No leg pulling
The average skier can expect to ski for 41 years before getting hurt, and can do 220 seasons (at an average of 12 days skied per season) before breaking a bone, according to ski accident statistics in the United States.
With New Zealand's ski injury rate remarkably close to the American figure of 2.1 injuries per 1000 skier visits, the figures show that the chances of being injured in any way on a given ski day are one in 500.
The research carried out for the United States National Ski Areas Association
shows that there are now fewer injuries to legs and more to arms than 15 years ago. This shift is attributed to improved bindings, antifriction devices, and stiffer boots.
The stereotyped skier cartoon catastrophy — a broken leg — is even rarer than you might think. The average skier would have to ski 600 seasons to average even one. That brings us intact to the year 2581. By then, no doubt.electronically controlled bindings. and other imrproved gear will make a borken leg even less likely as you reach the twenty-sixth century.
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Press, 27 May 1981, Page 25
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