Topic for today Snowboarding Safety - Wrist Guards?

USATODAY.com - Montel Williams talks snowboard safety

"I've been working in Big Bear now almost seven years and I have only seen two broken wrists when people were wearing splints or wrist guards out of the literally countless broken wrists that I have treated," Fagan notes.

From personal experience I’ve been told from a doctor in the ER room (Perisher, Australia) that Wrist guards seem to transfer the impact energy from a fall to the elbow and a broken arm compared to a broken wrist he summarised by saying which is better a broken arm for 6 weeks or a broken wrist for 4 weeks?

Thredbo Ski Patrol - Safety Documents.

some articles about ski safety, as well as the safety responsibility code you may have seen around many ski resorts...

Common Snowboarding Injuries

In snowboarding, both feet are strapped onto the same board and always point the same direction. This protects the knee from any twisting. However, the upper-extremity is in the position to take the force of a fall.

Tips for Snowboarders -- familydoctor.org

and finally... something i shouldn't be reading before going down.... but i have anyway.

The Physician and Sportsmedicine

Eight Nonavalanche Snow-Immersion Deaths
A 6-Year Series From British Columbia Ski Areas"

Snowboarding Injuries

In terms of injury rates, most ski physicians agree that boarding carries a slightly higher risk of injury than alpine skiing - around 3-5 injuries per thousand boarder days (as compared to 2-4 per thousand days for skier injuries). Remember though - that is still very low - at worst 0.5%! Once again, so much for snowboarding being a dangerous sport eh?!