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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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I would guess, only if you avoid the horizontal aspect. Or at least fast transitions from vertical to horizontal.
On a serious aside, sounds painful, hope everything goes well and there's plenty of snow in your future.
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jase2472, ouch! I am no doctor but am guessing that on a board, there is a greater surface area under your feet (hence a smoother ride) and no variations in shock under the feet. However, this supposes that your knees are useless shock absorbers, which is clearly not true. Maybe it's based on an observation that boarders care less about the dangers? 
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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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The head is always twised on a board and the crashes tend to happen without warning. IMHO stick to the skis.
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I agree with Frosty. Lots of headbangs (and hence neck-bangs) when boarding. Much less common skiing.
Where did you see/hear this comment jase2472?
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I agree with Frosty. Lots of headbangs (and hence neck-bangs) when boarding. Much less common skiing.
Where did you see/hear this comment jase2472? |
speaking to someone in Sierra Nevada last week
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Frosty the Snowman, true. In fact boardng is the only wintersport known to have been practised by the ancient Egyptians.
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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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jase2472, this sounds daft. I think in particular the need to look sideways all the time when boarding (well, at least until you get very good) would make my neck ache. I haven't tried boarding*, but we have friends who board and they fall much, much more often than we do, despite one of them being more experienced a boarder than I am on skis. I fall about once a week to once a fortnight when skiing, they seem to fall about twice on every run! Plus there seem to be more "highsides" where you hit your head coming down the hill then when skiing, which are more often "lowsides".
The point about shock absorption is well made, but I have extremely dodgy knees and back, and seem to manage shocks quite effectively on skis (unless doing race training, but that is different, and non-compulsory!).
The only thing I can think of is the doctor is a boarder! Go with whatever is more comfortable for you.
* Going to try learn to board in a day in the Summer to see what it is all about.
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docsquid, it's fun.  But it's true to say that falling over is more of a way of life than it is on skis. Boarding is also much more of an all-body activity - expect to have sore arms and shoulders as well as legs.
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You know it makes sense.
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went on trip to st anton in early jan. Out of the 3 intermediate boarders (3-10 weeks) - all 3 of us went home with a greater or lesser degree of whiplash injuries where we'd taken slams. Myself I was having a great day just piste bashing on blues and reds, all of sudden caught an edge and down I slammed...not sure how it happened..I know nothing medical but I did need to see a chiro when I came home to get it manipulated as it was so stiff I could not turn my neck..as there is less chance of a slam injury sking (based on 3 weeks practice) then I could only imagine that it would be better for you...plus as you're already a better skier than boarder than surely stick with what you know...
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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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Whoever gave your that idea of boarding after a neck operation must have been drunk, or worse. Did you, by any chance, owe him money? 
I took some lessons boarding. After day one, I knew I either need to get a helmet or I wouldn't last the 2nd day! Every time I fell on the heel side, which is 50% of the falls, the back of my head SLAM into the snow with a BANG! I think it probably qualifies as one of the sport NOT for the neck injured.
Even for my most spectacular falls on ski, I tend to land on my side, not my head.
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Poster: A snowHead
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as a boarder i agree with whats being said - the falls are higher impact and your neck needs to be strong to withstand them - this year I got my gym to set me up on some machines to specifically strengthen my neck muscles to reduce the effect of the whiplash i had last year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jase2472, I had a disc removed and subsequent fusion 5 years ago, C4/C5, and was out of hospital within 48 hours, no neck support or anything. When I asked about physiotherapy or any post op care, I was told that my neck was now made of titanium, was stronger than it had ever been, and I should make no changes to my day to day life.....so I still ski with no problems whatsoever....
For my convalescence, a week after the operation, I had a couple of weeks in Europe, took in the Oktoberfest in Munich, onto Innsbruck for some culture, watched the Ryder cup from a bar in Salzburg, then finished up in Prague.....needed a new liver by the time I got home, but the neck was fine....
My pride and joy is the scar which shows itself when I get a tan - my throat was slit from ear to ear....and I have dined out on the stories I have made up about it ever since....
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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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cheers for that mine is c6/c7 i plan to rest in my father-in-lawsa apartment on the costa del sol, they said i will have a 3-4 inch scar, nothing as impressive as you little number 
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Not competent to offer any advice about the skiing/boarding thing. But my best wishes re the operation - hope you recover well from it. Quite encouraging to read Guvnor's remarks.
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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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cheers for that
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jase2472,
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I have been told by someone in SN
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Since nobody at all seems to agree wtih this advisor, I now want to know - what is "SN"?
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I was told by my massage therapist in Val (yeah, ok, it was a no-expenses spared holiday ) that the highest incidence of injuries she saw to boarders involved necks and collarbones, whilst in skiers it was knees. Another vote for sticking to skiing.
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Nick L, SN is sierra nevada
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks jase2472, I thought maybe SN should now stand for Stupid Numpty-land in view of the universal disagreement with them in this thread.
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and will be laid up for a while as the vertebrae will have to fuse together 
can anyone shed any light on this situation, they said it would be easier on my neck for some reason or are they trying to get me to the dark side 
. And good luck with the op 
