Originally Posted by Nightshade

Not to stir some noise but if you have never done it then you wouldn't know

I have taken some pretty major spills on snowboard and come out without a scratch on board and heard experienced skiers say they would have been on a stretcher from that kind of fall on skis.

I instructed for three years and have been riding for over 12 and the worst I have ever gotten was a dislocated shoulder due to something I could have prevented but was showing off.