====== Mammas Don't Let Your (Old) Surfskiers Go Up The Mountain Biking ======

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(See also [[:health:age:aging|]])

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===== Injuries =====

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This is just a small sample of the** injuries** that **Bellingham paddlers** have incurred **on Mtn. Bikes ** (our local ER folks call them murder bikes)…

   * **Circa 2015**
      * [[:stories:ancient_murrelet_stumbles|Ancient Murrelet Tumble]]
      *  [[:stories:clavicle_hill|]]
        * [[:stories:do_see_pattern|Do You See A Pattern Here]]
      * [[:stories:third_one_charm|Third One's The Charm]]
  * **Circa 2025 (given enough time we forget, plus now there is the allure of e-mtn.bikes)**
      * [[:stories:the_new_crop|The Next Generation (80+ yr old youngsters)]]

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===== The Bright Side =====

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(for uninjured paddlers)

  * [[:profit_injury|Profiting from Injury]]
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==== Apologies to Waylon and Willie… ====

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Mammas, don't let your old surfskiers go up the mountain biking \\ Don't let 'em pick trails or ride an old bike \\ Else they'll have to go to doctors and lawyers and the like…

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