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Ski Sundown Opening Day - 11/28/08

o3jeff

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Just got back from having my boots tweaked a little, now I am tempted to head over for a few runs to test them out.
 

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Were you there? I was looking for you??

Well,... yes I was there from about 4:30 till about 6:30pm. The bumps on Temptor were way better than I anticipated! I did about 9 runs down Temptor and was hitting a nice groove. The bumps were fast but smooth. New wax probably made them fast for me. I looked for people, but never saw anyone. So I decided to slow things down and wait a few minutes at the top of each bump section. The bottom part of Temptor had some funky hard bumps that transitioned into rollers. Thats where the fun began for me! Long story short, after a very fast run down Temptor, in which I was cruising thru the bumps quite well with my new short poles, I must have caught an edge and flipped over. No big deal, I just rolled out of it. But my shoulder landed on one of my poles, and I broke my collar bone! So I had to drive myself to UCONN hospital for X-Rays, then back home to RI. Not the night I was hoping for!

A picture of my best work!

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I'll go see the Ortho on Monday. Sucks to be me right now!
 

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Well,... yes I was there from about 4:30 till about 6:30pm. The bumps on Temptor were way better than I anticipated! I did about 9 runs down Temptor and was hitting a nice groove. The bumps were fast but smooth. New wax probably made them fast for me. I looked for people, but never saw anyone. So I decided to slow things down and wait a few minutes at the top of each bump section. The bottom part of Temptor had some funky hard bumps that transitioned into rollers. Thats where the fun began for me! Long story short, after a very fast run down Temptor, in which I was cruising thru the bumps quite well with my new short poles, I must have caught an edge and flipped over. No big deal, I just rolled out of it. But my shoulder landed on one of my poles, and I broke my collar bone! So I had to drive myself to UCONN hospital for X-Rays, then back home to RI. Not the night I was hoping for!

A picture of my best work!

View attachment 1998

I'll go see the Ortho on Monday. Sucks to be me right now!

Acck! Oh no, Bill. That sucks. Get better soon. :(
 

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Well,... yes I was there from about 4:30 till about 6:30pm. The bumps on Temptor were way better than I anticipated! I did about 9 runs down Temptor and was hitting a nice groove. The bumps were fast but smooth. New wax probably made them fast for me. I looked for people, but never saw anyone. So I decided to slow things down and wait a few minutes at the top of each bump section. The bottom part of Temptor had some funky hard bumps that transitioned into rollers. Thats where the fun began for me! Long story short, after a very fast run down Temptor, in which I was cruising thru the bumps quite well with my new short poles, I must have caught an edge and flipped over. No big deal, I just rolled out of it. But my shoulder landed on one of my poles, and I broke my collar bone! So I had to drive myself to UCONN hospital for X-Rays, then back home to RI. Not the night I was hoping for!

A picture of my best work!

View attachment 1998

I'll go see the Ortho on Monday. Sucks to be me right now!
Oh man, that really sucks! I hope it heals quickly!
 

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I took this pics last night, it's kinda cool, but pretty dark at the same time...

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Well,... yes I was there from about 4:30 till about 6:30pm. The bumps on Temptor were way better than I anticipated! I did about 9 runs down Temptor and was hitting a nice groove. The bumps were fast but smooth. New wax probably made them fast for me. I looked for people, but never saw anyone. So I decided to slow things down and wait a few minutes at the top of each bump section. The bottom part of Temptor had some funky hard bumps that transitioned into rollers. Thats where the fun began for me! Long story short, after a very fast run down Temptor, in which I was cruising thru the bumps quite well with my new short poles, I must have caught an edge and flipped over. No big deal, I just rolled out of it. But my shoulder landed on one of my poles, and I broke my collar bone! So I had to drive myself to UCONN hospital for X-Rays, then back home to RI. Not the night I was hoping for!

A picture of my best work!

View attachment 1998

I'll go see the Ortho on Monday. Sucks to be me right now!
So sorry to hear about your injury!!! :( Hope it heals quickly!
 

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sorry to hear that. hopefully you recover quick enough to get back on skis late in the season.

Yea, hope it's only 6-8 weeks. Find out Monday. Sundown was nice enough to give me a comp ticket for my trouble, so hope to make it back by February. The wife's going to be the bigger problem. Typing and mousing left handed is going to take some getting use to!
 

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You still bumping it up Pat? Got the email notification from you posting to this thread. I've only been twice in the past 4 years. Probably have been on AZ once in the past 4 years as well. How I miss the good old days.
 

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holy shit i was posting to break balls but how the fuck are you? god it's been years. come hang with us at some point
 

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Crazy how that worked out. Things are going well.3 kids playing sports year round and coaching a few of them doesn't leave me any time to ski these days. Do you guys still get together set days during the week?
 

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Dh4- Wasn't sure your back would ever let you ski again.. Good to hear you can at least ski once in a while...
 
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