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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Won't be keeping track of my days again after the end of the year, but did pretty good for '07, over 100 days riding snow & water
06/07 snowboard season: 53 days
07 surfing: 2 days, woopie
07 wakeboarding: 54 days, can't beleive I beat my snowboarding days!
07 skydiving: 2 days ;-)
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Published by daisys95gt: 8:17 PM
Updated On: 12/24/2007 at 4:21 PM
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Zodi went with me for my 2nd jump & her first, it was awesome!!!! I somehow lucked out & got the hottest instructor there :) We did a flip coming out of the plane, which he claimed was not on purpose but it was fun! Next time I have the option of jumping by myself, but I don't think I'm ready for that just yet! What a rush!!! I'm still high :)
06/07 Totals:
snowboarding: 53
surfing: 2
wakeboarding: 52.........Day 44 landed my 1st toeside w2w!
skydiving: 2 AHAHAHHH YEAH!!!
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Published by daisys95gt: 8:01 AM
Updated On: 12/16/2007 at 12:02 PM
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Monday, September 03, 2007
06/07 Totals:
snowboarding: 53
surfing: 2
wakeboarding: 47.........Day 44 landed my 1st toeside w2w!
skydiving: 1 AHAHAHHH YEAH!!!
Scott Steckling wake surfing at the Midwest Wakeboarder Fall Freeride:
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Published by daisys95gt: 11:49 AM
Updated On: 9/30/2007 at 8:57 AM
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Yeah that's right. Someone invited me to go skydiving last weekend about 5 minutes away from the wakeboard event we were at, so I did! Skydiving is the one thing I've always said I might back out of at the last minute, and boy was I scared. So scared, I didn't hear a word of what was said in the classroom instructions we got, although I remember something about pulling the handle for the parachute to come out....uhoh.
We get on the plane and we're all sitting in 2 rows on the floor, it's a 10 minute plane ride up to 13,500 feet before they open the door...plenty of time to start freaking out! I could see our camping spot at the wakeboard event from the plane which was pretty cool. They open the door and people start dropping out like flies. We sit up on our knees & my guide tightens himself to me, then we start what was by far the scariest thing I've ever done in my life, crawling forward on our knees toward the open door. The person infront of me jumps & there's nothing separating me from the door now, I'm scooting forward & look out at the world below, & although I am religious, I'm not Catholic, but I did the cross twice on the way to the door. I hold on to the bar above us, put my head back, and my guide pushes us out the door. WHOA!!!!!!
That first split second is a mjor head rush, I start screaming (and didn't stop until we hit the ground), then once we get to where we're parrallel with the world everything went into slow motion. Didn't feel like I was falling at all, it felt like I was floating. By far the most awesome thing I have ever experienced. After a minute of freefalling (which seemed more like 15 seconds), I looked at my altimeter & when we got to 5500 feet I reached for the handle, pulled it, and out came the chute. I was so excited that I actually did it all myself, although I later found out my guide actually pulled his handle because I was moving too slow to pull mine lol. We then spent 5 minutes gliding down, & my guide made us swing completely horizontal around the chute 4 times, after the 2nd time I started to get nautious lol, I didn't tell him though :) And when we landed, it was just like sitting down in a chair, perfectly soft. Jason, who invited me, landed right behind me & the first thing we said to each other was we are doing that again!!!! Oh yeah, I've already paid for my 2nd jump :-D
06/07 Totals:
snowboarding: 53
surfing: 2
wakeboarding: 37
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Published by daisys95gt: 11:10 AM
Updated On: 8/29/2007 at 11:40 AM
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wakeboarding DAY 7:
I FINALLY got my first w2w jump! I've been riding off a 75' line so I knew it'd be harder (always rode before at 60-65'), but I've been coming really close lately & casing the top of the wake. It's been so frustrating, 'cause I can ride switch all day long, do butter slides, powder slides, surface spins, switch 180s over the wake, and I'm always soooo close to a w2w but can't friggin' get it to save my life, it's maddening!!! On my 2nd session out yesterday Jeff shortened the rope to 65', and I was freezing but didn't care, I was getting that stupid w2w if it killed me. And I did!!! Didn't even realize I made it until I looked up & everyone in the boat was going nuts. Next I have to do it at 75'
