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Originally Posted by release
Right. Jeez. You've got a good memory, Release. I think you're referring to that ancient (and now lost) thread from Powmag, "Help I've fallen and I can't get up!"
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Originally Posted by release
Right. Jeez. You've got a good memory, Release. I think you're referring to that ancient (and now lost) thread from Powmag, "Help I've fallen and I can't get up!"
http://www.bootfitters.com/booster.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by Huckwheat
Seriously. Completely eliminated shinbang for me. If you run a finger down my shin, you can feel two major dents from where I've had shinbang so many times. Ever since I got a pair of Booster straps, no problemo at all.
Minute Bol
Work with me.
Hourace Grant?Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
BobMc
I think I need to hit the gym in a serious way this summer, and also get into yoga or some sort of intensive stretching program. I took some pretty good diggers while living in Whistler. I stacked a lincoln off a 25 footer (I did my signature 'oh shit i meant to do a lincoln but instead I did a rodeo 5 and this is gonna huuuuuuurrrrrt... CRUNCH') and walked away with nothing more than wounded pride, cause i did it under a lift. Conversely, I tried to do a butter 3 off a 15-20 foot cornice, caught an edge after I popped to hit the second part of the rotation, and landed squarely on my head. I've seen a lot of people do this off HUGE cliffs and walk away (Rob Holmes, anyone? No? How about Jamie Pierre?). I thought I'd broken my back. It wasn't a bad injury, but I had to take a couple days off skiing, and then take it easy for about a week. There were other falls that left me busted up that I feel shouldn't have. I guess I have my answer though: it isn't because I am a big guy, it's because I don't hit the gym nearly enough.
Bigger dogs tend to have more injuries & die sooner.
[Tuco]I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise.[/Tuco]
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Therefor bigger guys feel more force, there fore they must be equally proportionally stronger to not get hurt
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Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
A case in point.
I took high school physics, guys. I'm never going to forget that forceleration equals massl multiplied by acce, as you so eloquently put it AKPM. ;) Bigger guys definitely impact the ground harder. I also understand that you have to be proportionally stronger. I was just wondering if it was possible to be as strong, proportionally, as a little guy. Are my bones, ligaments, tendons, etc stronger because I'm bigger? I know my muscles have the capacity to be.
I'm sure this has been talked about on epic more than a few times. ...and I'm sure there's a nice 4 paragraph answer from PhysicsMan.
The massl and acce are strong with this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by shmerham
Yoga is for chiks. ;) If I recall correctly, Sage practices yoga and it definitely seems to benefit him as far as injury prevention & health maintenace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samwich
Look into practicing Tai Chi as another possibility -- many of the health benefits you get from practicing will cross over to skiing. One of the main philosophies of Tai Chi involves absorbing strikes/blows. As a matter of fact, I think the foremost teacher of the Yang style resides in the Seattle area.
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Originally Posted by 13
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"Can you feel the Yang?"
Mr. Miyagi was the pioneer of unnatural spins.
He looks like the sort of guy who'd ski with a couple of litres of Jesus Juice in his Camelbak.
it's definately a trade off, but it's worth pointing out that bigger guys have more "suspension" with longer legs and arms, so I think it mostly comes down to fitness. I am 6' 3" almost 200# and while I have sustained my share of injuries I have also walked away some pretty spectacular wrecks.
i'm big, sometimes i get hurt and sometimes i don't.
i think pro huckers are small because they can do more flippy-spins easier. pro racers are all sizes, but generally beasts - strength matters more than size. all are jacked/lean since they are professional athletes and do stuff all day that doesn't involve computers and cubicles.
this adds very little to whatever discussion exists at this point...
True. I was just pointing to an extreme example of height and the fact that everyone that size breaks down more quickly than a person of normal height. Besides, Muresan may be a freak, but he was so awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
The knee formula holds up though- more weight=more stress over time. Still I think Arty's point about the relative strength of tendons and joints in accrodance with more muscle mass, larger bone structure is probably sound- bigger body, relatively stronger small parts. Makes sense to me.
I still heart G. Muresan. He was funny. Disregard 'My Giant.'
I'm pretty tiny myself at about 5'8'' +/- an inch and between 130 and 145 lbs. When ski season rolls around after 3 or 4 months of strength training I'm much closer to the 145lb mark than say, in June. I also think that being small and pretty light saved me from very serious injury in Whistler 2 years ago.
I dropped about 25 feet(according to my own estimates and those of 4 people who saw me do it) onto a pancake flat, hardpacked cat-track. This wasn't like a drop where I slowly tumbled off the edge onto it, but I popped off a buried boulder with some serious speed before plummeting onto the cat track, since I didn't know it was there. Anyway, I hit and despite the fact that the cat track was east coast ice consistency, I left an 18 or so inch crater where my feet hit. Despite this, the only injury I sustained was a badly bruised heel and a small headache that lasted maybe 45 minutes. I don't know why I didn't bust a leg, back, neck, or any ligaments in the fall since I hit hard enough to knock the wind out of me. I'm fairly certain that a bigger guy would have gotten far more crushed by it than me.
Being tiny does have its advantages sometimes.
Manute. Again my haphazard spelling draws the jeers of the gallery.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Gosh, sorry [/N.Dynamite]
The English teacher who can't spell (or google), dddhheeerrrr.
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Originally Posted by BobMc
Whorace...sheesh!
Allright, as "big guy" let me add my two cents.
In summer sports, I usually wear a cup if there's going to be potential for a big crash.
But in winter, I don't worry about it as much.
With all my nordic heritage, I'm more of a "grow-er" than a "show-er"
Usually on the ski slopes, there is enough shrinkage that injury is not usually an issue.
Hope this was helpful.
So I guess I'm gonna recind my MANUTE Bol notion, and spill this anecdote about large people's ability to withstand impacts. I still think height/weight can have an impact on straining knees and other supportive body parts, but...
I was in an 80mph head-on collision a few years back. I should have been cut in half (and essentially was to some degree- ruptured diaphram, spleen, pancreas; broken femur and hip, collapsed lungs, and all ribs broken), however I survived. Doctors were surprised, but suggested my body size (6'3", 235lbs) and the relative size of my lungs, heart, and circulatory system helped me survive. Larger lungs- more air capacity even when collapsed. Larger heart/circulatory system- better regulation of blood flow and absorption of fluid (should have died from all the ruptured organs). While this is only one case and therefore proves nothing, I do think were I smaller I might have had a better chance of suffocating/bleeding to death.
Speaking of Whore-ass Grant, I think I need to break out the 12 year old rec-specs this coming season. :cool: