Another “Jeff” Update
I’m not sure exactly what the protocal is to post something up here but since KB gave me access I guess I can post (almost) whatever I want.
This last weekend me and some friends went out to Asessippi Ski Area near Russell, MB to shred the slopes and have some fun.
This is actually at Frostfire Ski area near Walhalla, ND.
The plan was to go there for 2 nice days of skiing (for me) and snowboarding (for everyone else). We stayed in some log cabins near Russell which were very nice and cozy. They were basically out in middle of nowhere so it didn’t matter if we made a little extra noise. There was a Ukrainian dance crew staying in one of the other cabins which was very interesting because they were mostly my age and their full time job was to put on Ukrainian dance shows. Anyway, the skiing was lots of fun and I had a blast hitting the huge jumps in the terrain park. Near lunch time one of my buddies hit one of the bigger jumps there and lost control in the air and landed on his side from about 10 feet up. He was okay but he could hardly walk by later that afternoon because everything was so stiff.
Finishing a 180 on a small jump.
I managed to stay out of trouble till the infamous “last run of the day”. I was attempting to “grind” on one of the rails that they have in their terrain park when things starting going south. I have grinded rails before on my skis no problem and I do have twin-tipped skis which let me land backwards when coming off a rail. But this rail had a seam of plastic puckboard along the middle that hooked on to my ski and caused me to fall off the end head first. I smashed my head on the ground pretty good and my head was buzzing a little. I didn’t get a concussion luckily because I landed more on my side and I didn’t slam my jaw/teeth together. Needless to say, that was the end of the day for me. We were planning to go out again the next day (Sunday) but because 2 of us had already gotten hurt we decided we would just leave early and watch the Canada-USA gold medal game.
Sidney Crosby. Full photo credit goes to "Harry How/Getty Images"
We got away later than we planned the next morning and ended up stopping in a random bar in Neepawa to watch Canada win the gold. What a fitting guy to score the game winner! Crosby is and will be the face of Canadian Hockey for years to come.
Have a good week,
Jeff
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 am
Post Away Jeff – Argyle jacket – sweet!
March 4th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Looks like you’re not gathering any moss this winter, Jeff.