Jeff's nephew Alex also had a really good session, look out for him at the Wakeboard Nationals! Here he is throwing a Whirly Bird:
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Published by daisys95gt: 9:49 AM
Updated On: 9/26/2007 at 9:15 AM
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I think this season can be wrapped up in one word...WRECKAGE What an awesome season it was though. I set a goal of riding 50 days (most I had ridden before was 38) and ended with 53. I could have gotten in 60 if I pushed it, but the numbers didn't matter to me anymore. Especially after I had my best POW day ever in CO, that one day was better than all the other 52 combined. And I could not have asked for a better way to end my season than riding POW with my friends in CO. I think I got a little more stupid the more days I rode, or maybe it was just that I was having so much fun. Nothing beats riding with good friends without a worry in the world & not giving a crap about how bad you might suck. And there is no better pure awesome feeling than dropping into 2 feet of freshies on an untouched peak. Well, maybe that heli trip to come... Here it is, my end of season video for the 06/07 season:
Just got back yesterday from my trip to CO. Annie & Forrest piled into my car & drove out with me for 8 days of riding. We stayed with Brian in Breck & rode in order: Breckenridge - icy & snowing, rode mostly parks but got some powder in the afternoon Vail - POW Keystone - POW in the ******* Copper - icy & sunny, mostly rode the parks Beaver Creek - icy & snowing, rode parks all day, by the afternoon we had powder at the top Vail -POW, first cornice drop! Keystone - Best POW day of my life! Hiked with Brian to an untouched peak & spent the day in Heaven Breckenridge - POW at the top but poor visibility due to thick clouds and snow, rode the top, then the t-bar, then finished off in the park 
Rode Tyrol Saturday with Annie & Edgar, because that's the only place around that is actually still blowing snow and upkeeping their hill. They have a lot of snow still, and their parks were set up really well, one of the best setups they've had all season. They replaced the tiny drop-offbeginner jump with a really good mid-sized jump, so we were hitting that & then the smaller jump below it, and I think on only our 5th or 6th run I wrecked myself on the 1st jump.....bad. The part that really made me mad is that I wasn't even trying anything new! First I was going to try a bs shifty, then about 1/2 way into the approach I decided I'd stick with a fs shifty, and as I went off the transition I must have had a brain fart and everything went wrong, my board went over my head, I think I screamed, and I landed hard on my butt, right on the knuckle. It hurt BAAAAD!!! I've never wrecked so hard that I couldn't get up long enough to clear the landing, but man that sucker hurt! I heard Annie yell at someone not to hit the jump, so I scraped myself up as fast as I could, and as I started to ride away on my hands and butt I saw Edgar running at me and Annie with one foot unstrapped hobbling towards me, Edgar kept grabbing me trying to make me sit down but all he did was make me fall over. She said they thought I broke my arm...I didn't feel my arms, or my head hit, all I felt was my throbbing toosh! It felt like my tailbone got pushed to the side. I finally got up and was able to hit the 2nd jump, but after that it really hurt to move my legs so I was pretty much done jumping. I did try to hit the small jump 2 more times and sat down, on the same sore spot of course. I had to take off Sunday & 2 days later it still hurts pretty bad. I was afraid I might have cracked something, but I think I would be in a lot more pain. Long as I'm all better by Friday, because that's when we leave for COLORADO BABY!!!!! 8 days in Breck coming up! I can't think of a better place to be when I hit my 50-day goal :-D
So St. Patty's Day is tomorrow! I'm Irish & I love to celebrate, so I'll be riding tomorrow with shamrocks on my helmet :) But St. Patty's Day is always bittersweet for me too. Tomorrow will be 5 years since I lost my good friend Happy Botros. Mambo #5 will always remind me of riding around in that Bright Atlantic Blue S281 Speedster on the PCH. The Rainbow Bridge will always remind me of what a true friend I had when I was mourning the death of my cat. Tongue rings will always remind me of how I tried to, uhh...well that's between me & Hap. And peach margaritas will ALWAYS remind me of that one crazy night that started at the Shark Club. RIP, miss you Hap!  
