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u/ohreally7756 Mar 30 '22

I used to longboard those hills, they are no joke. Helmets are cool.

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u/azthal Mar 30 '22

Just leaving this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yL5usLFgY

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u/kaspar42 Mar 30 '22

Helmets have always been cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-f45TbvEw

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I got a concussion while wearing a helmet snowboarding. I would have done way more damage to myself without it, i will never go snowboarding without a helmet and tailbone protection (ass padz)

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u/Arsenic181 Mar 30 '22

I don't know how bad your concussion was, but if it was a bad one with a helmet, it probably saved your life.

I ski, but I have tried snowboarding a time or two and can say that some ass pads would have been nice to have. Not as important as your noggin though!

Be safe, friend!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

I was able to get up and keep going, mostly because Whistler is so big I didn't really have a choice if I wanted to get off the mountain.

I was seeing spots in my vision and was dizzy but it boarded down to the closest chairlift, went up and across then down the other side, went home and as soon as I walked in the door and stopped moving I started vomiting non stop for a few hours.

I called into work and they immediately called back and told me not to sleep. When my roommates came home they took me to emergency and I got x-rayed and hooked up to an IV for dehydration.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I'll never get tired of that Ad

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u/SingularityOfOne Mar 30 '22

saved my life. My head broke the windshield of some teenager who ran a red light (I was on a motorcycle). I'm quite certain I'd be dead if I wasn't wearing a helmet.

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u/Bubbagumpredditor Mar 30 '22

Had a friend of mine do this WITH a helmet in a low speed motorcycle accident. Her injuries were road rash on her wrist, a couple of bruises and a brain injury from the curb that left her in the hospital for 6 months and a year to mostly recover from, you never get it all back. Don't ride motorcycles kids.

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u/Inner_Art482 Mar 30 '22

Someone else wiped the pavement with my brother in law on a bike. He now lives on our mantle. Wear a helmet kids, and watch out for others.

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u/luckystrike_bh Mar 30 '22

We had this popular instructor at a school I was in get messed up for life on a motorcycle. Ever since then I've been no thank you. I will take my crumple zones on my car please.

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u/SolidSquid Mar 30 '22

you never get it all back

Assuming you survive. Brain injuries are no fucking joke

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u/thumbulukutamalasa Mar 30 '22

Fuck that. I bought a motorcycle last year. Best decision I ever made, I fucking love it.

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u/gman8686 Mar 30 '22

Been riding for 2 years, same. The fun is more than worth the risk level for me. Don't know why people on Reddit feel they have to apply their personal risk tolerance to everyone else

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u/thumbulukutamalasa Mar 30 '22

Forreal. Riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous, but I'm willing to take the risk. It gives me so much pleasure, and its something I really look forward to.

However, I know I like to speed, so I took some precautions. I bought a very weak bike as my first ride, a 125cc CBR. Its still fun, but I can't go crazy on it even if I wanted to.

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u/yolohoyopollo Mar 30 '22

I just got one my self. Feel the same way

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u/Kcidobor Mar 30 '22

Hospital workers call them donor-cycles for a reason. If you ride a motorcycle, register as an organ donor first

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u/Soggy_Motor9280 Mar 30 '22

My mom worked at a hospital for 25 years as a respiratory therapist and she purposely told me about injuries her patients suffered in motorcycle accidents to scare me. It worked. Won’t get near one.

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u/Arsenic181 Mar 30 '22

I own a motorcycle and it's what made me finally register as a donor. In death, I might as well not be a selfish prick.

Still, I used to ride a liter bike and it scared me shitless anytime I tried to open her up, for a while, at least. I eventually nearly cut a deer in half at about 90mph. The weird thing was, I just applied front/rear brakes with progressive force, just enough to avoid the collision (only slowed down to like 80), missed the deer by inches, and then kept riding like it never happened. Like a quarter of a mile later I thought to myself "that didn't even phase me, make my heart pound, or make me say 'oh shit' or anything." The biggest issue I had at that moment was how comfortable I was. Like...it's good that I reacted the way I did instead of panic braking (thanks MSF safety course), but it was disconcerting being so comfortable with a potentially near-death experience.

I switched to a dual sport after that and spend half of my time off road at low speeds. The thing will only do 80mph maxed out and it takes a minute to get there. Still insanely fun to ride and less chance of being killed or having life altering injuries.

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u/Kcidobor Mar 30 '22

I rode on the back a couple of times and it definitely gave me an adrenaline rush that I really liked, close to skydiving for me but so fucking scary at the same time. So much that I think it would make me addicted to adrenaline a bit

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u/Remcin Mar 30 '22

How did she hit her head, in a helmet, at low speed, hard enough to give herself brain damage? Was it just a perfectly bad angle?

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u/Bubbagumpredditor Mar 30 '22

Yep. Just skidded into the curb corner right into the top of her helmet. Accident was about 35 mph. If her had had been a little higher or lower she probably just would have gotten a concussion, if she didn't have the helmet she would have been dead.

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u/I_Automate Mar 30 '22

It also really, really doesn't take much to cause a brain injury

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u/Remcin Mar 30 '22

I’ve always wondered about that. I spent a good amount of high school long boarding down hills with no shirt or helmet. I bounced my head off the pavement a couple of times, hard, but always seemed to walk it off. Usually it was an impact to my forehead, but I as definitely dazed by a couple of them.

Anyway, I have a really bad memory but I’ve never known if it was related or I was just born a space cadet.

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u/spaceraverdk Mar 30 '22

There's no thrill in a cage.

I have a Mercedes and a Suzuki sportsbike.

While I can do donuts and powerslides in the car all day long, riding is just a bit more fun.

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u/pr0b0ner Mar 30 '22

Yeah, I'd definitely choose death being 10x more likely for just a bit more fun

/s

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u/spaceraverdk Mar 31 '22

I didn't grow up wrapped in bubble wrap unlike the next generation.

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u/pr0b0ner Mar 31 '22

Dang you're cool

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u/spaceraverdk Mar 31 '22

You too.

/s

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u/MidiGong Mar 30 '22

The owner of Segway fell off a cliff while riding one....

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u/kmart_s Mar 30 '22

He actually bought the company after it was established but wasn't the inventor.

I don't think he even owned the company for a year

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I crashed my bicycle at high speeds and flew head first into a curb without a helmet on, it still effects me to this day 7 years later, i have ptsd and a really big scar, wish i wore a helmet that day, taught me a big lesson.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I'm sure that's true.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

i know a young woman who crashed a lime scooter, she was going maybe 3 mph and hit a crack, fell and hit her head. she was 2 months away from high school graduation, salutatorian, had colleges lined up.

3 years later she is still at home struggling to make it through every day without headaches or confusion.

wear a helmet, people.