NFL Scores Col. Sports W Col. More Sports Baseball-min. Thursday, December 16 Snowboarding injuries From 1993 to 1996, the number of people who took up snowboarding more than doubled. Unfortunately, the downside of all this interest is an increase in snowboarding injuries.
More snowboarders simply equals more injuries.
Obviously this is due to the increase in the number of snowboarders over the last few years. I also don't think there is much to the claim by skiers that snowboarders are out of control and cause more injuries. If skiing had a sudden boom in popularity, you would see more skiing injuries as well. It's simple numbers. If you think about how you fall when you ski, you have a really long lever-arm in the form of a ski attached to your foot.