Saturday: rode Tyrol with Edgar, worked on my fs 180s, attempted 2 bs 180s and got road rash all over myself on the 2nd attempt. After my knees started to ache I stopped spinning and started doing shifties for the first time. They are fun, but the last one hurt my knee when I landed, so it was my last jump. Nose pressed the small box all day & then accidentally got my board turned on one of them, so I tried it on purpose and it was fun. I don't know what exactly I was doing, I don't think it was a boardslide because the board was only turned about 45º & I was on the nose. The barn box gave me problems & I couldn't really nose or tail press it very well. Sunday: went with Annie & met Edgar at Sunburst so we could use some free passes I had. None of us had ever been to Sunburst & were not thrilled when we found out that only a tow rope services the park. The place is about 1/3 the size of Wilmot, and they were having a comp. So we rode a lift up, made one run down to try to get over to the park, watched a little of the comp, then decided to go to Alpine Valley. I'd never been there either, and it was about the same size as Sunburst although their landfill is taller and not quite as spread out. Their parks would have been pretty good if anything was groomed. Everything was horribly rutted out, looked like it hadn't been groomed in a week. I hit a box and pain shot through my knee when I landed and I sat down...then hit a pacnic table that had a small gap to it. I wanted to make sure I had enough speed and ollie on so I wouldn't catch my nose on the table, and oh boy I had enough speed alright. I gapped the table, and I think my board must have just touched the end of it & threw me forward..I watched myself go past the rutted out landing, then landed on my nose and flipped around & landed on my left butt cheek. I didn't hit anything else the rest of the day, just worked on my switch riding, yaaay. I didn't really mind though, my knee was still hurting too much to land anything & I can always use some work on my switch riding. We stayed until Annie wrecked & decided she was done for the day, then left around 7.
Went to Raging Buffalo by myself for ladies' night. Last time I was there was in December & I really liked it, but I didn't like it at all tonight. All the jumps had booters that kick you straight up instead of out. I really dind't like that, so I stayed away from the big jump. Nope, instead I hit a couple of the smaller jumps and completely overshot them and landed flat. OUCH my knees! Hit a couple of boxes too but nothing felt comfortable. So I didn't stay very long, & don't think I'll bother going back this season unless I have a riding buddy. Well I think I'll leave my MWSF blog up here since it was much better than my 42nd day.... Days 40 & 41:: MIDWEST SNOWFEST at Devil's HeadMy big weekend started out on a bad note when I got up Saturday morning to intense back pain. It took me a while to figure out that I pulled a muscle in my lower back the night before when I was playing with the dog and tripped over her. The pain was so bad I could hardly walk, much less bend in any direction at the waist. Couldn't even reach my shoes to put them on. I began to think my weekend may be ruined if I wouldn't be able to ride, but even if it turned out that way I still wanted to be there for Midwest Snowfest. I prayed that the pain would go away, shuffled out of the house in pain, and forgot my jacket hanging in the closet with my camera in the pocket. On the way up to DH stopped for some drugs and heat pads, and by the time I got to the hill my back was feeling worlds better and I was able to ride. Amazingly, the pain never came back. Oh it's still stiff, but I've kept heat pads on it and pain killers in my body and I've been fine. Met up with all my riding buddies at DH and we rode all day, with Tim on the microphone blasting music for the park from the Rome tent. After riding we went out to the bar/restaurant at DH for dinner and whatever madness that goes on when we get together. It was Zodi's birthday and I don't think there's a person who rode DH this weekend who doesn't know about it. And yes, at one point the wave got going at our table. Sunday was the rail jam and there was a pretty good turnout for it, as well as the crowd of spectators who gathered. The rail jam must have gotten me in the mood to get back in my game, 'cause I started hitting the big jump, both boxes, nose pressed and tail pressed the boxes, and started doing methods off the up box. Such a fun weekend and really everyone who was there stepped up their riding as well. One of the best weekends I've had in a long time, and possibly the best weekend of riding I've had ever. Pictures to come, but for now, here's a video with some random clips from the weekend. Thanks to Erik & Jess for letting me use their camera, I was going through withdrawal without mine!
