ledge down onto another hill.
my friend pablo was gettin some good air and stuck most of his landings, crashed a few but nothin that awful.
i got two good runs in before my third. then i tried to go for too much air and burried the nose of the board into the knee high grass. i was thrown forward and landed squarely on my right shoulder. after my shoulder hit, my head whipped into the ground. good thing i was wearing the helmet. stiff neck and all, i got up and hit the jump a few more times just fine. we had to go after that, so pablo and i decided to ride down the dirt road until the bottom. friends would lead and follow us in cars. the truck in front was videotaping us, and both pablo and i were picking up some decent speed. i decided to work on my pumping skills and started carving quickly left to right. before i knew it, i was cutting pablo off on his side of the road, so i tried to cut back to my side. instead of cutting back, i somehow lost traction and flipped into the air. while i was supermaning backwards, i could see pablo narrowly miss my board that was tumbling down the road. first thing to hit the road was my back, and then the back of my head whipped into the ground. the impact knocked my glasses off. when i got to my feet i figured i was about to pass out because i couldn't see, but then i realized that my glasses were at my feet.
luckily, the helmet saved my ass both crashes. however, the second crash cracked the helmet. time to get a new one! and one other lucky thing...my friends got both crashes on tape :)
at least there are some fruits to show for my efforts
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On 10/20/2001 henkie
wrote in from
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shit i felled so hard today i broke both my legs and one wrist!!!
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