Wipeout in Edmonton.....a winter pastime.

Herr_Verlage · 06-03-2006, 09:21 AM

Wipeout!!!!

RichardS · 06-03-2006, 09:40 AM

Perfect, and WELCOME!!!

MylesC · 06-03-2006, 09:45 AM

Wonderful photos as always, Herr! Welcome to the forum

JimR · 08-03-2006, 11:05 PM

I love a sunny winter day and it shows the fun you can have in the snow.

Let's get more photos like this.

Mitchw · 09-03-2006, 11:59 PM

Those are great photos, but there is more to Edmonton than the downtown area. Lets get photos from Millwoods, Oliver, Castledowns, Rabbit Hill, etc.

MarshMallow · 08-02-2010, 01:25 PM

Wow!!! Gotta do this stuff one day!! ))))
And the photos are great!!!

moahunter · 08-02-2010, 05:10 PM

^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

Gemini · 08-02-2010, 07:31 PM

Great pictures.

booster · 08-02-2010, 08:33 PM

^^but boy is the flying over snow before impact fun!

MarshMallow · 08-02-2010, 09:45 PM

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^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

Wow...Really?? We have here even higher hills for that "winter fun"... but we never have ambulances at the bottom )))

lat · 08-02-2010, 09:48 PM

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^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

Wow...Really?? We have here even higher hills for that "winter fun"... but we never have ambulances at the bottom )))

Lived here all my life and I've never seen ambulances sitting at the bottom of toboggan hills.... what a crock.

mark · 09-02-2010, 12:21 AM

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^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

Wow...Really?? We have here even higher hills for that "winter fun"... but we never have ambulances at the bottom )))

Lived here all my life and I've never seen ambulances sitting at the bottom of toboggan hills.... what a crock.

not a crock. i personally know two women who broke their backs tobogganing.

richardW · 09-02-2010, 12:57 AM

whats the best hill n edmonton to toboggan? there must be an empty piece of river valley cliff somewhere with some good snow.

lat · 09-02-2010, 08:32 AM

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^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

Wow...Really?? We have here even higher hills for that "winter fun"... but we never have ambulances at the bottom )))

Lived here all my life and I've never seen ambulances sitting at the bottom of toboggan hills.... what a crock.

not a crock. i personally know two women who broke their backs tobogganing.

Do people get injured on the hills?

Absolutely!

Are there often ambulances at the bottom of these hills?

Absolutely not!

moahunter · 09-02-2010, 10:45 AM

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Are there often ambulances at the bottom of these hills?

Absolutely not!

I have a colleague who lives close to this hill, who tells me that there often are. It is one of the top injury causes in Canada in winter. I'm not saying don't tobogan, it is a ton of fun, but be careful of the jumps, it is surprisingly easy to break a back bone doing this.

Gemini · 09-02-2010, 11:33 AM

Oh I've seen relatives and friends kids have many an accident on those hills. Broken wrists, dislocated shoulders etc: but every year they are back out there. They are the ones that embrace winter even though they get hurt.

MarshMallow · 09-02-2010, 01:38 PM

How do people mostly get injured?? Hitting each other while toboganing?

Gemini · 09-02-2010, 04:38 PM

^Just your basic roughhousing or pushing the envelope.
Where there is sports and high jinx there is bound to be somebody getting hurt.

Marcel Petrin · 10-02-2010, 07:58 AM

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How do people mostly get injured?? Hitting each other while toboganing?

That or getting thrown off it. Multiple people on an inner tube for example is pretty dangerous, with heads and limbs bouncing all over the place.

They're also super fun.

MarshMallow · 10-02-2010, 12:09 PM

I remember as a kid I was sledding down a hill and hit agains a tre.... Uuuuu... That was hurt!!! But.. i was lucky enough and didn't break anything ))) Just kept on sledding )))
But I think here in Russia people are more careful about all this stuff and rarely get injured...

lat · 10-02-2010, 02:37 PM

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I remember as a kid I was sledding down a hill and hit agains a tre.... Uuuuu... That was hurt!!! But.. i was lucky enough and didn't break anything ))) Just kept on sledding )))
But I think here in Russia people are more careful about all this stuff and rarely get injured...

