Injury experiences!-!-

Major bumming. My season abruptly ended Jan 25TH due to a broken tibia. Do not land a rail with your shin. As I was carted off tabagon style by the ski patrol I tried to convince myself it wasn't broken. i. e. I didn't habe that same hot feeling as I did breaking my wrist or busting my pelvis. To my dismay in ER,  not only was the break confirmed....I needed surgery..plates and screws. My season was over. I broke down. All I said was will I be able to snowboard again? Al he said was not this year. An emotional week in the hospital as I lay in bed a blizzard rolls in. My family pleaded for me to give up the sport, not a chance. B the end of the week my mom is rubbing my high on painkillers head telling me not to worry, I will board again. I was online looking at new boards on day 2. Damn I can't wait to feel the snow again. Bring on 13-14, I'm gonna kill it!!

being out for a season is such a bummer!  I tore my MCL two years ago (about a week earlier in january than you) and definitely went into a bit of a depression for a while.  you just have to remember to do the best you can with what you've got, and not let it get to you.  a lot of being unhappy is a choice you make whether you realize it or not.  so that's my advice... and if you have physical therapy, DO IT!  I've been lazy both times I needed it (dislocated shoulder, and the knee) and it wasn't worth it.  I'm fine now, but could have been better sooner had I fully kept up with my PT.

Luckily for me, I've never had any major injuries from snowboarding. My worst isn't as bad as it is embarrassing. Slid out on ice, got the wind knocked out of me and slid a good 20 feet into some restricted area  in front of a ton of people

Thankfully (knocking on wood as I type this) in 11 years of riding and 12 years of skiing (prior to snowboarding) I have never had a serious injury.

I've never had any major snowboarding injuries, just concussion. But I did tear my acl playing football which kept me from boarding for a season

In my best grampa voice...

I always wear a helmet, but next year shin guards are most definitely being added to my gear bag! I had almost 40 days of riding in ( I work nights) and my resort opened nov 24 for a wkend and officially on Dec 1st. Unfortunately they don't offer insurance on a season pass. That's a good idea. 

I'm hanging in there! I have school to keep me busy...which helps since I can't work either. I do my physical therapy at home in bed..it will be 6 weeks before I can put any weight on it. I spend the rest of my time browsing new gear and reading snowboard mags. The new TW has Xavier De la Cruz boarding on a f'in glacier! It was so gnarly..it gave me the same intense feeling I get from boarding. Happy healing to you. I saw we ceremonial burn our crutches after its said and done!

I'll check out the blog. Can't tire of anything board related. I keep getting a cramp in my thigh from my foot just dangling there like a limp sausage! 

In 2010 (The season down in south hemisphere) I smashed into a wooden lift pole at full speed sideways. It was a very sunny and a windy day, and september so the season was close to ending. I was going up the tow rope (a type of lift where you get dragged up sideways by a rope.. similar to a poma/t-bar apart from that the rope is around waist-chest height). I was midway up the slope when the lift stopped and I fell off it. Couldnt get back on it when it started back up so i just gave up and decided to slide down to the start of the lift. However the ridge where the lift went up was completely exposed to wind and sun, so it was literally just a massive slab of solid ice. Not even half a inch of snow coverage. That thing is what the top of glaciers probably looked like.

I had surgery at the end of August to fix a torn rotator cuff, torn labrum, and frayed biceps tendon. It's taking along time to heal. PT sucks, but has really helped my mobility and ROM. Staying away from any park riding this season has been really hard, especially since I've been feeling stronger; but it only takes one fall to reinjure everything and it's just not worth it. But hey, at last I get to ride and be with my friends on the Tahoe slopes.