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On 2/27/2002
luke
wrote in from
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in virginia beach, va, about the only hill we have is Mt. Trashmore, a landfill covered in grass. a pretty steep short run, definitely covered in ruts. one misty night i headed out with some friends, on our walmart specials (s#@!ty shortboards with 1" risers and big gushy rubber wheels, probably around 100mm-needless to say not the most stable equipment in the world, but modified with xtreme feet clips.) i took a couple runs, trading of my board to other kids, and then we switched to an unlit side of the mountain. my first run down, i trip up 3/4 of the way down, probably going 20 or so. i spread eagle into a mud pit, land mostly on my face but also pushing my shoulder back, resulting in a fracture and a separated muscle. i got up and laughed it off. the next day i wasn't laughing. wen't to the doctor, and i was pretty pissed. thank god for health insurance. was out of commission for about 2 months.
its mostly pavement for me these days.
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On 2/19/2002 h0dad
wrote in from
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h0dad remembers summer 1979 when he face planted riding his
Edmonds Superskate in the schoolyard. A girl he liked, named Leanne Paal,
thought his facial grazes were gruesome, h0dad likes to impress.
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On 2/18/2002
kludy
wrote in from
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have not crashed in a while and it feels great . I can feel for you and messing up yopur school paints. I did that alot , years ago! Very cool. The date in time may change but what we do in skating will not !!!Putting a hole in school paints is timeless. YOU HAVE TO GO BIG OR STAY HOME !!!!
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On 2/11/2002 Patio
wrote in from
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rulio's board ate a cone and he had went flying through the air and bounced offa his knee. he made a hole in his dungarees and his knee.
he got up and mumbled something about his mom gonna kill him for ruining his new school pants...and something about kneepads...
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On 2/2/2002 Patio Mendino
wrote in from
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I went to Vans Atlanta for the Friday night 7pm session.
I spent the whole night running into clueless kiddies, getting dropped in on by clueless kiddies, and in general, falling down a bunch because of clueless kiddies.
They need to have some training/guidelines or something. it's ridiculous!
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On 1/10/2002
MAXinMaine
wrote in from
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Snow time up here! Had a head cold last few days & antihistamines were a daily fix. Not sleeping well. My Bud's got new boards so I spend all morning chasing him. Finally he says, I'll follow you. So I turn up the gas, rock down a chute and just as I'm about to emerge onto a wide blue slope I see a drainage ditch like hollow sideways right in front of me! I extended down into it and contracted on other side...the up-slope lifted my legs as the G's compressed me down. I thought I was gonna really get something permanently bad! My Bud caught up with me and confirmed the red spots in the snow were mine. Nice run down...last for the day! I call 10 stitches in the chin easy considerring the possibilities!
p.s. - I had a helmet on...its buckle added a laceration to my neck & probably some swing weight to my head...my goggles ended up on top of the helmet...skis did not release as all force went down into sole plate. MAX
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On 12/30/2001
Kludy
wrote in from
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I have not been on this site for a very long time, looks like alot to be said for LUCK !!! I must have a lot of it because crashing is riding very hard and I do it alot !! Just got back from the death valley area trainning with a friend Danny C . We road his trainning hill , a right hand turn into a hard hairpin right into a hairpin left into a hairpin right into a hairpin left into a hairpin right into a hairpin left down a straight to the finish ! WOW!!!! 1ST RUN WHENT INTO THE 1TH LEFT AND CRASHED , GOT UP AND TRIED AGAIN AND CRASHED. Have not road for 4 weeks and it showed. Trucks where to tight and my mind was NOT in KLUDYVILLE. The last crash was bad ,I spin I turned and slide into , the rock of all rocks, that hurt. I did get the hill later in the day but the following day I ended up with a badly springed thumb , rebroke the knuckle on my other hand and broke skin on my back.I guess what I am saying is that I am a very , very lucky speedboarder that I hope will stay with me for a very long time ! I have crashed at 35 , 45 , 50 , and close to 60 mph and came out with just a little bit of nothing as far as hurt goes. The slower speeds seem to hurt more then the faster speeds.I always wear leathers , slidegloves and a great helmet.THAT COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT !! I have hit hay face first at close to 50 mph broke my facesheild and lived to tell about it!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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
(65.94.nnn.nnn)
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
(144.138.nnn.nnn)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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