Music while riding

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

yesterday i was in the terrain park riding with some folks. my friend fell on a cork 7(he landed several earlier), he hit his head on the snow really hard... knocking himself unconscious. we called the ski patrol. he started to wake up a bit while ski patrol was just arriving. they check him out and he seemed to be ok (other than a concussion). but when the ski patrol was checking him out he was complaining about his ear hurting. come to find out that when he hit his head, he hit it so hard that he broke off part of his ear bud inside of his ear to the point where they didn't want to take it out without a doctor present.

in ear head phones = danger?

EJazzle · Posted: Feb 15, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

thats crazy! did they take it out with some tweezers or something?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

SwissArmyKnife, where do you ride? i ride at Bittersweet

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

EJazzle, yeah but the ski patrol forced him to go to the hospital because he was knocked out for a couple minutes.

Gnarly Dancer 42, I am an instructor at Timber Ridge, i also build the park with Luke Schrab and Doug. I like Bittersweet but i think it would be twice as good if they spent more time grooming the park so things aren't so icy and rutted. I also cruise through WMU when we get a crew together.

SnoSk8er10 · Posted: Feb 19, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:

i'd say its kinda a dangerous thing.. but you can't really do too much about it. i have a burton hat that has flat headphones built directly into the ear flaps... pretty sick if you ask me

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

SwissArmyKnife, yeah Bittersweet wont even let you fix it if there's a huge rut it in it.

its pretty dumb

timber ridge's jumps are super fun this year i really wanna go back but i dont wanna pay Laughing

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

Gnarly Dancer 42, pretty much the only reason i started as an instructor was for the free season pass, but now i get pro-forms and it is hard to turn down anything 60%-75% off... so it isn't all bad Wink

also i will see if i can get a discount card ($12 lift)

dylo · Posted: Feb 24, 2008 8:04 am Post subject:

so much more dangerous shizzle than earbuds on the slopes..
thats the last thing you should be worried about

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

dylo, i would say that snakes and spontaneous human combustion are the last things i would be worried about while snowboarding, but in all seriousness, yea its nothing to be too concerned about but it can and does happen.

stOAKed · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 1946

SwissArmyKnife, Gnarly Dancer 42, i didnt realize there were people on here from paw paw and kalamazoo im in decatur i go to a cottage on finch lake. Do u guys go to edge ski for your boards and stuff.