Ingrid Backstrom is a bit of a hero in our household - one of the group of women (Lynsey Dyer, Izzy Lynch, etc) who really pushed out the boundaries...well done her.
I did meet Lynsey Dyer briefly once. She is tiny ( but also awesome)
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
@valais2 I, too, had one half that size.
Mine was caused by ~9 hrs lying on an operating table. Nearly 100 stitches in my neck & face and doped up on morphine, yet still the only thing I was complaining about was the bruise on my backside!
After all it is free
After all it is free
@cardweg, grief that sounds extremely grim!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
She skis a really graceful line. Makes it art.
That bruise though. Goes to show what lurks under those so called "pillows".
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Ski the Net with snowHeads
That bruise reminded me of one I got cycling. Was wearing baggies over lycra, lost my front wheel, went down hard on my side, hip, shoulder , head. Crushed my helmet, glasses snapped and cut my forehead but the most spectacular part was the bruise on my hip/thigh/backside. Had a bunch of keys in my pocket - not a mistake I've made twice - obviously burst some blood vessel in the muscle because over the next few hours I basically grew another buttock the same colour as Ingrid's. Took a few weeks for it to drain all the way down my leg - the whole leg went purple and my knee got stiff and swollen with the fluids getting past it.
Not recommended.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
After ops on my elbows, my entire arms were that colour, from a neat line around my upper arm where i assume there was a tourniquet or something, down to my lower forearm. Left one was still sort of camouflage, with patchy purple and green a month later.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
Many years ago after a bad fall my wife had a bruise that size in a similar area from a skiing fall. It took 6 months to vanish and every week was a different shape or colour. Twas a thing to behold; we almost gave it a name !
She wasn't skiing that type of terrain I hasten to add
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
She is badass with a badass!!!
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
@thecramps, yikes...and @dsoutar, ... yes I recall absolutely the @jedster description of the changing colours - black, blue, brown, green, yellow - quite fascinating if you are not in excruciating pain....
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@HoneyBunny, exactly right
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
I think it was Shane McKonkey who said IB was like a guy with a pony tail. Presumably he meant she a great skier, who also happens to be female.
Had to look up Shane McKonkey. There's a wikipedia page for deaths of noted skiers .
I came off a motor bike in my youth and the bruising, whilst impressive, was similar.
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