Since December 20th, nine lives have been lost in North America from snowboarding accidents. At least four of the deaths have been from riding in trees either from colliding with a tree or falling into a tree well. As beautiful as winter wilderness is to look at and fun to ride in; snow and [...]
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Staying safe in the trees
December 31st, 2010Steamboat 12/26/08
December 26th, 2008It was a snowy Christmas so the day after offered up some fresh snow and not that many people on the slopes. Here’s the video from riding, it was a really fun day until the end. This was taken with the vholdr cam, still working on the angle when riding but at least it’s [...]
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December 20th, 2008Made a mini-video for Saturday’s riding. I thought I had charged the battery for the helmet cam but found out on the mountain that it was turned on accidentally and dead, so I resorted to my mini camera to film what I could. One part my friends found hilarious and I didn’t think I [...]
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January 17th, 2008
At Steamboat on Tuesday we had a death on the mountain, unfortunately a skier fell headfirst into a tree well and did not make it out. Here’s the article here from the Steamboat Pilot about the death. It really is sad and unfortunate when accidents happen on the mountain. Tree well deaths are really common [...]
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