I am a HUGE snowboarder. I have been since I started shredding at the age of 12-13. I started off my life on the mountain as a skier (GASPS!) and did it for almost 10 years. I was a good skier but I was alive and at the ripe age when snowboarding was making it’s giant rush for the hills.
I was at an after school ski/snowboard program in 7th grade when I first made my move to “the dark side”. My best friend Brooks had a board and he let me try it out one night when we were up there with our school program. He was a skier also who had turned and he didn’t mind letting me try. I have to say that the first couple runs did suck and I was on my ass a lot but for some reason I fell in love. I went to Rogue Ski Shop the next day and purchased a board with my hard earned money that I had saved up and from that moment on my skis stayed hung up on the wall of my garage.
I love snowboarding but I haven’t been up to the mountain since my last accident. It was 2006 and I caught an edge wrong while landing and SNAP…I was done for the season. I had torn my ACL and that was going to require surgery. I had hurt myself before but this was the worst. This was the first time I was ever going to have to have surgery. Here is list of what I have injured since I began snowboarding:
*Left clavicle (collar bone)
*Both ankles sprained
*Left elbow broken and dislocated
*Left ACL torn
Here is a list of what I broke when I skied:
*Nothing
Yup, nothing. After realizing this I think I am making the switch. Just like I did when I switched from PC to Mac. I am gonna go BACK to skiing. I am going to probably be heading to the mountain in March with some buddies and heading to Mt. Bachelor. I am going to rent some skis and take back my roots and see how it goes. With any luck it will just be like riding a bike and I am gonna pick it right up. We shall see.
Yes Yes Yes!!!! great for you Jason- Amber