nic - 02 August 2009 10:35 PM
CRACKERS - 02 August 2009 10:26 PM
Probably the worst thing was landing shin first on a rail and splitting the skin off my shin....didnt break anything but needed 28 stitches, when i first did it i somehow convinced myself it was just bruised (just like a kick in soccer or something) and i rode for another hr,when i got home and looked my white thermels were stained bright red.....unrucky!
That must have killed! You managed to ride for another hour? Your pain threshold must be heaps higher than mine, lol.
That is a serious FEAR. I wore some soccer shin guards a couple times when learning to ride rails, and I was thankful that I did.
My worrst injury wasnt my shoulder / AC joint that we had talked about in another topic, because even thought I have a bump / knot on my shoulder, everything still works right.
The first season I was wearing a helmet I was cut off by a skier (but I was going too fast in a slow area) and it turned me toeside, I caught a heel edge and slammed my head on hard snow. My neck still feels it, and I worry that when I'm 50 it will be that much worse.
At times I feel my neck need to loosen up and sometimes pops, like if you would pop your knuckles. ugh. no fun.
All in all, I feel fortunate to have not hurt myself any more than I have.