Skiing After a Broken Wrist?

I just broke my wrist snowboarding. I have a trip to Utah planned for January. I`m thinking about going on the trip anyway; except skiing instead of riding. I`m worried that I won`t have enough grip strength to hold the pole (my cast will have been off for a week at this point). Has anyone tried to ski after breaking their wrist?

Dan.

you can expect this.
Me : "Doc, I`m gonna go snowboarding with my cast on." Doc : "No you`re not." Me : "Why not? It`s in a cast?" Doc : "Becasue if you fall, you`ll break your arm here." pointing at where the cast ends. Me : "Ok, good point. But I am playing paintball on it." Doc, after considering. "Ok, but See me before you go." He put on a `waterproof` cast....
Every doctor will tell you not to do it. But if yo`re going to, ask for a waterproof cast if you can. It helps, TRUST ME.
Other than that, The best I can tell you is GO EASY! You`re gonna get tired out faster, and you`re gonna hurt more if you fall. Trust me, I got a good whack on my wrist from a spill and it took a lot out of me for that game. Just, don`t do anyhting you think you might regret.
Oh, and voice recognition software is fun when youre wrist hurts.

back on the slopes after 3 days. I convinced the doctor that I could teach even with a cast and there was no problem on the ski/snowboarding school side (as a matter of fact I used that to teach safety). The most annoying thing in the 6 weeks I had the cast on was the cold on my broken extremity, but a nice girl at the desk made me a custom fleece glove
Yes, you can snowboard with a broken wrist (I wouldn`t ski because of the ski pole) as long as you pay extra attention. I learned to ride holding my arm against my chest and everything was cool. Just be careful, ok?

Hi guys im going to val d'isere on saturday and yesterday (monday) i was playing basketball and i fell heavily and broke my wrist. i was told by the doc that i shouldnt ski or snowboard but im going to ignore them. the first thing i want to ask is what would be safer skiing or snowboarding. i started off skiing but the last three times ive been ive snowboarded. also which would be safer skiing or boarding. answer would be appreciated as my mum doesnt really know what to do

spam92, welcome to the forum

I am not going to answer you - sorry, I think you are acting foolish to go either skiing or boarding with a broken wrist.
(besides you could hold on to the skiing poles)


I hope your mom can stop you from going and you will be able to go soon as you are in good conditiion again.

I went skiing when i was 15 with a broken wrist a week after i broke it, i was in a resin cast, i fell over loads of times and my wrist was fine as the cast protected it.

Jaysch77 welcome to the forum You may have been lucky. I heard other stories. Perhaps spam92 should take his/her chances, but I wouldn't if I were him/her

Hi Guys. Just got back from france i decided to ski instead of board and i could hold onto the poles. on the first day i went over a big kicker and fell on it quite badly but the fibre glass cast helped protect it and it didnt hurt
thanks for your reply's i did concider them but i looked forward to it too much not to go. x

Good to hear you had a good time, Spam92. How was France? Were you in the south or?