They don't call us Crazy Canucks for nothing!

MarshMallow · 10-02-2010, 03:58 PM

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I remember as a kid I was sledding down a hill and hit agains a tre.... Uuuuu... That was hurt!!! But.. i was lucky enough and didn't break anything ))) Just kept on sledding )))
But I think here in Russia people are more careful about all this stuff and rarely get injured...

They don't call us Crazy Canucks for nothing!

Hahahahahaha =)))))))))

Voice · 22-02-2010, 09:04 PM

Number four is awesome! I really like the positioning of people having fun with the skyline in the background. It makes it look like downtown or near downtown is the place to be. Well done!

06-03-2006, 09:21 AM	#1
Herr_Verlage First One is Always Free Join Date: Mar 2006	Wipeout in Edmonton.....a winter pastime. Wipeout!!!!

06-03-2006, 09:40 AM	#2
RichardS Addicted to C2E Site Admin Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton	Perfect, and WELCOME!!! __________________ sigh

06-03-2006, 09:45 AM	#3
MylesC Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton, AB	Wonderful photos as always, Herr! Welcome to the forum __________________ Man of Downtown

08-02-2010, 07:31 PM	#8
Gemini Addicted to C2E Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Edmonton	Great pictures. __________________ Yabadabaduh

08-02-2010, 08:33 PM	#9
booster Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2007 Location: Queen Alex	^^but boy is the flying over snow before impact fun! __________________ My antidepressent drug of choice is running. Cheaper with less side effects!

08-03-2006, 11:05 PM	#4
JimR Partially Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton	I love a sunny winter day and it shows the fun you can have in the snow. Let's get more photos like this.

09-03-2006, 11:59 PM	#5
Mitchw First One is Always Free Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edmonton	Those are great photos, but there is more to Edmonton than the downtown area. Lets get photos from Millwoods, Oliver, Castledowns, Rabbit Hill, etc.

08-02-2010, 01:25 PM	#6
MarshMallow First One is Always Free Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Yaroslavl, Russia	Wow!!! Gotta do this stuff one day!! )))) And the photos are great!!!

08-02-2010, 05:10 PM	#7
moahunter Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta	^It is a ton of fun, but be careful. It is amazing how many people break their backs (and other bones), doing this, there are often ambulances at the bottom of these hills.

09-02-2010, 12:57 AM	#13
richardW Addicted to C2E Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Shadow Moses, Alaska	whats the best hill n edmonton to toboggan? there must be an empty piece of river valley cliff somewhere with some good snow.

09-02-2010, 11:33 AM	#16
Gemini Addicted to C2E Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Edmonton	Oh I've seen relatives and friends kids have many an accident on those hills. Broken wrists, dislocated shoulders etc: but every year they are back out there. They are the ones that embrace winter even though they get hurt. __________________ Yabadabaduh

09-02-2010, 01:38 PM	#17
MarshMallow First One is Always Free Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Yaroslavl, Russia	How do people mostly get injured?? Hitting each other while toboganing?

09-02-2010, 04:38 PM	#18
Gemini Addicted to C2E Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Edmonton	^Just your basic roughhousing or pushing the envelope. Where there is sports and high jinx there is bound to be somebody getting hurt. __________________ Yabadabaduh

10-02-2010, 12:09 PM	#20
MarshMallow First One is Always Free Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Yaroslavl, Russia	I remember as a kid I was sledding down a hill and hit agains a tre.... Uuuuu... That was hurt!!! But.. i was lucky enough and didn't break anything ))) Just kept on sledding ))) But I think here in Russia people are more careful about all this stuff and rarely get injured...

22-02-2010, 09:04 PM	#23
Voice Partially Addicted to C2E Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Edmonton	Number four is awesome! I really like the positioning of people having fun with the skyline in the background. It makes it look like downtown or near downtown is the place to be. Well done!