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Crash of the year
.....well, the most spectacular I've seen in some time, especially in a
GS, for heaven's sake. Daron Rahlves had an epic crash at Adelboden, which you can see by going to http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?sit...01&sid=5460806 and clicking on "Ski alpin: occasion ratée pour Didier Defago dans le slalom géant d'Adelboden (CH). Le 22h30 du 11 janv. 05 (02:43 min.)" (needs RealPlayer). It's amazing how high and far he got launched, and that he was actually able to stand up afterwards. Thank God for airwalls, huh? -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
....well, the most spectacular I've seen in some time, especially in a GS, for heaven's sake. Daron Rahlves had an epic crash at Adelboden, which you can see by going to http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?sit...01&sid=5460806 and clicking on "Ski alpin: occasion ratée pour Didier Defago dans le slalom géant d'Adelboden (CH). Le 22h30 du 11 janv. 05 (02:43 min.)" (needs RealPlayer). It's amazing how high and far he got launched, and that he was actually able to stand up afterwards. Thank God for airwalls, huh? I saw that one on TV, pretty wild. I had a tumbler yesterday at Kirkwood that was the most spectacular fall I've ever had. It was a warm, sunny, beautiful day there. The snow was in decent condition, though not as good as last weekend. There were spots of ice and slush that surprised a lot of us. I spent a lot of time exploring areas I hadn;t skied in before, including the Whiskey/Juniper area. I found the Juniper run down from Lift 2 was my favorite. I did it a couple of times and on my last run of the day, I lost my footing somehow and flew in the air, landing on my chest. Luckily, there's padding there. It knocked the wind out of me and my ribcage is a little sore, but nothing else was hurt. Fortunately these two girls (one boarder, one skier) were so cool to gather my poles and skis and help me up. I was in a very awkward position and my left binding was jammed so the ski woulnd't come off. Well, there's one very thoughtful boarder I was happy to meet. The area was really slushy and difficult to control my skis. I did break one of my rules. Whenever I say "I'll just take one last run", I don't. This time I did. Martha |
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On 2005-01-24, Black Metal Martha penned:
I saw that one on TV, pretty wild. I had a tumbler yesterday at Kirkwood that was the most spectacular fall I've ever had. [snip] Oooh. Is this an invitation to share our nastiest-ever falls? The screen shimmers and we find ourselves watching a grainy, black and white video recording ... I remember it like it was yesterday, though it must have been almost ten years ago. The gentle slope had powder-puff moguls on it, as soft as could be. It was my very first mogul run. Somehow, I got through all of the moguls and was skiing triumphantly toward the bottom of the lift, which ran above this run, when ... I hit a bump. It was probably about the size of a fist, maybe smaller, but it actually threw me into the air and I landed on my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me, cracked the lens of my goggles, and gave me a bloody nose. All under the lift, of course. Then, to add insult to injury, ski patrol came and wasted about an hour of my ski day forcing me to fill out waiver forms. Boo, hiss! -- monique Longmont, CO |
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2005-01-24, Black Metal Martha penned: I saw that one on TV, pretty wild. I had a tumbler yesterday at Kirkwood that was the most spectacular fall I've ever had. [snip] Oooh. Is this an invitation to share our nastiest-ever falls? Not from me it wasn't, as I doubt anyone posting here is going to come up with anything even approaching what Rahlves did. But anything's a launching pad if you know what you want to talk about. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Oooh. Is this an invitation to share our nastiest-ever falls? Not from me it wasn't, as I doubt anyone posting here is going to come up with anything even approaching what Rahlves did. But anything's a launching pad if you know what you want to talk about. I certainly wasn't meaning to turn this into a contest. His fall reminded me of my nasty one over the weekend. And yes, his was much worse, though I think I slightly pulled a muscle. Martha |
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Black Metal Martha wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: Oooh. Is this an invitation to share our nastiest-ever falls? Not from me it wasn't, as I doubt anyone posting here is going to come up with anything even approaching what Rahlves did. But anything's a launching pad if you know what you want to talk about. I certainly wasn't meaning to turn this into a contest. His fall reminded me of my nasty one over the weekend. And yes, his was much worse, though I think I slightly pulled a muscle. I heard his lower leg was too swollen to get his foot in a ski boot ;-) your muscle pull, besides the "oooooooh! ewwww!" factor of that crash, I was really amazed that big ol' contusions were more or less the extent of his injuries, and that he didn't break, sprain, rupture, or dislocate anything. I bet conditioning has a lot to do with that. Makes