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Saturday -- rode Tyrol with Edgar. Thursday or Friday I broke down and said I was going to try a 3 this weekend, no matter what. So, I started spinning off a roller, & made it to 270 a couple times but couldn't get all the way around to land a full 360. Edgar hit his shin, AGAIN, on the fun box & it turned into a huge welt. The long awaited blizzard started up and we stayed about an hour or so longer till the snow stabbing me in the face got a little too painful, then went to the Grumpy Troll, yuuuuummmm. Sunday -- Tyrol again with an extra foot of snow from the blizzard, and it snowed all day. The snow was really wet & sticky so the riding was slow. I started tail pressing the barn box, & continued working on my spins. As you can see below, I had some nice wrecks. Closest I came to landing a 360 was still a 270. And those were always when I didn't think about it. When I thought about what I needed to do, I wrecked. That whole looking over the shoulder thing is ackward when it forces you to turn away from your landing. Oh well it was a start, I'll get it eventually.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Saturday rode with Edgar at Tyrol & finally got an opportunity to hit the barn box for the first time ever, woohoooo! I really like it, but the landing was brutal on my knees so I only hit it about 3 or 4 times. Hit the new t-box & it was good too, but same story on the landing. Found out later that sometime before we got to Tyrol, a 16-year-old girl who was there with her family and twin sister lost control on an icy run and ran into a tree. She was not wearing a helmet, and died the next day. I cannot stress enough how important it is to wear a helmet. HELMETS SAVE LIVES!!! RIP Sunday met Jason and rode with him at Devil's Head. We saw Annie & Forrest a few times but I didn't ride with them. I only made one run through the park (my 1st run of the day), then didn't go through it again because there were so many gapers in it, it was unsafe. Our last run part of Jason's binding fell off so he had to ride down the hill sled style, then we went back up the lift looking for his binding, and found it at the top of the lift, doh. We both left sort of early & met up again later that night for a little bow chica bowow LOL 8-)
Monday, February 12, 2007
1st time riding after coming back from CO is always sure to be a little crappy. Saturday everyone bailed on me so I went to Tyrol all by my lonesome & didn't stay long, didn't hit the park at all. Well actually, everything I liked to hit in the park was taken out to make room for the pipe, which has not been cut yet. They don't even have the big air jump anymore. Only jump was a really small one on the other park run. Crappy. Sunday went to Devil's Head with Annie & Forrest & it was fun, but I was still a little gun shy because the snow was so hard & the last jumps I hit were so butter. Didn't want to hurt myself. Only thing I hit was a jump over 2 barrels, 2nd time over sat down on the landing & bruised my butt on the ice. Just from sitting down! I kept hitting it though, started tail bonking the barrels which was really fun. Probably going back to DH next weekend. Maybe I'll start hitting the jumps again. Maybe the snow will be a little softer??
Monday, February 05, 2007
Spent 9 days in Breckenridge for my family's annual ski trip. Got there a couple days before my family & stayed at Brian's house & rode with him. 2nd day out there we went through the superpark so Brian & one of his friends could make a run through the pipe. On his LAST hit, he landed a little off, caught his toe edge...and ended up with a shattered wrist. Not just a broken wrist, but shattered. I spent all evening in the hospital with him & when we finally left at midnight he had an external fixator on his wrist (pictures in my gallery). He had to go back a few days later to have a metal plate implanted in his arm with about 15 screws going through his bones. He still has the external fixator for 4 weeks, & the metal plate he may have removed in a year. So needless to say, I lost my riding buddy for the week. As a "thank you" gift for taking care of him all week, he gave me a Sined snowboard, brand new in the plastic!!!! I love my new board, Sined boards absolutely rock!!! I also got to try out about 6 different boards from his house during the week. After my family arrived I moved into the big house. And when I say big, I mean 7200 sq ft of ski-in/ski-out luxury with heated floors, heated garages, hot tub, pool table, theater room....it wasn't bad. The snow came on Wed., and I didn't realize how much until I hiked the Windows in the morning, and when I dropped in found myself knee-deep in POW baby!!! It snowed from Wed. through Saturday, but Thurs.-Sat. it was COLD, as in -5 with a wind chill factor of -25. Yeah, it was brutal at times, but well worth it. And I totally forgot how smooth all the park hits are until we rode through the park the first day and I hit a line of 3 jumps. Butter. I don't know how I even hit jumps here in the midwest, really doesn't seem worth it after getting a taste of the good stuff. Can't wait to go back!! Looks like it'll be the last week of March
Wow I actually had a powder day for once in the midwest. Rode Chestnut with Annie & Forrest & it snowed all morning, which meant the groomers were already done before most of the snow came, so we had a few inches of freshies to play on, yaaayy! We weren't knee deep or anything, but it was nice & soft & I was surfing all day long & could still find some untracked powder up until we left in the evening. We still rode park most of the day & I worked on my tail & nose presses, but skipped the jump to surf the untracked part of the park. We even found the steepest run in the midwest I've ever ridden, literally a straight drop-off, but it was icy by the time we rode it & I groomed most of it 8-) Now I'm seriously ready for some real POW in CO, I'll be there all next week baby!
