It's True: I Will Die on Skis

It's true: I will die on skis.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jan/17/skiing-snowboarding-study-deaths-injuries

This article compares skiing and snowboarding, and the risks associated with each. I found it interesting for two reasons: 1) Skiing is obviously superior to snowboarding, and I was looking for facts to prove this. 2) I should stay informed about the dangers of the sport I spend way too much time on.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

"Jasper Shealy, a professor emeritus at the Rochester Institute of Technology who has studied such injuries for 40 years, concluded that while snowboarders were between 50% to 70% more likely to get injured, they are also around a third less likely to be killed on the slopes than skiers. Most of the skiing deaths were "due to collisions with fixed objects, where somebody is going at a relatively high speed","

Wait. Stop there.This is going to be me.
Some day, I promise you, I will be another statistic in this study. I ski way too fast, and I have an unhealthy lack of fear. I know I should change that. I know it's my choice. But there's something deep inside me that knows I won't change. I have a need for speed. A thirst for thrill. That feeling of flying fast, wind whipping by, plunging down a mountain. It never gets old.
I will probably die on skis.
And for some reason, I'm okay with that.