“…Lately, numerous researchers have made efforts for the prevention of injuries in professional and recreational skiing and snowboarding. These researchers reported that the skiing/boarding injury rate is significantly related to instinct factors such as age, gender, skiing ability, experience and external factors such as snow, slope, weather and terrain conditions, obstacles including other skiers, high speeds, trees, poles, etc [1,8]. Moreover, because alpine skiing and snowboarding are different skiing disciplines, it is likely that there are differences in the mechanisms of injury.…”