pink poodle
気が狂っている男
"who's your Muppet?"
In my anecdotal experience back plates (the slider ninja turtle style jobs) are good for break dancing back spins and direct impact. Accidents that compress or twist your spine up are still going to wreck your shit to some degree. I had a fall on snow a few years ago, basically did a bum first Bomb from about 2m up, where the impact left me with quite a concussion despite not hitting my head. I must have hit my brain. A friend had a similar crash from much higher and blew a vertebra. Our nifty back protection was just uncomfortable. I still wore one for years. Then still took it with me and didn't use it for more years. Now I don't have it and I still worry I may have wished I was wearing it...fuck I hope not!
In my anecdotal experience back plates (the slider ninja turtle style jobs) are good for break dancing back spins and direct impact. Accidents that compress or twist your spine up are still going to wreck your shit to some degree. I had a fall on snow a few years ago, basically did a bum first Bomb from about 2m up, where the impact left me with quite a concussion despite not hitting my head. I must have hit my brain. A friend had a similar crash from much higher and blew a vertebra. Our nifty back protection was just uncomfortable. I still wore one for years. Then still took it with me and didn't use it for more years. Now I don't have it and I still worry I may have wished I was wearing it...fuck I hope not!
I see a lot of open handed strikes rather than punching. I'm not judging the guys, but slapping...you know.