Be sure your equipment is appropriate for you and your level of skill. Buy them from a reputable dealer. Warm up and cool down with stretches with special focus on the hamstrings, thighs, hips and calves. The slopes are exhilarating, but everyone gets tired. Rest or quit for the day, when you begin to feel tired.
Most injuries happen after noontime when fatigue begins to set in.
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