So I finally have something to cross off, and it kind of came out of nowhere. I went up to VT to ski with Phinney & Holbrook but when we woke up Saturday morning the wind was so intense at the Mt. that the summit was closed and more than ½ the trails were too. Fortunately the cottage we were at was in the middle of the woods and had a nice big hill for us to play on. Snow tubing turned into getting our ski gear out, building a jump and throwing ourselves off. My 1st 360 attempt ended with me landing backwards and almost screwing up my bindings. After 2 more close but failed attempts it was time. With Phinney, Holbrook & Snuggs standing right next to the jump I made my approach, uncorked off the jump and landed feet first and road it out with my hands held high.
I wish there were real photo’s of the jumping but for some reason the group up there took about a million photo’s when people were just standing around drinking but apparently taking their camera’s outside was dangerous. I included the pic of the hill that I took on my phone, so it is kind of shitty. I do at least have witnesses, but I have no idea how much air I was getting or what I looked like spinning around. Apparently I need to get a real camera so I can document life.
Crossing this off the list made me realize 2 things. 1st a 720 is going to be ridiculous and might be more dangerous than I want to attempt unless it is under the right circumstances. 2nd I need to spend more time doing and less time being a piece of shit. There are plenty of things I could be working on that I am simply not. Work is not an excuse and laying around should not be acceptable. One thing I would like to work on is skiing in 5 states I have never skied in before. The states would have to be outside of: Mass, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, Colorado & Utah. Let’s see what we can make happen.
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