snapped a b-dub

[Roussel]

went skiboarding today with ym girlfriend at st bruno, i see this little drop thing over a log, as soon as i was in the air i knew something was wrong, ended up landing way to much on my tails on the flat icy ground and snapped a BWP right behind the binding.

totally my fault tho, droping 8 feet or so on flat ice with all my weight on the tails. just sucks tho only used them 5 times so far.

i think i could ride them a few more times if i put them backwards.

[airdonut41]

Sorry to hear that. I have a partially broken EMP and/or Chicken if you want to mix and match :D . Jw, has anyone tried riding two different length boards on your feet?

Dan

[Courtney]

Ouch dude that sucks. You dont have very good luck with boards.

[tyberesk]

you broke a chicken already?

[airdonut41]

Originally posted by tyberesk
you broke a chicken already?

Yeah, I was coming off a box and was about to land a little sketchy (maybe my boards were somewhere between 90 and 45 degrees from being straight to down the hill) and I landed in a depression that was dug out where a bunch of snowboarders had packed it down. My bindings landed right in the trough and I tanked. My friends asked after I got up and skied away from the box if I was alright because they heard something snap. I looked down at my boards and just thought Oh Crap. My right board snapped right in front of the binding. Stupid Bear Creek not grooming their park. I did this after spraining my ACL and bruising the bones in my left knee (I just found that out) that night, so I ended up riding a sprained ACL, two or three bruised bones, and a broken board for the rest of the night. The rails were a bit tricky to land that night :D .

Dan

[nate]

:(

[Mark]

dan you should work on coming over boxes squeeky clean before you advance to rails. I see alot of new riders this year kind of " skipping " the basics and jumping right into advanced things, and breaking boards, and themselves.

[Manlenium]

I landed on one of my tanshos hard the other day. I heard a crack. It looks like there is a heavy line where the material has seperated just underneath the topsheet....feels like something has moved or shifted.

[airdonut41]

Originally posted by Mark
dan you should work on coming over boxes squeeky clean before you advance to rails. I see alot of new riders this year kind of " skipping " the basics and jumping right into advanced things, and breaking boards, and themselves.

I agree; I'm getting better at it, but I struggle to come straight off of boxes and rails. If I fakie out I'm fine because I just let my momentum take me around, but if I try to twist back or set myself up for twisting back I end up riding the rail/box at closer to a 45 degree angle rather than 90. I'm not struggling so much with that anymore as I'm starting to feel more comfortable and land straighter, but it was really tough to land anything that night with the really deep narrow troughs that were carved out. When I sprained my ACL I had already landed the box fakie and was going to spin around, and while I started spinning my left board caught in one of those troughs and my body spun without my foot and I think thats when I got my bone bruises as well.

Dan

[Mark]

a note to all of you guys, when the snow is soft and there are huge ruts, it's best to just stay away or come off to the side. this is where skiboards (and regular skis) generally get stuck and then you twist and hurt yourself. I had a bit of a knee tweak today when one of my boards got stuck in a rut.

also, train your legs with squats and lunges, you'd be suprised what strengthening you legs will do for preventing injuries.

[airdonut41]

Yeah, I agree with all of the above and I was generally trying to avoid that stuff, but unfortunately the whole park was like that that night and I felt like I had to hit some stuff. Shouldn't have followed that feeling.

Dan

[tyberesk]

Originally posted by airdonut41
Yeah, I agree with all of the above and I was generally trying to avoid that stuff, but unfortunately the whole park was like that that night and I felt like I had to hit some stuff. Shouldn't have followed that feeling.

Dan

i havnt ever not had that feeling. If i go to a mountain then i gotta hit some features. Me and joey were riding up at boulder late...and i had a bad feeling i was gunna get hurt. Boom smashed my face off a a down flatbar rail. It did teach me something....know your boundaries, but if you must hit something you havta commit to it 100 percent and be confident you can land it.

[airdonut41]

Yeah I agree with the commitment thing. Whenever I think I might not land a rail I tend to lean back to attempt to lessen the pain or something, and I wreck every time. On the contrary, whenever I don't think and just relax I hit it with steeze. That's a great feeling.

Dan

[zackariah]

you know thats why i love my Strictlys they feel so tough, i mean thats compaired to the springier EMPs, but still, i feel pretty confident jibbing and jumping on them.

[Roussel]

no skiboards are unbreakable tho, people rboke a couple of pairs of strictly at the world cup last year

[zackariah]

oh i'm sure haha, i just love how it feels. somthing about feeling my 105s flap around on a rail just kinda makes me uncomfortable, i don't have nearly enough cash to replace them. i'm dreading the day i break any of my boards

[tyberesk]

i usta think i loved the feeling of my ct8s on rail (they are madd stiff) ...but after riding my citys i fell in love haha.

[airdonut41]

Yeah I really love the flex; it makes for such smooth landing and you can't beat that feel.

Dan

[Mark]

consider sanding the edges that hit the rails if you value your boards. it makes for a much smoother grind and you won't get nicks and burrs in your edges.

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