Snowboarders Lead in Recreational Injuries

Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Skiing & Snowboarding | Leave a Comment

Nearly 213,000 people were treated in emergency rooms annually between 2004 and 2005. More than half of the injuries occurred among young people aged 10-24.
A first of its kind report sponsored by the CDC and published in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine provides national estimates of outdoor recreational injuries treated in community emergency rooms.
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Snowboarding Versus Skiing

Posted on April 3, 2008 - Filed Under Skiing & Snowboarding | Leave a Comment

The end result was inevitable. The last legacy ski resorts are finally giving in - allowing snowboarders to a “wheel slide”, ”goofy” or “fakie” down their slopes. What industry insiders are actually seeing are skier boarding, and boarder trying skiing. What would have thunk it? 
There are advantages to know one sport when trying out the other, […]

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