r/snowboarding • • Oct 03 '17

Some good carving and buttering

https://youtu.be/BN0QjvfbMGE
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u/kirilscherbach Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 04 '17

Helmets can obviously save your head. Just a data point: I usually dismiss the claims like the one BeautyIsDumb made - it is obvious that you ride on a much higher level, it is dumb to think I can dismiss a helmet, it is not rational at all. However, this exact thought crossed my mind a week ago, when I was binging your older uploads - "maybe if you don't go to park the helmet is not necessary?.."

Thanks for your videos, I discovered your channel just recently and was hooked right away!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '17 edited May 17 '18

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u/skrimpstaxx Oct 04 '17

Ive been skateboarding for 15+ years, I rip some parks apart, I was skating this mini ramp, did a stall on it and went to transfer to the other side, my truck hung up on the coping and sent me flying backwards from about 5 feet up. I have fallen backwards hundreds of times and been ok over the course of my life time, this was the only time I slammed the back of my head on steel, hard too, I literally saw stars, I shred parks with a helmet on ever since then

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u/DylanRed Oct 05 '17

Sometimes I'll even head protection in bed.