Kai Jones Injured in Jackson Hole, WY, Backcountry and Extracted by Search and Rescue Teams 16-year-old Professional skier Kai Jones announced on his Instagram account that he was injured in the Jackson Hole Backcountry on March 7. Related: [VIDEO] Kai Jones: 2022 Skier of the Year Nominated Segment He was seven miles deep into the backcountry and dropped a natural cliff feature that had a hard landing. The landing caused his tibia tubercles to break […] Industry News Brent Thomas | March 9, 2023 3 Comments
[VIDEO] Tanner Hall Pulls Out of Freeride World Tour After Hitting Tree in Utah Tanner Hall suffered an unfortunate injury that will keep him off the slopes for an extended period of time. The legendary skier was skiing near Alta, Utah, when he collided with a group of trees while attempting to jump over them, hitting them head-on in brutal fashion. The video of the unfortunate crash is attached below, however, viewers should be warned […] Industry News Matt Scribner | February 3, 2023 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Out With Knee Injury Eileen Gu, the young superstar skier who won a gold medal in Big Air and Halfpipe at the 2022 Olympics Games in Beijing, was forced to withdraw from X Games 2023 with a significant knee injury. The 19-year-old phenom suffered the injury during a practice run before the competition and will miss an extended period while going through rehab. Related: Eileen […] Industry News Matt Scribner | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
The State of the US Health Care System for Skiers & Riders | $2,000 PRP & Hyaluronic Acid Injections Into The Knee Report from February 9, 2022 Today I went to a new orthopedic surgeon in Park City, UT where I got PRP and hyaluronic acid injections for my bad left knee. The injections + doctor visit + x-rays cost me $2,000 and were not covered by my insurance. To get this appointment, I needed an MRI and MRI analysis which I […] Miles Clark | February 11, 2022 1 Comment
Pro Freeskier Bobby Brown Shares Update on Recovery After Spine-Breaking Injury View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bobby (@bobbybrown) Colorado native, Olympian, and the first person to ever land a Switch Double Misty 1440, Bobby Brown, was training in a terrain park at Saas-Fee ski resort in Switzerland in September when he over-rotated a switch 900 to his back and fractured his spine. He was flown […] Crash CrashBrains | November 30, 2021 0 Comments
Casey Kelly Making an Instant Impact for Ole Miss Football After Recovering From Ski Injury The University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss, is one of the premier schools in the nation for college football. Led and coached by Lane Kiffin, the Ole Miss Rebels are currently ranked twelfth in the country and have a star-studded roster. Of their many stars, Casey Kelly is a name that is beginning to ring bells after a series of […] Crash Jesse | October 22, 2021 0 Comments
Professional Freeskier Bobby Brown Breaks Spine Training in Saas Fee, Switzerland Terrain Park View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bobby (@bobbybrown) Bobby Brown—professional freeskier, back-to-back X Games champion, and the first person ever to have landed a Switch Double Misty 1440—has had a rough past couple of weeks. The Colorado native was training in a terrain park at Saas Fee ski resort in Switzerland when he over-rotated a […] Crash SnowBrains | October 20, 2021 0 Comments
3 Aspen, CO Rescuers Injured Attempting to Recover Missing Man Found Dead on Capitol Peak 32-year-old Kelly McDermott from Madison, Wisconsin was last seen at the Capitol Peak parking lot at 8:00 pm on Saturday, July 31. His plan was to make an early summit of Colorado’s Capitol Peak on Sunday—but he never returned from the attempt. His body was later spotted from a rescue helicopter on Wednesday. Mountain Rescue Aspen team members then prepared […] Climbing SnowBrains | August 7, 2021 1 Comment
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