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shaggs2riches

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 12:50 PM

Shoulda went back home

So a couple hours ago I decided to go ride the board down the hill and work on skills. When I got there (only 2 minute ride away) I realized that I forgot my helmet. Out of stupidity I decided to not go back for it as I've ridden the hill lots of times without incident.

!!!!!!!!!!!!WRONG DECISION DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!! After making many rides down I figured it was time to practice riding switch. I started almost at the bottom and then made my way higher as I felt in control at the that level. At about 3/4 of the way up I decided that I'd just go to the top for my last run. That's when #@%$#! hit the fan. I rode right to the bottom and the wobble started, and I went ass over tea kettle landing right on my head, my board flying twenty feet in front of me. :no:

I have a head ache half hour later but otherwise I'm fine. Should of just went back for my helmet cause things could have been worse.

Lesson learned
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posted on 7-2-2010 at 01:07 PM

shaggs ........

:no:

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thanson2001ok

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 01:10 PM

Ouch.

How's the pavement? :puzzled:

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shaggs2riches

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Mood: Thank God for Knee and Elbow Pads

posted on 7-2-2010 at 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thanson2001ok
Ouch.

How's the pavement? :puzzled:

Thankfully it was on a grass hill so I hit the dirt. Probably be at the hossy if it was on pavement.

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 01:22 PM

Love ya like a cousin, but go get yourself checked out.

There's just a little too much deja vu here:
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"Richardson fell Monday at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec. She initially appeared fine and joked about the fall, but the ski patrol insisted she see a doctor. Richardson declined, the resort said in a statement Tuesday.

Thursday, ABC News learned more details about what happened between when Richardson fell and when she sought medical attention. At 12:43 p.m. Monday, the first call to the paramedics was made. An ambulance arrived at 1 p.m. and transported Richardson from the foot of the mountain to the infirmary by sleigh.

Richardson thought she was fine and didn't want to stay at the infirmary. At 1:10 p.m., Richardson signed hospital waiver paperwork and walked 300 yards to hotel along with her ski instructor. She was back in her room by 1:30 p.m.

At 2:59 p.m., paramedics received a second call for help. An ambulance showed up at the hotel exactly ten minutes later. Richardson was conscious but showing signs that made paramedics call the hematology department at the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe, where the ambulance took her.

On Wednesday, a Canadian newspaper confirmed that an ambulance was dispatched to the resort right after the accident, but the paramedics were told they were not needed and left.

"They never saw the patient," Yves Coderre, the operations manager for the ambulance service, told the Globe and Mail. "So they turned around."

Vanessa Redgrave, center, with daughters Natasha Richardson, left, and Joely Richardson, 2000.

"When you have a head trauma you can bleed. It can deteriorate in a few hours or a few days," Coderre added. "People don't realize it can be very serious. We warn them they can die and sometimes they start to laugh. They don't take it seriously." "
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If it sounds like I am being a chicken little about this sorry.... apart from the NR incident, this hits a little too close to home.

On pavement or grass, you brain is still hitting the inside of your skull. Deceleration trauma doesn't distinquish much.

I really, really don't want to read about something happening to you.

ATB,
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posted on 7-2-2010 at 01:55 PM

Too hot and impatient for a helmet just yesterday....more inland gusts...I smack the grass with the back of my head (more like the back of my neck and head). It hurt a little...watched for any symptoms besides aches and bruised pride...and yes, Googled the Natasha Richardson story when I got home (and remembered that Italian buggy guy)...then reviewed my lightweight, ventilated helmet selection to make sure it goes with me next time...

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 02:04 PM

i have taken some serious blows that would have otherwise rendered me unconscious for sure... one or two were at remarkably low speeds..

i always wear a helmet and pads... but i did learn this lesson the hard way, so i wont fault anyone else for doing same

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 10:34 PM

I took a hit to the back of my head being stupid when we were learning with the beamer 5m. The pics are old, I know better now.

Left me with a two day headache from hell. I just rolled but the old head hit the ground.

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 10:42 PM

crap cant do it right

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 10:43 PM

Gesh

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posted on 7-2-2010 at 10:43 PM

Still trying

Hope your doing ok shaggs, we all do stupid things as you can see.

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shaggs2riches

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posted on 7-3-2010 at 03:55 PM

I shoulda came on last night. Thanks for the concern guys, I never did think of going to the hospital about this. Watched for the signs of concussion yesterday and only went to bed like twelve hours later. Today my head feels fine. I might have some amount of whiplash from the fall or my muscles are sore from using them trying to jump from switch to regular stance. My entire back hurts including my abs and neck. Too bad cuz I was gonna go flying today but chose to stay home and let some of the soreness heel. I turned sharply this morning and my mid back muscles spasmed in such that I had to slowly turn back (kinda like one's stomach feels when they've done too many situps) I've done many slow and easy stretches throughout the day and all feels better right now. My wife is starting to think that I might need to get an impact vest to reduce some future injuries. Either way I guess I learned a good lesson from yesterday so the helmet is gonna be used from now on. Never put much thought on it but I'll be using it this winter on the hill as well.

Just a thought.....even though we emphasize it to most everyone that's around here, but somehow we should have a sticky thread just on safety gear and what can occur if it isn't used as way for us to share stories of injuries when our gear coulda prevented it. Just another way to drive the message home. Don't want someone else to have that happen to them ending in worse shape.

Thanks For The Concern Fellas
Shaggs

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posted on 7-3-2010 at 04:31 PM

Nuff said.. lesson learned I take it.
Glad you are OK

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