Hi guys,

We went up Whistler Mountain on Wednesday, the sky was clear and the conditions were amazing. But sadly, this seemed to be a bad omen! This was the day when I would wreck my back and Tom would begin wrecking his bored. Sadly, I didn’t record my fall. But the people who helped me out said that it was an epic fall!

The day started off beautifully, the first warm-up run that we did was pure bliss. It was serine, effortlessly gliding through the snow. One of the best feelings I’ve felt in a while. The second run is where things started to go wrong! Since there hasn’t been that much snow up to now, there are some pretty bare areas on the slope and some of these aren’t marked (they should be…). Tom road over one of these unmarked areas and gouged the bottom of his board. Real bummer since all our boards are brand new.

We decided that we would change piste to avoid these hazards. It was near the end of this run that I crashed! I was ‘feeling’ more confident on my board so I decided to pick up some speed on one of the shallow parts near the end of the run (I had been gradually increasing my speed over the previous couple days). Me being me, I got cocky and went a bit too fast and whilst trying to gradually slow down (instead of hitting the brakes) on my toe edge I over compensated my lean and caught my heel edge (for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, watch this link ‘Catching a heel edge‘ and imagine that, going faster on ice and not rolling out of it).

It’s Saturday night when I’m writing this and though my back is still painful, it’s recovering. My brother arrives tomorrow (whoop whoop) and hopefully I will be about to ride on Monday. Finger crossed.