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Re:Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hi... by arethuza on Saturday October 02, 2010 @12:36PM (#1750761)
I'm pretty certain that I am only alive today because of a cycling helmet - I had an accident a few years back while mountain biking where I fell off and skidded along on my side (feet still in the SPD pedals) with my head hitting a gate post.

I woke up a while later with the helmet completely disintegrated - if I hadn't been wearing it I'm pretty sure it would have been my skull.

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Re:Shocked by online comments, reporter writes profile of hi... by lemming on Sunday October 03, 2010 @08:15AM (#1752581)
Right, and it sounds like what actually killed this guy was hitting his head on a lamp-post.

I also had a snowboarding accident a couple of years back - it was the first time I'd been in years and I was just starting to get the hang of it again on the first day. Then I woke up in hospital which was a good hour away from the slopes. I'd been concussed, so I was awake the whole time they took me there (snowmobile off the slope, then ambulance to the hospital) but I don't remember any of it. I have photos of me chatting to the red cross which is surreal since I have no memory of it at all.

I now wear a helmet snowboarding too :-)

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