Took a roadtrip with Jason to lower MI this weekend so I could buy a surfboard from a guy who works at Boyne Highlands. We rode there Saturday & had a good time & actually got to ride some real snow for a change, although it was a little packed & icy is some areas. Sunday we rode at Boyne Mtn. which is a pretty big resort for the midwest, but the hill left a lot to be desired. It reminded us of Cascade - crowded, beginners everywhere, and everyone crammed onto one or two main lifts. It seemed every person there was a beginner, and we had a hard time finding a place to get away from the crowds. Neither hill had much of a park, but we had fun. Hmmm, I think the drive up and back was just about as fun 8-) I bought a used 9' long board & am totally stoked to finally have my own surfboard!! I don't want snowboard season to be over, but at least now I'll have something to give me my fix when it is, I'll be surfing!!! I have also been looking for a 2006 Hyperlite Murray pro model wakeboard since last summer, and I finally found a good deal on one, as well as some new '05 Murray bindings. So I've got a new surfboard, & have a new wakeboard & bindings in the mail, new toys baby!!! New toys!!
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Published by daisys95gt: 9:56 AM
Updated On: 1/15/2007 at 6:30 PM
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Rode at Chestnut Saturday with Annie & Jason. Park was closed but they had a couple rails, a box, & a jump set up on the main run. Of course I don't hit rails but for me the box & jump were nice. I did the biggest method I've ever done & I actually reached around & grabbed toe edge on it, although it wasn't on purpose. Then we had dinner & when we came back out the snow was a little icier, so I was kinda hesitant about hitting the jump again. But of course I did, and it was a big mistake. I don't know if I freaked out or if there was a rut in the transition, but I went forward off the jump & landed on my chin & knees, bounced onto my back & hit the back of my head, then I think flipped back over onto my stomach. To make this story shorter, I busted my chin open, bruised my knees (again) and bit the side of my tongue. Jason wouldn't let me ride anymore after I got my chin all bandaged up, so we left, & the whole way back to Rockford they made fun of me 'cause my tongue got all swollen & I couldn't tawk vewy well. When I took the bandage off & finally saw the damage for myself, I almost passed out. I think I cried a little too. Sunday I went to Devil's Head with Annie & Forrest & rode like an injured person who's afraid to fall. It was a pretty short day for me. Hopefully my chin will be somewhat healed so I can ride park next weekend, maybe going to Boyne Highlands in MI 'cause I have to go pick up a surfboard :) 
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Published by daisys95gt: 9:20 PM
Updated On: 1/8/2007 at 2:55 PM
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Spent the New Year's weekend riding Tyrol, Devil's Head, and even made it to Crashcade in time to make a few runs after riding all day at Tyrol & dropping off Edgar in Rockford. The snow conditions were not the best, but I can honestly say I'm glad I decided not to go to CO and instead celebrated the new year here. The riding would have killed in CO, but the company I had was better. Enough said 8-)
Thursday, December 28, 2006
1st day back since Christmas vacation, rode at Tyrol with Edgar. The park was pretty good, though not as good as the last time I was there. Still haven't hit the big jump again, ever since the last time I hit it when I went inverted, I'm a little fearful of it. So I hit the smaller jump, which is bigger than it used to be, so I didn't try any spinning unfortunately. And worked on my tail & nose presses on one of the boxes, though it was so short it was kinda hard. I almost did a misty flip off the box when I nose pressed it & my nose got stuck & my body flipped off the end, I almost made a full rotation before I landed lol. Then the jump got a really bad bump in the landing & I somehow caught my toe edge on it & slammed my knee then flipped & my goggles & helmet were all covered in snow. Got a big fat swollen knee from it. The next time I hit the jump, which was also my last time, the bump had gotten so bad that when I hit it I launched off it, flew about 5 feet & landed on my butt. Of course both of those wrecks got caught on video. I'll be back at Tyrol tomorrow & Saturday, then Devil's Head Sunday & Monday. Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
It's Ladies' Night at Raging Buffalo, so I ran over after work for a quick session. Only rode an hour 'cause it was raining & I got soaked, then started to worry about my car remote getting wet, lol. The conditions were pretty good! The big jump was the only thing I hit & worked on my methods the whole time I was there, definitely felt an improvement. I tried twice to do a melon - which is what I learned to do last year - and washed out both times, doh! There was a box I wanted to try to nose press, but since none of my friends were there I got a little scared of wrecking & passed on it. I also passed on doing any spinning off the jump, for the same reason, though I think that might be a good jump to try 360s on. The hardest part for me though was trying to get on the stupid tow
rope. 1st time I tried to get on I fell on top of the rope twice! It
took me like a minute to get on the dumb thing, I'm sure it was pretty
funny for anyone watching. Then I had to ride it switch & had some
trouble coming off. Yeah I can hit jumps and nose press a box but I can't ride up a friggin tow rope. Oh, and I figured out today that I am actually on track to hit 60 days this season. 60 days!! I've never even hit 40..and my goal for this year is 50..but 60 days would be incredible. Lots of progression can happen in 60 days, yeahaahhh! Time to go to TX and celebrate the birth of my Savior. I'll be back riding on the 28th! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!
