 Poster: A snowHead
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Latchigo, rotten shitty luck. Sounds better than blowing an ACL as far as the future goes anyway. Glad it wasn't the first day too. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Latchigo, bad luck, mate . Hope it knits together good and strong, and we'll see you back on the slopes next season!
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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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fragglerock, I never got to see my second video either. My first free skiing video was a hard act to follow - though my bracage was crap; so I reckon I might have been disappointed.
Did you do the 'Star Wars' couloir they were talking about on Thursday ?
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Latchigo, Hope it mends quickly for you. Looking at the last two threads I've read I think they should rename this area 'The Crashed'
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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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Latchigo, Bad luck, hope the recovery goes well.
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Latchigo,
Bad luck, hope it gets better soon
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Latchigo, no I think we were all pretty much on an off day on Friday so Phil wisely decided to keep away from rocks etc... I guess the mogles were soft enough...
It would be really great if warren could get the tech together to let us download our own vids. HE may have a memory which means he can remember every run of everyone he has ever coached, but I could barely remember my Monday run by Thursday!
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Latchigo, bad luck -I hope it heals quickly  .
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Latchigo, Agh! Gutted mate. Get well soon, would've been good to see you in VT - next year maybe. We must have that pint in London sometime!
Kitenski Thanks for the pic - makes me want to cancel the current trip, never mind not book another 
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Latchigo, what bad luck--hope you heal well and soon!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Latchigo wrote: |
Ski binding did not release when I fell head over heels. I was on a Warren Smith course and it was just starting to get more interesting after the exercises on the first section ...
...Warren Smith looked at the binding and my boot and they could not see a fault - though they are not Rossignol specialists. |
Properly made, properly maintained and properly adjusted ski bindings have protected legs from fracture for over 30 years. This is proven by the huge fall in the frequency of leg fractures over that period.
I'd get those bindings tested with the boots you used, on an electronic or mechanical testing machine. Assuming you were using the bindings at the recommended DIN settings they could normally have been expected to have released with a safe margin. The failure of the binding to release could be indicative of the DIN indicator not correctly showing the actual release threshold (which is measured in nM - Newton metres - the 'unit of moment' that determines at what level the binding releases). Alternatively, the DIN may have been too high (though I imagine that you checked this with Warren Smith). The heel unit may have been too close to the toe unit (which can jam the boot in the system too tightly). Or there could be some internal mechanical fault in the heel unit.
Only a mechanical or electronic test can do the diagnosis properly.
Wishing you a very successful recovery, Latchigo. That's a really nasty thing to happen. There but for the grace of God ...
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Latchigo, sorry to hear about your break .. you must be v.v. gutted - it'll mend and you'll be back on them next year!
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You know it makes sense.
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Latchigo, I can feel your pain mate as I am in a similar situation, not quite as bad, no breaks for me fortunately, but my injury has prevented me from doing my BASI instructors course. A couple of days before the course I go and blow out my knee, ACL and MCL strain, whilst exercising. Gutted is not the word. Get well soon mate.
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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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Get well
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have started fantasising about the up-coming season, however I still get some twinges from my ankle... just wondering how you were getting on now? Going to get out on the slopes this 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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fragglerock, Hello. I have been walking around without crutchs for some time now. I am still aware of the injury especially if I run for a bus.
I hope to ski but I have never skied before the New Year anyway, so I am looking for further improvement.
I suppose I should do more exercise, swim etc. but I have not got round to that yet. I have not even played golf this year and I could easily spare the time to do the 9 holes at the end of my road.
Strangely enough, I was thinking about Warren Smith and dry slopes. I never used dry slopes while I was learning but used quite a few later on when some of our lot were neophytes still getting to grips with the basics. They were great for socialising but I was not learning anything new - just whizzing up and down killing time till we all went off for a meal/drink. It struck me that if you were concentrating on bracage a dry slope is all you would need.
Will you be doing another course with Warren ? I am minded to do something more cruisy first - Flims/ Laax maybe in a nice hotel. In time, I would also like to give Snoworks a go.
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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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Latchigo, good to hear the recovery is going well. Yes, why not try a bit of dry slope? It will at least give you an idea of where you are...
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Latchigo, Glad you are up and about again. As I told you earlier I also broke my leg in Jan. ended up having a plate with 7 screws put in it. (its staying in unless it plays up in the future , then they will take it out)
Had the O.K. do do what I want again in July. since then I have been.....White water rafting, canyoning, hiking (a lot) , cycling , swimming, water skiing, and looking forward to skiing again. and as I'v said before I'm in my 60s , so look on the bright side and I'm sure you will be skiing again this winter. 
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Byron Gates, You seem to be doing an awful lot. My excuse is that I am three months later than you. 
My weekends exercise was drinking at the Lancashire beer festival in Putney and some shopping.
I have a CD of my 'nail' x ray. Where the screws go in it looks untidy. I thought they would chamfer it off, so that it looked neat. The doctors tell me it is supposed to look like that and is not untidyness on their part. I think mine is supposed to stay in place and the bone grows around it.
TallTone, You are probably right. I have never tried Sandown Park, my nearest slope which has a bend in it. I have never done the nine holes in the middle of the race track either.
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Byron Gates,
Great to hear your up and about again. Ive done my medial ligament in my right knee, so am wondering whether I will be able to ski this christmas. Stories like your certainly give me hope.. well done again!
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I go in for my ACL replacement op tomorrow morning 
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lampbus,
Best of luck
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lampbus, Good Luck.
Have you had an initial operation, or have you been on a waiting list since the ski season ?
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lampbus, fingers crossed.
Latchigo, Good to hear you're on the mend.
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lampbus, fingers crossed.
Latchigo, Good to hear you're on the mend. |
Ditto
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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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| lampbus wrote: |
| I go in for my ACL replacement op tomorrow morning |
Big stuff. The very best of luck. Keep us posted when you feel up to it.
Latchigo, hope your recovery progresses well and you are back on planks in the not too distant future.
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lampbus, Good luck! I hope the op goes well and wish you a speedy recovery.
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You know it makes sense.
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Good to hear you are on the mend, even if we all sound pretty crocked!
I would love L U V to do another warren course this year but the bank manager says no
It is gonna be a last minute cheapy for me somewhere random I think.
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