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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know. But last January my DH's close friend messed up his knee skiing so badly that he was on crutches and had a weird thing around his leg for months. Many months. His wife wants to ski, so they are back on the slopes this month. [/quote]

We are getting older, so more of our cohort is having knee injuries. If you ski long enough, you will eventually need to get an ACL/MCL/meniscus surgery due to a tear. Sooooooo many of my friends in their 40s are getting the surgery after skiing 20-30 years.

Its why I still snowboard in my mid 40s. I've been doing it for 30+ years and I'm a LOT less likely to have a knee injury that requires surgery because I'm strapped to one board. Lots of skiiers with bad knees eventually take up snowboarding in their 40s-60s if they want to keep riding.

That said, snowboarders are more likely to encounter ankle, wrist, and collarbone breaks relative to skiers, IIRC. [/quote]

I've been skiing for 36 years and have never had knee issues.  How are they busting their knees out?  Bad crashes?  [/quote]

If you end up needing knee surgery, its de facto a "bad crash"

That said, not all of them involve high rates of speed. They catch an edge, poor landing after an unexpected jump/bump, fall awkwardly, etc.

Just read r/skiing....tons of posts by skiers:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACL/comments/1b8uwvs/full_aclmcl_will_i_ski_again/
https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/qx2fb4/learning_to_ski_after_acl_mcl_reconstruction/

Me personally? I know about 10 people who have had it in the past decade. They were all late 30s to late 40s, had been skiing for decades. It will eventually get you if you ski enough. Great surgeons in UT and CO who specialize in this. I had multiple friends travel out to Aspen for their surgeries....the best in the world: https://www.thesteadmanclinic.com/about-our-clinic
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