Summer Shred Day!

Lift Ride
Originally uploaded by wootang71.

Today was a good day because Agent Griswold and I got our shred on at Timberline. That's right, snowboarding in August, bitches! Along with hundreds of campers. The snow was a lot nicer than I thought it'd be. Instead of straight death ice or sticky spring slush, it was soft and fast like a Bangkok hooker on Friday night. It wasn't all shits and giggles, though. Well, no real shits, but I ate it huge in the half pipe. The fact that I'm not much of a pipe rider to begin with, compounded with the fact that I hadn't touched a pipe in like 4 seasons probably put me in the high percentile of wiping out. Of course, it was the 1st hit of my 1st run. Going for an alley-oop 360, over-rotated, caught an edge, and slammed on my back in the middle of the pipe, with a bit of a head-whip into the snow. Some stupid coach then said, "maybe you should start off a little smaller". Jerk. As I write this, I can feel my body getting sore. Also note that designer shirts (modified, of course) like the one i'm wearing don't offer the most weather protection. The Griz, on the other hand, was throwing down corked 9's off the booters. Ah, to be young.

This is us on the lift up. Me contemplating the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Griz contemplating sno-cones.