Melissa, the most common serious ski injury use to be broken legs with
the old binding system. So you don't feel so bad, the most common
injury now is broken thumbs. Which is due to skiers holding their poles
improperly. Seems sort of weird, but its true.

The above story occurred close to 15 years ago, and I suspect that the
Ski Patrol can take you off the mountain now for your protection. I
hope that there is never a time when kayaking gets so regulated. That
is why it is probably important for the community to check up on itself
to make sure we are advocating sound practices. TnT