Skiing or boarding safer?

[sledhaulingmedic]

As mentioned in the "Burton poaching" thread:

Try it sometime, you will be suprised how much you like it. Besides snowboarding is way safer anyway.

Method 9455 started an interesting tangent: Is boarding safer than skiing?

Usually byt this time of the season, there has been some realease of injury data for the previous season. I haven't seen anything yet, although I'd bet it's out there.

My expereince has been that I see more boarding injuries, but they're mostly arms, wrists shoulders. Perhaps that will change now that I'm patrolling at an area with a park.

What's your take? and, can you cite a source/statistics to back it up?

 

[dmc]

Depends on your level of ability...

I see more injuries in skiing at my level of ability.. mostly knees - acls, mcls...
I can tell you from personal experience I've been injured a lot less on a snowboard then skis...

 

[wa-loaf]

Sounds like skiing (at least in 04/05) is more deadly:
http://www.nsaa.org/nsaa/press/0506/facts-about-skiing-and-snowboarding.asp

And down in the FAQ it says skiers are 3 times more likely to be involved in a collision with another person than snowboarders.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Sounds like skiing (at least in 04/05) is more deadly

According to the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA): During the past 10 years, about 38 people have died skiing/snowboarding per year on average. During the 2004/2005 season, 45 fatalities occurred out of the 56.9 million skier/snowboarder days reported for the season. Thirty of the fatalities were skiers (39 male, 6 female) and 15 of the fatalities were snowboarders (14 male, 1 female). The rate of fatality was .80 per million skier/snowboarder visits.

This is the total number of deaths though, not comparatively.
A few weeks ago someone posted a stat that around 28% of visitors were snowboarders. Old ThreadSo assuming this is true...

56.9 million visits
Skiers 72% - 40968000 visits
Snowboarders 28% - 15932000 visits

Skiers 30 fatalities - 1 for every 1.37 million
Snowboarders 15 fatalities - 1 for every 1.06 million

So assuming my math is good:-( Skiing is just slightly more deadly. But this is just deaths.

 

[andyzee]

This is the total number of deaths though, not comparatively.
A few weeks ago someone posted a stat that around 28% of visitors were snowboarders. Old ThreadSo assuming this is true...

56.9 million visits
Skiers 72% - 40968000 visits
Snowboarders 28% - 15932000 visits

Skiers 30 fatalities - 1 for every 1.37 million
Snowboarders 15 fatalities - 1 for every 1.06 million

So assuming my math is good:-( Skiing is just slightly more deadly. But this is just deaths.

Of all the snowboarding deaths, how many were caused by a ski pole? :flame:

 

[wa-loaf]

This is the total number of deaths though, not comparatively.
A few weeks ago someone posted a stat that around 28% of visitors were snowboarders. Old ThreadSo assuming this is true...

56.9 million visits
Skiers 72% - 40968000 visits
Snowboarders 28% - 15932000 visits

Skiers 30 fatalities - 1 for every 1.37 million
Snowboarders 15 fatalities - 1 for every 1.06 million

So assuming my math is good:-( Skiing is just slightly more deadly. But this is just deaths.

I don't know where the 28% number came from, but it's way off take a look here:
http://www.nsaa.org/nsaa/press/industryStats.asp
We can go with the 05 numbers (assuming 05 = 04/05)

In 05 there where 6.9 mil skier visits and 30 fatalities= 4.34 fatalities per million.
And 6.0 mil snowboarder visits with 15 fatalities= 2.5 fatalities per mil.

That's makes skiing close to twice as deadly.

 

[Zand]

^ A few findings on that link:

A: I didn't know there were more ski areas in NY than any other state... I always thought the western states had a lot more.

B: There's a ski area in f#%$ing Alabama?!?!

 

[dmc]

Of all the snowboarding deaths, how many were caused by a ski pole? :flame:

I saw some ass go after a freind with a ski pole... He was amazed when it was simply pulled from his hand by the defender... And he didn't get it back...

 

[millerm277]

B: There's a ski area in f#%$ing Alabama?!?!

Yes, it has 150ft of vert...and that somehow translates to a 1000ft run. Two rope-tows.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

The 28% stat is lift tiks sold not rider visits and it was stated in a thread over at Snow Journal from the NSAA. That's all I know. I assume that stat does not include SP's.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Of all the snowboarding deaths, how many were caused by a ski pole? :flame:

Not enough..

 

[wa-loaf]

The 28% stat is lift tiks sold not rider visits and it was stated in a thread over at Snow Journal from the NSAA. That's all I know. I assume that stat does not include SP's.

If thats the case a hell of a lot of season pass holders are snowboarders.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

okay, did some checking myself and from the 2005/2006 National NSSA End of the Season Survey:

"Snowboarding participation up. The proportion of snowboarders increased slightly overall,
averaging 30.4 percent nationally, and with proportionate growth noted in all regions except the
Pacific West (which appears to have topped out for at least this past year). The greatest growth in
snowboarding over the past four seasons has occurred in the Southeast and Midwest. Even with
the increase experienced this year, the rapid growth of snowboarding during the 1990s appears to
have leveled off substantially, although still contributing positively to the growth in total visits."

the whole report
http://www.nsaa.org/nsaa/marketing/docs/0506-research-compendium.pdf

 

[andyzee]

Of all the snowboarding deaths, how many were caused by a ski pole? :flame:

Not enough..

Ok, I only meant this as a light hearted joke, let's not go to town on our one plank brothers and sister, it's all good.

 

[dmc]

Not enough..

Like to see you try there sparky... Go ahead...

 

[catskills]

okay, did some checking myself and from the 2005/2006 National NSSA End of the Season Survey:

"Snowboarding participation up. The proportion of snowboarders increased slightly overall,
averaging 30.4 percent nationally............

Welcome the invention of skis with Twintips.

Why slide down the hill on one twintip board when you can slide down the hill on two twintip boards and have twice the fun in parks?

Besides you really can not slide down the hill backwards on a snowboard.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Like to see you try there sparky... Go ahead...

It's sarcasm...

 

[billski]

good stuff

Some interesting board & 2-planker stats over here: http://www.ski-injury.com/
(and some really ugly injury photos - don't go there unless you're up for some grotesque looking stuff!) Now I remember why I don't dwell on this stuff for too long!

If mothers ran the snow sports industry, skiing would look like this:

 

[billski]

Of all the snowboarding deaths, how many were caused by a ski pole? :flame:

The sole purpose of poles is as an offensive weapon - to beat on the young yahoo who wrecklessly plows into your GF.

The sole purpose of helmets is as defensive armor against those who attack thee with a ski pole.

 

[dmc]

It's sarcasm...

And mine wasn't....??? What do you hold the patent on sarcasm?