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Today Lineskis.com brought us an update on Eric Pollard who suffered a broken leg in Sochi, Russia. You not not going to believe what went down at the sketchy Russian Hospital he was taken to at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Heres the story of what went down….
Eric Pollard Injury Update
If you’re planning on attending or competing in the Sochi Olympics 12 months from now, below is a scary reality of their infrastructure today, or lack their of.
On the first day of his trip to Sochi with the Nimbus crew Eric rodeo’d an average sized natural air and landed clean into a white room, then immediately scruffed speed knowing there was a cat track ahead. Unfortunately it came up sooner than expected & he dropped 10+’ to flat on the cat track with a broken lower leg (tibia).
There was no ski patrol, no sled to the bottom, no ambulance, and the hospital was at best a run down motel with the most knowledgeable medical staff – his friends armed with google. The Russian “doctors” immediately put his leg into a cast. Luckily Eric called his doctor at home who confirmed this was the most dangerous thing that could have been done. If the leg swelled with no where to expand he could have lost blood flow leading and long term muscle damage or even need for amputation. He immediately cut his cast off having friends frantically run laps outside for bags of snow to keep the swelling down (no ice in the hospital).
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damn thats sketchy
Maybe Tiger will fly him back state-side?
I LOL’d
I LOL’d too
“I dont fly guys, or do them! come on ya all! Eric is not blond!” Tiger, Tiger Woods!
No kidding you don’t do blondes anymore.
Doug, I need the jet. Eric, what time should I pick you up ?
oh russia. heal up pollard!
I have done that same thing on a cat track, fucking sucks ass. Except my legs didn’t break, and I got to have my season. Hope he gets better
I gave up boating in the 3rd world because of similar concerns: it’s seriously sketchy if you get hurt, and tourists don’t think at all about what might happen if things go pear-shaped.
Sucks to be Eric and here’s hoping for a good outcome, but he really set himself up to fail by not adjusting his behavior to the local conditions…and that doesn’t just mean how much powder there is at the bottom of the jump.
idiot
Hosting the olympics will make it all better! Great choice! Get better Eric! It could have been so much worse…
Had to break somone out of hospital in adler which is where the hospital actually is in sochi if he was there to get them on a plane to turkey which is better.the ambulance is a old school russian van with no seatbelts insane.we know how he feels and great to hear hes in germany.on the road to recovery.your not in kansas now!!!
Glad he was rescued by his friend’s endeavors, and finally got out of Sochi.
This is going to be a HUGE concern for the upcoming winter Olympics, assuming the athletes get to take their medical team care with them, but what about the unfortunate tourist attendees who gets sick or injured ?
Are people prepared to risk becoming permanently crippled or even die, just to see the Olympics first- hand ?
We take a lot for granted in this country.
Wow you are such an old crust! Do you think no medical professionals will accompany athletes headed for the Olympics?!?? Imagine (for your age group appropriate) Keith Richards going to Tijuana, think he’s gonna suck up the local blow or bring a teener on his private jet? Now stay in the valley kook!
I bet he got lots of Russian vodka pain killer… but all joking aside glad he’s out of there ok and kept his leg to rip it up another season… get well soon Eric
Fuckin’ cat tracks.
Fuckin Catalina wine mixer
From my chest pubes down to my ball fro
get better soon.
shady russians.
respect to Nimbus
Hey, i works in Sochi – Rosa khutor resort and i know this funy story from another side.
These guys were riding in completly fog ang Erich falled out on to groomed track.
it was in 100 meters from gondola lift station and i realy can’t imagine necessity of heli rescure.
p.s.. it wasn’t rodeo:) just 360. take a guides at unknown landscape
be healthy!