[creekster]

I once saw a kid break both of his legs while tobaggoning (is that a word?). It was an old fashioned toboggan, made of wood and curved up and back on the front end, sort of like a a reclining letter "J". He had both of his legs extended so his feet and part of his lower legs were under the curve. He went flying down a hill and ran into a pole (incredibly this was at a sledding resort in Canada) and the tobaggon came to an abrupt stop. So abrupt that he flew up and forward but his feet and legs couldn't come out and he broke both of his legs. He screamed the scream of the damned. It still hurts just remembering the sound, even without the visual, which was also pretty bad.

I ski without a helmet but would never ride a bike without one. Odd the risks we can live with, eh? I also would go sledding but I hate trampolines, which seem like broken bone machines to me.