| i had one last night. wasn't really a dream but more of a vivid memory while i was sleeping. a couple of days before the us open at stratton we had the whole burton A team in town. we decided we needed to show the westcoast boys that you have to be a bad ass to hang in the east.
so we got to the mountain and split up into a few groups. we had jim rippey in our group. took him for a bench run and he was surprised how tight the trees where, but he was hanging. so we decided to do a hike up to the chin to get some shots up there. so as we are hiking up jim looks up and says has anybody droped the cliff to our left i was like not as far as i know because theres no way to get enought speed to clear the face. its not straight cliff it was more of a super steep ledge. he has the great idea to have to people push him off the top. we all laughed and he said he was serrious.
we get all set up. a couple of cameras and mandatory safety meeting. the photog yells for him to go for it. as we see him comming to the lip we all know he has no where near enough speed. the crazy bastard does a late 180 on to the face and rides it out. everyone was speechless. he rides up takes his goggle off and you could see the fear in his eyes. the next thing out of his mouth was "i think i pee'd a little". everyone laughed. we finished the hike up to the to chin and what was one of the best runs i have ever had of the top down to the road with 10 of the best riders i have ever know.
what a great memory to relive. |