Earlier today I watched the Universe II preview again, and
as always happens, I felt a great need to go and pretend I'm
extreme. I'm not. But it's fun to feel that way. So I went
looking for some snow piles to play on, didn't see any that
looked promising, but eventually ended up at a place called
Rock Canyon Park. It's a big drainage area for flood control
and is surrounded on all four sides by pretty steep manmade
hills. They also get more snow than the rest of the town,
and so is the sledding mecca of the area. I got there and
first thing I decided to try was riding down one of the
snowy slopes on my MUni. So I did. Everyone around was
watching, but unfortunately it was too easy. When going at
full speed, I had too much traction. So after riding down a
few more times, trying to make myself slide on the snowy
slope, I decided to try something more fun. There were a
number of snow jumps people had built for sledding purposes,
so I found an unused one and went for it. I built up
momentum riding down the slope (if I had ridden slowly, the
wheel would have slipped), hit the jump, caught air,
panicked, and dismounted in midair to try and land on my
feet. I think I crashed anyway. But I spent the next hour
riding down the hill and trying to fly. I got to the point
where I could consistently land the jump, but I couldn't
survive the rollout. Luckily this was a grassy hill covered
in snow, so all my crashes and suicide swan dives and flips
didn't do more than give me a few bruises. But it was worth
it. I landed and rolled out of a few of the jumps, but I was
mostly happy for not chickening out. I'm going to be sore
tomorrow, but it was worth it!
Next time I'll bring my digital camera and get some pics
and video...
--
paco - Proud owner of 2 opposable thumbs
Sounds exactly like an orthodic support for shoes, only different. Would
this be called a butt-thodic support? or glutethodic?
-S_Wallis
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