I broke my elbow in six place in France 2002, on a motorcycle - NO!!! snowboarding. I'd been snowboarding since 1989 so I was quite experienced but made a mistake. Now I don't board anymore, the wife banned me, I got a 748 instead.

I guess we do what we do for enjoyment, thrills and the danger.
I am not giving either road or track up but I learnt my lesson snowboarding - pushing it and thinking i was better than I was.

BEWARE.

The older you get - the better you used to be.


Based on this trueism, the harder you push the more likelihood you have of coming a cropper.
You are at this point Mutton and no longer Lamb.

The older you get (37+ in my case), the longer things take to mend and this is a real ****er I can tell you.
What took 2 or 6 months to sort out when you remember back now takes a year or more and I can tell you that is most distressing because you pick up injuries more frequently at 35+ and they prohibit you from continuing for a summer / season and ain't that a year wasted!

Hacked off and hurting still - Tim

'The older you get the longer things take to mend'-aint that the truth! Since I have now reached the grand old age of 56 I can confirm that it takes longer to heal, and the bruises seem to hurt more, and you don't bounce as well as you used to-at least I don't.................
Still Snetterton was the last track day for this year and the cracked thumb will have mended, and I will(or not) have grown another fingernail on my little finger by next year-c'est la vie!

John

But at the same time you tend to be better at assessing risk and less liable to push the boundaries quite so far.

When I look back at some of the crap I pulled/attempted to pull it's amazing I and my bike riding friends are still alive and with a full complement of limbs. The formation wheelies up the Tottenham Court Road, making gaps to squeeze through in traffic, the sheer state of the bikes we used to ride. It makes me shudder thinking about it.

Darren

But you are still going strong regadless of age..its a state of mind..and YOU do go well...better than 90% half your age....a credit to you ...