The Swedish newspaper Dayly news (Dagens Nyheter, DN) wrote
last week (2013-02-09) a good article on protective equipment for skiiers and
snowboarders. In the article Alf Lerner, a doctor and director of the medical
center Åre (Åre is one of Sweden's most visited and popular Skidby in northern
Sweden), described his experiences how the injury situation have changed since
people began to use protective equipment.
- If you want to come
home from the mountains with all body parts intact, a helmet, a back protector
and wrist protectors are a good investment. Says Alf.
Every year there are about 10 000 seriously injured skiers
in Sweden. With the increased use of helmets, back protector and wrist
protectors the last years has made
a big difference.
- The number of injuries has not decreased, but we find that
many injuries are significantly lighter thanks to the protectors. In
particular, the number of serious concussions and back injuries has decreased. Those who do not have protection, the uglier fractures
than those using protection. Says Alf.
At the health center where Alf works in Are they receive
2,000 injured skiers each winter season. Alf recommends that all skiers should
at least have a proper helmet. But a back protector should also belong to the
basic equipment, according to him. says Alf.
- Back protector does not protect against the compression
you can get if you land hard and the spine is compressed, but it can protect
against spinal fractures if you get a hit - if you land on your back, or
collide with something or collide with another skiier. - Alf Lerner
At KORI, we have talked a lot with skiers and the difference
between skiing and motorcycling is
mainly that skiers requires much more movement than motorcyclists, one
reason that the previous hard plastic protectors and even the stiff 'soft' protectors
have not managed to break through completely. That is why we are incredibly
excited to work with D3O that has the most superior protective material. When
one tries a KORI protection with d3o the reactions is - it's even comfortable.
That is what is important - the protection should ”even be
able to be comfortable”. And why not practical too :-)
After what we have been notices, we have already saved aback of a user who otherwise would not have used a back
protector because he did not feel comfortable with the previous ones... We look
forward to saving more.
