Editing Snowboarding (section)

== Common injuries ==
Common injuries in snowboarding differ between professional and recreational groups. The most common type of injury for snowboarders is injury to the upper body. In recreational snowboarding, wrist injuries are more likely to occur. Among professional snowboarders, injuries to the lower half, specifically the knee joint, are more likely to occur. When injured, snowboarders are twice as likely to get a fracture as skiers. Other minor injuries that happen are "wrist injuries, shoulder soft tissue injuries, ankle injuries, concussions, and clavicle fractures, were seen injuries are very common when snowboarding".<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Suezie |last2=Endres |first2=Nathan K. |last3=Johnson |first3=Robert J. |last4=Ettlinger |first4=Carl F. |last5=Shealy |first5=Jasper E. |date=April 2012 |title=Snowboarding Injuries: Trends Over Time and Comparisons With Alpine Skiing Injuries |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546511433279 |journal=The American Journal of Sports Medicine |language=en |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=770–776 |doi=10.1177/0363546511433279 |pmid=22268231 |s2cid=9892333 |issn=0363-5465}}</ref> In recreational and inexperienced "most injuries to snowboarders occurred more often while they were traveling at reckless speed on moderate slopes".<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Takakuwa |first1=Tetsuya |last2=Endo |first2=Shigeatsu |date=1996-05-01 |title=Snowboarding injuries: Comparison of injuries in snowboarders and skiers |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02349815 |journal=Journal of Orthopaedic Science |language=en |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=178–181 |doi=10.1007/BF02349815 |s2cid=71373867 |issn=1436-2023}}</ref> Another way injuries happen is because they try sticking with someone that is a higher skill level, which they are not capable of handling because of the lack of skill they possess. Some major injuries that occur during snowboarding are head, and spinal injuries, "the main cause of spinal fractures in snowboarders was jump landing failure and compression type fractures occur in about 80% of snowboarders with vertebral fractures because they frequently fall backwards, and this can cause axial loading and anterior compression fractures".<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last1=Bigdon |first1=Sebastian Frederick |last2=Gewiess |first2=Jan |last3=Hoppe |first3=Sven |last4=Exadaktylos |first4=Aristomenis K. |last5=Benneker |first5=Lorin M. |last6=Fairhurst |first6=Paul Gilbert |last7=Albers |first7=Christoph E. |date=2019-07-19 |title=Spinal injury in alpine winter sports: a review |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=69 |doi=10.1186/s13049-019-0645-z |issn=1757-7241 |pmc=6642543 |pmid=31324221 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Injuries to the upper body are much less common among professional snowboarders. "Most of the professionals and elite snowboarders frequently sustain injuries when trying to execute challenging tricks at high speeds and with increased levels of force to the lower limbs".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wijdicks |first1=Coen A |last2=Rosenbach |first2=Brandon S |last3=Flanagan |first3=Troy R |last4=Bower |first4=Gillian E |last5=Newman |first5=Kelly E |last6=Clanton |first6=Thomas O |last7=Engebretsen |first7=Lars |last8=LaPrade |first8=Robert F |last9=Hackett |first9=Tom R |date=January 2014 |title=Injuries in elite and recreational snowboarders |url=https://bjsm.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093019 |journal=British Journal of Sports Medicine |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=11–17 |doi=10.1136/bjsports-2013-093019 |pmid=24282020 |s2cid=7519870 |issn=0306-3674}}</ref>