Enduro World Series Releases Results of Comprehensive Mountain Biking Injury Study Mountain biking can be a very safe, or very dangerous sport, depending on how and where you ride. The Enduro World Series recently released the results of what they are calling “the largest medical study ever undertaken in Mountain Biking.” The study was conducted by sports scientists from Edinburgh Napier University and is available here. The first part of the […] Cycle Mike Lavery | June 21, 2019 0 Comments
Police Looking for Man Who Punctured Boy’s Brain with Ski Pole in Grouse Mountain, BC Ski-Rage Attack The father of a 13-year-old North Vancouver skier who suffered a serious brain injury on Grouse Mountain, BC made an emotional appeal on Wednesday for the person responsible to come forward, writes CBC. Related: Judge Upholds Conviction of Doctor Accused of Attacking 12-Year-Old-Boy at New Jersey Resort David Keir says on the evening of March 30 his son Max and […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 23, 2019 0 Comments
How To Avoid Getting Injured From Skiing: The last month has been big, and it seems like everybody is nursing an injury whether large or small. The knees, hips, wrists and other parts of skiers and snowboarders alike have fallen prey to fearsome malfunction that is injury. Many of these injuries are season ending, and require expensive surgeries, exhausting rehabilitations, and many moons to recover from. So how do we avoid […] Brains Sergei Poljak | January 30, 2019 0 Comments
Utah Skier Steven Nyman to Miss the Olympics after Suffering Torn ACL Less than two weeks before the start of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Utah alpine skier Steven Nyman received news that he didn’t want to hear; that an injury will keep him from his fourth straight Olympic Games appearance, reports sltribe.com. U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced yesterday that the 35-year-old from Provo, who grew up skiing on […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
First Hand Account of November 16th, 2017 Lake Tahoe, NV Avalanche That Injured 2 Skiers At 9am on Thursday, November 16th, 2017 two backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe, NV. Both were injured. This is a detailed account by one of the group of four skiers involved in the avalanche and rescue. This avalanche occurred on Hourglass Bowl on Tamarack Peak in Lake Tahoe, NV. According to the Sierra Avalanche Center, this […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2017 1 Comment
61 Million Pounds of Rockfall Injured 1 Climber on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Thursday Multiple rockfalls occurred on famous big wall climbing location El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA this week. A rockfall on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, killed one person and injured another. That rockfall was estimated to have been 1,300-tons of rock. A rockfall on Thursday, September 28th 2017, was much larger, injured one person, and was estimated to have been […] Climbing CragBrains | September 30, 2017 1 Comment
How to Cope with Injury I’ve always been jealous of people who love sports that aren’t dependent on season. Baseball, for example, might have a season, but enthusiasts can still throw a ball around in the winter. Snowboarding and skiing are over once the snow is. It is precious. And it is a burden. My life during the snowboarding season is different to my life […] Helena Guglielmino | September 27, 2017 1 Comment
Shuan White Injured After Under Rotating Double Flip in New Zealand | Withdraws From World Cup Halfpipe Event Not exactly the birthday I was hoping for …..I under rotated a double flip that sent me to the hospital. The biggest scare was seeing blood in my urine but after the tests all came back looking good I was released to go home. Life's going to knock you down…. get up, learn from your mistakes, and you'll be better […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 6, 2017 0 Comments
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