doi:10.33552/AJSSM.2026.03.000559engGarcía-Foncillas López, RafaelSkiing and Snowboarding at Ski Resorts: Case Studies of AccidentsART-2026-148788Millions of people take part in winter sports worldwide [1,2]. Downhill skiing and snowboarding are said to have beneficial effects on health [3], although they are also associated with a potential risk of injury. Previous studies report an injury rate of 4.6 per 1,000 skier-days [4], with differences between alpine skiers (2 to 10 injuries per 1,000 skier-days) and snowboarders (1 to 6 injuries per 1,000 snowboarder-days) [5,6]. The at-risk population in Spain was 5,155,380 during the 2024-2025 season [7], translating these percentages into a high number of injuries per year. The possibility of suffering a serious injury or death whilst skiing or snowboarding means that these are considered high-risk sports.2026http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/17031810.33552/AJSSM.2026.03.000559http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170318oai:zaguan.unizar.es:170318Academic Journal of Sports Science & Medicine 3, 2 (2026), 1-4byhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess