Welcome to the Shame for Gain Contest, presented by Crescent Spur Heli-Skiing. Share your most embarrassing moments for a chance to win a full week of heli-skiing or heli boarding. Your submissions can be from any action sport. Possible subject matter could include less-than-elegant wipe outs, poor choices in sports fashion, or ungainly rushes to the bathroom with all of your gear on.

i crashed into a broken off tree trunk!! oops!

Ready to rock 2010 like it’s 1989!!!

I captured this classic scenario of a ski instructor, overflowing with testosterone wanting to be bad-ass and getting some air time instead.

I was snowboarding in the trees in icy moguls and was skidding to a stop to avoid running into my friend that had stopped in front of me. My board hit a 2-3″ tree stump that was out of sight over the last mogul and kicked it out from under me and I landed on the stump. It was an embarrassing injury to explain to people.

Mitch Potter loses a vital piece of equipment after bailing in Rusutsu Japan
With my two buddies watching I had to impress. My attempt at heroics quickly turned to disaster as I ate muddy snow and ripped my pants!