I was curious how much carnage there actually is in Whistler, found this and thisWatching that video in the first post reminded me a little of riding at Whistler. Steep. Groomed. Fast.
Perhaps folk just aren't used to something so technically difficult being so accessible here in Australia yet? Or maybe the marketing is targeting the wrong crowd?
Over 4 days of riding the Whizz with thousands of riders I didn't see or hear of a single bad fall, or hear one ambo (perhaps the local quacks are well equipped) ... except my wife who ate dirt and shed blood on B-Line. But she rode next day no probs.
Can't wait to get up to Bright soon.
898 injuries bad enough to go to the hospital/clinic during the season they looked at. Out of 120,000 rider days.
Of those ~900 injuries,
- Majority (almost 400) were upper extremity fractures (collarbone arm etc)
- 12% were potentially life threatening and transfered to emergency at a bigger hospital
- 11% were traumatic brain injuries
- 5% were verterbrae fractures
- one C7 fracture resulting in quadriplegia
Or in song form: On the first summer of riding, my bike park brought to me: 400 broken collarbones, 100 bad concussions, 40 broken backs, 7 helivacs, and 1 paralyyyyyzed for liiiiiiife....