Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Adrenaline, my best friend

It was a sunny day up at beautiful Mt. Baldy.  It was my first time riding with my new bindings, and I chose to hit-up the T-bar trail.  The bindings were great, flexible, comfortable, and stylish.  I was determined to get my first backside 180 done, and then...... I saw the perfect jump, not too big, not too small.  I had some doubts in my mind but pushed on anyway.  When the nose of my board left the jump it was as if everything just started in slow motion.  I twisted my shoulders and my legs followed, the board spun a full 180 degrees.  I landed perfectly and everything went back to real time, as I sailed through the powder to get back to the lift i could feel my legs start to get stiff, so i stopped for a little rest.  I was so hot that the snow melted in about 3 seconds flat when i touched it with bare skin.  When I got down to the lift I decided to go up the Eagle chair to check how the bindings would do down a steeper decline.  When i got off the lift i had a feeling like there were butterflies in my stomach, but i shrugged it off.  Halfway down the hill I realised how fast I was actually going.  I hit a jump and got huge air and landed without a moment's hesitation, when i finally got back to the lodge i was shaking like a leaf in the breeze, and I realised that my buddy adrenaline was paying me a visit.

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