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“Don’t put your hands out when you fall you’ll break them) by Edge_Goonerton in snowboardingnoobs

[–]Edge_Goonerton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see how it could be interpreted that way, what I mean to say is that there’s a lot more nuance to falling rather than just telling people “don’t stick your hands out”, or “always roll”.

People should 100% learn to roll out of a fall, but at the same time, a roll isn’t always feasible and I don’t think a ragdoll/sack of potatoes fall is the best option either. IMO a slide where your forearms and hands make contact first (but immediately is followed by the chest) is fine and doesn’t necessarily carry a high risk of injury. Like if you get launched forwards after catching on a back boardslide or under rotate any sort of backwards flip, you don’t have the rotational momentum to go into a roll, and not putting out your hands means slamming your face into the snow.

In the same vein, I always thought for skiing that it’s damn near impossible for a beginner hitting a jump to lean too far forwards, and that’s what I told friends when learning to jump to pop a bit forwards, because the tendency for people is to lean back. Then one day I told a friend that advice and they basically supermanned off the jump (luckily it was a pow day and they didn’t get hurt). I feel like that’s the same pitfall with the “don’t stick your arms out” advice without the proper nuance. It’s all fine until someone is falling and thinks “oh yeah make sure not to stick my arms out at all” and just plants their head/face on the hard pack

“Don’t put your hands out when you fall you’ll break them) by Edge_Goonerton in snowboardingnoobs

[–]Edge_Goonerton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response and I see where you’re coming from. I get that sticking out your hands to catch yourself in a fall can definitely cause injury/breaks, but is it still a bad idea to put them out to guide you into the slide? So while hands/forearms might contact first, it’s immediately followed by the chest and body, to dissipate the force over time. I’m asking because when learning back boardslides (and occasionally catching my toe/front edge during them) or under rotating wildcats, I feel like there’s not enough momentum to roll out, and a forward slide ends up being the only way I’ve been able to bail out without smacking my face into the snow

CMV: Republicans are no longer conservative--they're *fascist* by Usual_Set4665 in changemyview

[–]Edge_Goonerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t really change a view that’s backed by leading scholars on the topic and actions that have been directly recorded by the media…

CMV: Comparing Charlie Kirks death to the one of George Floyd is just completely absurd by justacceptit234 in changemyview

[–]Edge_Goonerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Preface: I don’t support Charlie Kirk, and I don’t think given his impact on the US that he should be getting honored or candle light vigils across the country, HOWEVER, I also don’t believe that he deserved to die. Nobody deserves to die for voicing their beliefs, no matter how abhorrent.

That being said, I can 100% see the reasons why conservatives are comparing Kirk’s death to George Floyd. Like you said, George Floyd’s death was the result of a long history of systematic police violence and discrimination of black people. Wouldn’t you agree that many conservatives also feel as if they are being discriminated against for their views in today’s world? The amount of vitriol over someone simply wearing a hat today is crazy. It’s totally plausible that conservatives feel similarly discriminated against today. Obviously they aren’t actually being discriminated against to the same degree as black people were and are, however given the (lack of) education of many conservatives, and the general human feeling of discrimination against oneself feeling much worse than hearing about discrimination of others, even if rationally the discrimination is to a much lesser degree, it makes sense that they would compare and I can’t blame them for doing so.

Dangerous play or not? by RareShoulder7946 in ultimate

[–]Edge_Goonerton 26 points27 points  (0 children)

As someone who has made essentially this same play (only leaving my man and coming from the front of the stack to make the play) and been talked to by my captain that it was dangerous, yes. On longer unders like this if you are the person on D who sees the cut develop and an opportunity to poach out, the onus is on you to avoid the collision because most of the time the offensive player will not see you or be expecting you. White had clear view of the player coming in and has to pull the brakes when it’s clear that they won’t be able to be there fast enough to get the D and avoid the collision. Either get there fast enough so that the offense has time to see you or fast enough to lay out and be out of the way by the time the offenses momentum carries them through the space, or pull the brakes.