SKI AND SNOWBOARD ACCIDENTS ON YOUTUBE


I am not trying to glorify accidents on this page, but the web does has an amazing collection of accident videos, some of which can be used educationally to illustrate common mechanisms of injury. In addition, some of these videos highlight what not to do on the slopes!

Please note that the sound tracks to some of these videos do include swearing.

If you have any suggestions for additional clips for inclusion on this page, please use the contact page to let me know.

 

A beginner skier tries too much too soon


This inexperienced skier attempts a big jump, but makes the mistake of leaning backwards at the point of take-off and lands on his neck 

 

 Another one....

 
This time a fairly benign looking slow speed jump on skis results in a broken leg.....

 

And another one....


On the second jump on this video, the skier sustains a nasty spinal injury.....

 

Collision on the slopes


A fairly typical scenario where two skiers collide on the slope. Note how the skier at fault is snowploughing way too fast and is unable to stop.

Ski races are a health hazard....


This ski racer crashes and slides into two people on a T-bar, seriously injuring a young snowboarder who is knocked unconscious.

 

Follow my leader...

Not from YouTube this one, but a classic example of what can happen if you ski too quickly behind another skier and don't watch out for hazards.... New pair of skis needed.

 

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Why snowboarders should wear wrist guards....

Another fairly benign fall - this time on a snowboard - leads to a wrist fracture

 

Never forget the risk of an avalanche....

Forward this (non YouTube) video to about 2.30 to see one of the luckiest avalanche escapes that I have seen for a while. As you can see, it happens just by a set of ski lifts at a ski area in Cathedral, Argentina. How he gets out alive from such a huge slide is beyond me. For more information on avalanches and how to avoid them, have a look at some of the sites listed in my links page.

 


Randall Stacy 2 from Randall Stacy on Vimeo.

 

It can happen to the best of us.....

Finally, just so you don't feel too bad, here's a short video montage of the professionals getting it wrong. There is also another contender for luckiest bugger alive -  this time a skier caught up in another avalanche who manages to ski out of it (to the tune of "Miracle")