The Art of Falling

[motogreg]

I told him not to fall

LOL, reminds me of the jerk reaction I often have: "WHY DID YOU DO THAT??" I don't mean to say it, it just comes out.....Generally regarded as unhelpful lol

 

[dbostedo]

reminds me of the jerk reaction

Yeah, definitely the reaction of a jerk...

 

[Yo Momma]

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT??"

That question usually comes after, "Hold my Beer!"

 

[slowrider]

I'm an EXPERT at falling....

 

[Wilhelmson]

What are you guys doing to fall so much? I guess I need to ski harder to keep up, but I prefer not to fall.

 

[slowrider]

What are you guys doing to fall so much? I guess I need to ski harder to keep up, but I prefer not to fall.

How many days did you ski/ fall this year? I'll go first. 4 falls in 53 days. No none were in the lift line.

 

[Sibhusky]

Falls in last ten years, 580 days of skiing: 10

At least 4 of those were due to lack of visibility in fog.

 

[David]

How many days did you ski/ fall this year? I'll go first. 4 falls in 53 days. No none were in the lift line.

40 days, 4 falls. 2 were on sheet ice and one turning around on flat ground at the base...‍

 

[François Pugh]

It's about one fall per 30 days, 1/2 are non-consequential and due to inatention - fiddling with my pole straps or something. The last one was booting out on ice. When I first started skiing it was more like 10 per day for a couple of years, but non were damaging. Now most result in some type of injury. So far, no injuries that would prevent me from skiing.

 

[Yo Momma]

One fall, described above. Go Big or Go Home! I don't think many of us on here fall very often, but when we do ... Make it spectacular!!!!!

 

[Andy Mink]

I think I've fallen 3 or 4 times this year. Two were on the same bump run when I ejected from the heels. Bindings were a bit low but more likely due to bad form. One was the photo in my avatar.

Make it spectacular!!!!!

 

[Wilhelmson]

How many days did you ski/ fall this year? I'll go first. 4 falls in 53 days. No none were in the lift line.

That’s not so bad. I don’t think you quite qualify as an expert faller though. I ski about 30 days a year and fall once or twice, usually when I am just cruising along and not really trying to stay athletic.

I did have a good one last year when I went off one drop fast, then skied up a hill on the side of a trail, tried to jump off another drop, got caught up on a stick under the snow, and fell off about 6 feet flat on my face. My good luck falling ended when I broke my collarbone a few months later mountainbiking.

 

[James]

4 falls in one season?
I had two head planters last week and thise are just the ones I remember. One was tough to get the ski out of the deep slush. The other was supermaning into slush on steep after the click of binding release.
That’s just the ones I remember, and no I’m not buying people a beer. That’s the stupidest thing ever. Those not falling should buy the beer.

 

[dbostedo]

Hmm... I had three crashes just in the trees this year... thankfully not tight trees and didn't hit anything. (I tend to ski very slowly in trees - I'm not that good.)

I can think of a couple of others at least, but I'm sure I'm probably missing a few. Some aren't very memorable.

 

[Seldomski]

I must be an expert faller. First trip of the year, I'll fall once a day, sometimes more. Tend to not fall as often as the season goes on.

I fall enough that I don't bother counting the times. These falls are self inflicted -- I'm not colliding with anyone or anything. Just lose my balance sometimes, typically I am inclining too far inside and fall over... I tend to fall on easier terrain trying to get bigger angles or playing with technique stuff. On steeper terrain and/or moguls, it is unusual for me to fall. Falls where consequences are high (ie at high speeds, or on steep terrain) are very rare for me.

 

[wooglin]

I only fall directly under the lift when people are watching. So I don't ski there. Or in big lift lines. So I try to avoid them too.

 

[slowrider]

I only fall directly under the lift when people are watching. So I don't ski there. Or in big lift lines. So I try to avoid them too.

So you don't fall at all....

4 falls in one season?
I had two head planters last week and thise are just the ones I remember. One was tough to get the ski out of the deep slush. The other was supermaning into slush on steep after the click of binding release.
That’s just the ones I remember, and no I’m not buying people a beer. That’s the stupidest thing ever. Those not falling should buy the beer.

We have a code if you fall you buy. However, if no one saw it,it never happened. PS-brush off any snow.

 

[slowrider]

@Andy Mink wins. He is an expert faller.

 

[slowrider]

This morning, Boot top day.

 

[Rich_Ease_3051]

Interested in this topic as I just had my first major ski injury 2 weeks ago (grade 1-2'ish MCL sprain).

I think park rats are the ones to look to as their discipline has exponentially more instances of falling and crashing compared to regular skiers.

This video has good drills to build kinesthetic awareness of the crashing or falling motion. I will try to integrate these drills on my next ski trip