Well, I don't ski but I do snowboard.. but since you said general stories, I have a good one..
It was my first time snowboarding and then I was going down some great powder going faster than I ever went before, and I was actually liking it. I was trying to pivot my board to try to slow myself down but it didn't work too well. I caught an edge and the front of my board dug into some compacted snow. I was thrown forward onto my stomach. Next, my legs came up with my board and smacked me in the middle of my head. I got up and shook it off, but then I went to rub my head and was suprised by the amount of blood coming out.. I started screaming and was on the verge of crying (I was younger then). Some paramedic person on the lift above me told me to put ice on it until he or the ski patrol came.. so long story short, I cracked my head and got to ride on a snowmobile and cut my trip short and go to my mom when I get home with a huge bandage around my head..
No stitches, though I think I still have the scar on my head... yeah, I can still feel it.
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