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Published by daisys95gt: 8:53 PM
Updated On: 12/20/2006 at 8:58 PM
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Monday, December 18, 2006
Saturday - rode Tyrol with Annie & Edgar. I just have to say, I LOVE TYROL'S PARK!! And I love the guy who builds the park too 8-) Annie & I started doing 180s off the smaller jump. That's the 1st time I've actually done a 180 off a real jump, I was so excited to land them I would just laugh every time. After the 2nd or 3rd one, they were easy! The only hard part was, after the landing got all rutted out, it was a little hard to balance riding out of the hole. On one of them I couldn't gain control, and saw myself heading towards Annie & a rail, so I just laid down to stop myself. Next thing I felt the nose of Annie's board going into my arm, and then I saw Annie's face upside down infront of me. We were laughing so hard we couldn't move. I was tailpressing the down box, but the hole at the end was so big, my knees are still sore from the drop. Annie got a shiner when she came off of a rail just as some kid was stopping in her landing. She almost took out a couple more guys who were sitting in her landing, but I saw them and yelled at her not to hit it. I think I may have saved some lives! Sunday - wanted to go back to Tyrol, but everyone else was going to Chestnut & Annie & Forrest gave us some passes for the demo day, so I went there. Forrest spent the morning throwing up everything he drank the night before, so Edgar & I went, & later Forrest & Annie showed up. Their park was pretty good, but takes a while to get used to. You can't see stuff, have to figure out where to go to hit certain stuff, then have to figure out where to stop so you don't get in the way of anything. I was hitting one of the jumps & boxes. I demo'd a Burton GTwin board and the black & green snakeskin-looking bindings. The bindings were really comfortable, and I like the keyless toe cap adjustment, but the toe cap ratchet didn't work very well. The GTwin is an awesome board, lots of pop! I still like my K2 Mix the best, but that GTwin would be my 2nd choice for a park board. I also demo'd a Flow Push board, but it was a little stiff for my taste. Probably a better freeride board for girls who don't ride park much. I saw a guy with the white Travis Parker TX board, so I asked him about it while I fondled his board a little - I didn't lick it or anything, although I wanted to. I'm going to get that for my powder board Here's a picture of the pretzel 'log' ride I built at Chestnut. I think they should hire me on their park crew ;-) 
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Published by daisys95gt: 11:21 AM
Updated On: 12/18/2006 at 11:27 AM
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Monday, December 11, 2006
Rode with Annie & Forrest at Tyrol Saturday & they had their best park setup yet. There was a big jump that was fun, but a little scary 'cause the approach was steep, short, and the knuckle looked painful, so I was practically bombing the approach to make sure I cleared it. I didn't try to grab or anything 'cause I was a little scared going into it, but it was fun! I think that's the most air time I've ever gotten. Only hit it twice though 'cause the 2nd time there were holes in the landing. They had the wide flat box out, so I spent 1/2 the day working on my tail presses & the other 1/2 trying to learn a nose press. Then Forrest had to come along & show me up, he ollied on to a nose press then did like a nollie to a tail press...jerk. Annie started tail pressing the rails. Oh, and my tailbone, shin, and knee were all still very sore from last weekend's wreckage, so I was trying to be careful. I only fell once Saturday, but my ONE fall was at the end of the box, and my tailbone landed right on the lip of the hole at the end of the box. It HHUUUUUUURRRRT! There was a roller too that Sunday they put a nice kicker on & made into a smaller jump. Sunday Forrest had to work so it was just me & Annie, though we ran into Coco & Brandon & later on Sans. We used the smaller jump to practice on, I worked on my methods & Annie did her 1st nose grab. I kept working on my nose & tail presses & hit the big jump several times. Last run before they closed I decided to hit the big jump and the box so I could get in 2 things...and I went inverted on the jump. Not on purpose. I thought I was going to land on my head but managed to get my body into a horizontal position and held my head up, and my butt took most of the blow. Annie thought I was dead. It hurt bad, but I got up, tail pressed the crap out of the box, finished my run, and then let the pain sink in. Oddly enough my neck and back aren't that sore today, but my butt hurts!!
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Published by daisys95gt: 11:04 AM
Updated On: 12/11/2006 at 11:09 AM
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