Increased Injury Risk among First-Day Skiers, Snowboarders, and Skiboarders

Abstract

First-day participants should be targeted in any future educational programs with emphasis on gear selection, use of protective gear, and the risks of exceeding the limits of their ability.

Factors associated with self-reported risk-taking behaviour on ski slopes

“…In addition, advanced snowboarders had significantly fewer injuries compared with beginners 19. Also, other studies showed higher injury rates for beginner skiers and snowboarders compared with experts 20 21. However, types of activities or high-speed manoeuvres perfor med by exper t sk iers and snowboarders may i ncrease t he r isk of sustaining a more severe injury compared with beginners 22…”

Are there risk factors for snowboard injuries? A case-control multicentre study of 559 snowboarders

“…Several studies have documented that the frequency and severity of snowboarding injuries are linked to the degree of experience and speed 1 2 10 15. However, our impression from past years and from the results of a pilot study is that many snowboarders suffer injuries at slow or moderate speeds, and that the probability of snowboard injuries may be linked to a concatenation of several risk factors (unpublished data from internal survey).…”

Annual trauma load of the world’s largest indoor skiing center

“…Second, although our hospital is located less then 6 km from SnowWorld, patients could have been brought to other hospital. Furthermore, several risk factors, i.e., experience level [19], alcohol consumption [20], place of accident on the slope, e.g., fun parks (recreation areas containing terrain to perform tricks) [18,21] and skill level [22] were not taken into account.…”