 Poster: A snowHead
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AA Insurance is due to publish a report next week stating that having two legs locked together on one deck is good insurance for your legs.
Insurance claims monitored by the company are reported to indicate that snowboarders generally make fewer medical claims than skiers, with leg injuries generally confined to sprained ankles, "compared with the multiple fractures of skiers".
This report from The Telegraph.
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It will be interesting to see the report in full. All independent studies of ski injury trends since the advent of plastic ski boots and improved bindings in the 1970s have indicated that "multiple fractures" (or single fractures) have substantially declined, though knee ligament injuries have multiplied in frequency.
Any comparison of upper body injuries between skiers and boarders would also be interesting to note.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Of course it could all be something to do with the fact that the majority are considerably younger than the rest of us, are consequently made of rubber, and bounce.
Was this taken into account?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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PG,
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Of course it could all be something to do with the fact that the majority are considerably younger than the rest of us, are consequently made of rubber, and bounce.
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Were you rubbing your arm when you typed this. I want to see the sample size and the demographic makeup before I take it seriously.
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| PG wrote: |
Of course it could all be something to do with the fact that the majority are considerably younger than the rest of us, are consequently made of rubber, and bounce.
Was this taken into account? |
Do winter sport insurers take age into account when calculating premiums? If not then I am going to shut up on this one ...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| PG wrote: |
Of course it could all be something to do with the fact that the majority are considerably younger than the rest of us, are consequently made of rubber, and bounce.
Was this taken into account? |
I am 50 later this year and refuse to grow old gracefully!! Still snowboarding hard and fast at every opportunity!
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Fogliettaz, ah, so you're the one I spotted on the slopes the other day! 
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That seems so odd - My group is evenly matched skiers to boarders - over 3 years the boarders have racked up: broken or sprained wrist*3, bust back*1, bust knee*3, bust ribs*1 plus various other minor bumps and bruises. The skiers just a few cases of sore shins, and one bruised hip....
There again I guess if they only look ast lower leg inhuries - maybe, I can see how skiers would be mroe at risk of 'legs going opposite way/wrong way' type problems... aj xx
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Over the past 9 weeks I have observed the following whilst being on piste, or happened to people I know
Skiers - knee x 2, disc (lower back), shoulder dislocated, tibia
Boaders -
Bladers - same guy tibia and fibia, he had taken his releaseable bindings off and put his fixed bindings on to get more flex in the blade
And no I havent bladed into any of them 
Also I have witnessed 3 out of control skiers crash into people, I have not seen any boarders or bladers do the same, so far this season.
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| eEvans wrote: |
| PG wrote: |
Of course it could all be something to do with the fact that the majority are considerably younger than the rest of us, are consequently made of rubber, and bounce.
Was this taken into account? |
Do winter sport insurers take age into account when calculating premiums? If not then I am going to shut up on this one ... |
Insurers take into account everything that effects their bottom line. Usually younger insurers are worse off as they take greater risks => more claims. => higher premium.
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Hmmm,
Hope this doesn't mean they want to limit the equipment you can use whilst on holiday. i.e. you've got a snowboarding only policy so you're not covered to try out skiing or blading.
Meg
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Come on folks it's obvious. How dangerous can it be just sitting around on the snow chatting with your mates like most boarders I see? If you're not moving then the biggest risk is some poor skier coming over the hill to find you and 20 of your hill frog mates sitting just out of sight across the piste comparing pant bagginess and who can get most of their underpant out from the tops of said baggy pants.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I reckon it's down to those crazy hard boots all you lot have to wear - how you can walk up and down steps in them with out a bone breaking tumble once a week I don't know. 
Seriously though there are some intresting stats on injuries here at www.ski-injury.com , for those of you that haven't heard of the site it's run by a Doctor based in the Cairngorms. I think his findings give riders a slighty higher chance of damaging themselves than skiers but there's not a great amount of difference. I'll be interested to see the full AA report when it comes out.
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I can see that snowboarding has a higher chance of injury in the 1st few days - sprained/broken wrists especially but then the learning curve is steeper, whereas I'd guess skiing has an equal chance of leg injury throughout until you've built up real leg strength/ adjusted your DIN right down. Obviously once anyone is spanking themselves in the park then injuries are absolutely to be expected.
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You know it makes sense.
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Come on, I think we know that snowboarding is safer for your knees. Its every other kind of injury (apart from perhaps skiers thumb!) that they are more dangerous for.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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which is safest for injured pride when u stack it under the lift..?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Most common snowboarder injury is strained stomach muscles after laughing at skiing outfits!!!!! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| which is safest for injured pride when u stack it under the lift..? |
Uusually snowboarding I'd say judging from guys I've seen flip a few times then stand up gear still attached raising arms to the cheering/jeering chairlift then riding off. Harder to keep dignity while picking up scattered skis and poles.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| fatbob wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| which is safest for injured pride when u stack it under the lift..? |
Uusually snowboarding I'd say judging from guys I've seen flip a few times then stand up gear still attached raising arms to the cheering/jeering chairlift then riding off. Harder to keep dignity while picking up scattered skis and poles. |
Tell me about it. Or the embarrassment of totally mashing a small bit off of piste and having to work your way from out of the trees when the lift has stopped above you , so the people who saw you mess up are still the same poeple who see you climb back out. I did not look up once.
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