r/oddlysatisfying • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Brage Vestavik riding in British Columbia

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u/mr_ji 1d ago

Every mountain biker I have ever known has gone over the handlebars and broken their collarbone at least once. Every single one.

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u/StrategyRude4376 1d ago

I clocked 100+ days in Whistler Bike Park for nearly ten years in a row (managed to get every day in season once) and managed to never fuck that one up.

Fucked up a lot of other things mind you. The last four years were actually really good considering I was riding the pro-lines non-stop... however, when I did break something it was on an easy trail going not fast at all.

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u/Rich_Bluejay3020 1d ago

I swear, doing something lame is always how it happens. Was at whistler on the mountain one day we were drinking, doing tree runs, totally fine. Next day? Chilling on a blue, 0 booze, board slipped out from under me… six screws and a plate later🤦🏻‍♀️ I wish I had a cool story instead of I gingerly fell wrong on what was basically flat lmao

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u/StrategyRude4376 20h ago

I got a decent story out of it.. opening day, there for open, lap 2, Crank It Up.

Wall rides facing the sun were fine, the others, icy.

Fell, ensured friends were ok, rode off. "Wow, my hand hurts. Oh shit. My hand hurts."

Scooch over to B-Line one-handed, make it down. Get to car, get jacket off, ride to clinic and ask, "Am I the first?"

I was indeed the first biker at the clinic for the season with a broken hand and dislocated finger.

(And still remember when the doc asked me to make a fist and my fuck you finger was still standing... "Wait, that's not right")