Wow, what can you say about Kitzbuhel’s ferocity? That place seems to always chew up and spit out one poor soul every year.
You may remember the 07/08 season when American Scott McCartney crashed on the final jump of the Hahnenkamm downhill.
Well, this year there was another casualty. Daniel Albrecht of Switzerland took the final jump, lost his balance and landed right on his back, skis shattering in the process and Albrecht sliding to a halt at the finish.
He was wearing back protection when he crashed going some 130 km/h, and thankfully so. He came away with a crushed lung and head trauma, but no doubt without back protection and a helmet, things would have been much much worse.
As of the writing of this blog, Albrecht was still in an artificial coma, his hemothorax stopped, lung infection staved and head trauma progress positive (information taken from http://www.skionline.ch/index.php?section=news&cmd=details&newsid=7472&teaserId=) .
We all wish him well and remind ourselves as avid winter sports enthusiasts to protect ourselves with quality safety gear.
In the video clip below Romed Baumann of the Austrian Ski team chats about the SLYTECH 2ND SKIN BACK PROTECTOR on Austrian ORF TV.
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