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Originally Posted by Moses View Post
I tried snowboarding about 10 years ago. Very fast, hard face plant. There was a walkie talkie in my chest pocket. It broke three of my ribs when I hit. One fracture was displaced and punctured my lung. Hemothorax and lots of pain. Still have a walnut sized lump where the rib healed.

Chest protector sounds good.
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!!! How fast were you going? Surely there is a way to stay at very low speeds until you get the hang of it? Sounds like the body armor would have certainly helped in your case, but that can't be what it's for, i.e. protecting against something in your pocket breaking your ribs! Just damn!!!!

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