good enough story from grade 11.
all season long on blackcomb there was a wicked kicker if you came down one of the last parts of honeycomb and then cut over towards the solar coaster chair, you could literally shoot between the two posts of a sign board then bounce off the hip right behind it and catch some fucking huge in bounds air.
it was also totally blind so you generally had to have a spotter to (a) make sure you didn't kill anyone (b) check for debris in the landing
so, last run of my last run of the season, i did the jump without a spotter. hit it full speed. in midair, i noticed that the entire landing was rocks. there was fucking nowhere to go. i also had a pretty close to brand new board. so in an attempt to save my board (STUPID), i threw my feet in front of me, landing on my ass / back on a rockfield (board up in the air!), then bounced, rolled through it and generally fucking worked myself. entire left side of my body was a road rash & anyone in the immediate area was howling with laughter. so i crawled to the edge of the rock patch on my hands and knees (save that board!) and then rode out. board was fine.
got to the base, tossed my board in the back of the truck and waited for my bro and my girlfriend to show up. neither of them had seen this fall so there was quite the "HOLY SHIT" when they showed up and i showed them my left side. i'm not sure who was responsible for the next part but when i took the first corner after leaving the base two parking lot, the back end of the truck swung open & the three boards in the back went flying out & skidded across the pavement.
fuck.
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