I'm a ski racer, on the Welsh Team. I was at the British Ski Champs (there were teams from Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway etc). Was doing about 40-50mph and caught the top of my ski, I went over and had one of the metal spikes on the gates go into my elbow, it cause a hole about a half inch deep and a quarter inch diameter, I also broke my left thumb and seriously damaged the tendons in my right one :/