that time in the gym seem pretty worthwhile, huh? (and I was most impressed at the spectator screams and the way he annihilated that airwall) -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2005-01-24, Black Metal Martha penned: I saw that one on TV, pretty wild. I had a tumbler yesterday at Kirkwood that was the most spectacular fall I've ever had. [snip] Oooh. Is this an invitation to share our nastiest-ever falls? The screen shimmers and we find ourselves watching a grainy, black and white video recording ... I remember it like it was yesterday, though it must have been almost ten years ago. The gentle slope had powder-puff moguls on it, as soft as could be. It was my very first mogul run. Somehow, I got through all of the moguls and was skiing triumphantly toward the bottom of the lift, which ran above this run, when ... I hit a bump. It was probably about the size of a fist, maybe smaller, but it actually threw me into the air and I landed on my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me, cracked the lens of my goggles, and gave me a bloody nose. All under the lift, of course. Then, to add insult to injury, ski patrol came and wasted about an hour of my ski day forcing me to fill out waiver forms. Boo, hiss! I had a nasty fall into some rocks when I was 18. I wound up in the hospital or 10 days, seven of which were in the ICU with a shattered elbow and severed small intestine. If was wasn't so broke at the time I would have had more than an apple for breakfast which would have likely killed me from peritenitus (sp?). I also cracked a couple of ribs crashing my mountain bike pretty hard once. Right in allergy season. Those were some painful sneezes! Matt (vacationing in the Midwest this week) |
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MattB said:
I also cracked a couple of ribs crashing my mountain bike pretty hard once. Right in allergy season. Those were some painful sneezes! After busting a rib, I learned the hard way to avoid carbonated beverages. That hiccup nearly dropped me to my knees... |
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TexasSkiNut wrote:
MattB said: I also cracked a couple of ribs crashing my mountain bike pretty hard once. Right in allergy season. Those were some painful sneezes! After busting a rib, I learned the hard way to avoid carbonated beverages. That hiccup nearly dropped me to my knees... Y'all have great stories, but I was renovating my house in anticipation of making a place for my soon to be bride. Now we aren't spring chickens to be waiting around for the sanctification of the union if you get my drift, when, much to my surprise and chagrin, I fell off the edge of a deck about 3 feet above the ground and landed face-first with my hand against my chest. This was one of those times when I had time to say to myself, "Oh ****, this is going to hurt." I was right. Cracked at least two. Let me tell you it was a dry couple of weekends following that event. VtSkier |
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"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
... ....well, the most spectacular I've seen in some time, especially in a GS, for heaven's sake. Daron Rahlves had an epic crash at Adelboden, which you can see by going to http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?sit...01&sid=5460806 and clicking on "Ski alpin: occasion ratée pour Didier Defago dans le slalom géant d'Adelboden (CH). Le 22h30 du 11 janv. 05 (02:43 min.)" (needs RealPlayer). It's amazing how high and far he got launched, and that he was actually able to stand up afterwards. Thank God for airwalls, huh? I think that was a "Dinner Roll". I did something similar in a beer league race two years ago. :-) If you load up a new race stock GS ski and release said ski while going very fast and while being a bit too far in the back seat - you can easily be launched into the air. I did not flip like he did - but I did spin 180 degrees in the air. I'll never forget how long it seemed to take to land and what a sick feeling it was to not see where I was going to land because I was in the air backwards. I came down tail-bone first into MN black-ice concrete. My upper body followed with a violent snap, ending with my teeth crashing together so hard that I'm sure I would have bitten my tongue off had it been out there. At first, I was sure I had broken my tail-bone. Ever land hard on your tail-bone? What a gut wrenching pain that is. I had whiplash so bad that I could barely lift my head off the pillow for the next several days. I also had a nice contusion on my backbone that lasted for about a year from it salpping into the hardpack with only a GS suit, a zip-tee, and a t-shirt for padding. This was a Wednesday night and of course I was racing again by Saturday. I was scared ****less to let it all hang out. That crash is still in my head. I have no idea where these guys and gals on the WC get their guts from. They are amazing. To crash that like that, take time off and then let it all hang out in the Kitz SG - damn - people like Daron are crazy. But, that's what it takes. These are a great idea for racing: http://www.artechski.com/Merchant2/m...egory_Code=028 And so are these: http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr... tPage=family -- Marty |
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