A Humbling Experience
 

Reality checks are a good thing, something that happends to set you in line with what's really going on. Know what I'm talking about?
My most recent was when I went snowboarding yesterday (this is my first season) and I took a jump, too big and too fast. Parallel to the ground immediately after take off, I did a bouncing bellyflop, complete with snow up the nostrils. A few runs later I hit the halfpipe at too sharp an angle, completing with a sloppy and ugly full flip that left me with a sore and crackling ankle and slightly swollen, repeatedly injured knee.
It was a big *HELLO* that there needs to be some ability to pull something off to match the aggressiveness to take it on.

Has anyone else had a lesson learned they'd like to share?

Sorry to hear that. The only thing I can recall involves a pair of pliers and a rubber duckie.

I cannot tell you more than that, too emberrasing.

Once I tried to deepthroat juicylinks big cock, but I just couldn't handle it. Lesson learned...

Yes,

I tried a menage a cinco once. I couldnt handle all that loving at once. Now i just stick to menage a twats.

Sly

I warned you you couldnt handle the lizard but noooooooooo
you said you could :Graucho

Sly_RJ, keep in mind that this man has 3 testicles ;)

Thats why I like to see the snow on the mountians :) Practice,practice,practice

We have lost the ability to be serious.

well, one lesson i learned a long time ago, is that beautiful hot women named Cheshire who hang out on GFY *and* have injured knee's are much easier to chase down and ravish w/ hard salami's and greasy fingers..

I thought I had cancer once, turned out to be a harmless cyst. Needless to say I was humbled by the fact that I might be dieing. Until I found out I was fine, then I went out and got drunk :thumbsup

I don't learn very easily.

:thumbsup

the son of one of my client's broke his spine in a spring break skiing accident about 2 weeks ago... he's only 19 and will never walk again, so count yourself lucky Chesire!

That's what I'm talking about ~ the sun must have certainly seemed brighter after that experience.

I think he will.

are you Ok? need me to come over and rub some icyhot on your knee? :Graucho

Hope your ok, and be carefull on those half pipes:)


To answer your question, To get slamed by a nice 10/12 foot wave. pounded my head on the bottom I thought I was going to passout. Thank goodness I was able to get to the surface.

i certainly hope he does

it's a very sad situation when his life changed so drastically like that...

Just use your head to guide & channel your enthusiasm.

I came close to drowning twice because my enthusiasm for bodyboarding in large surf exceeded my ability to hold my breath while being held under by a big wave. Done the same thing climbing a few times too.

In the immortal words of mountaineer Don Whillans.. "The mountain will always be there tomorrow; the trick is to make sure you're still there, too."

put some Windex on it.

haha Amp

Luckily it's just my pride, a and lesson learned.

"Another 2 minutes and I'd have missed the deadline for this assignment. Next time I'll start work earlier."

That happens every time. :(

At Vegas I was expecting a BIG KISS from Cheshire but I didn't get it.... It was a very humbling experience.

My friend's cousin died this year while snowboarding. He was 20.

your girlfreind made you watch that movie too eh?

What was he doing?
Just simply snowboarding is not necessarily life-endangering.

Fuck I got beaten like a redheaded stepson last week at Whistler. I spent more time on my ass than on the board. I was following some more experienced boarders down the peak and the powder was just insane!

Needless to say we were hitting some cliffs and I did so many faceplants! I can totally relate to the snow up the nostrils and face full of snow. LOL!

Regardless I am off to Whistler tomorrow morning for some more punishment, so if anyone wants to join me hit me up on ICQ 5191566.

:)

DH

no idea, but its fair to assume he wasnt standing still in the middle of the slope...

Measured from the pit I assume. Are you saying you got slammed, or pitched?

I got slammed in Maui four months ago, my leash even wrapped around my neck while I was being held under.
That wasn't humbling though, as you can never be cocky when it comes to the ocean.

slammed, and beat down.
I'm a little to tall to surf, but I like it alot, now I just bodysurf a little :glugglug

just use a longboard, if it doesn't hurt your ego.

Ouch!

Before I worked with porn I worked in a supermarket part time. This woman I worked with had a son my age (17yo) at the time.
Well one night the guy was out with his friends and they were all drinking alcohol and messing around. They were jumping on this small rope bridge in a kids park. It was only about 4 feet from the ground, but one the guys friends pushed him as he was climbing onto the roof of the thing. The boy fell off and landed on his back and broke his spine.

As a result he would never walk again and it cost hims mum about $40,000 to get her house all transformed so he would be able to get easy access with his wheel chair!

That kinda made me realise how lucky I was in life. I know its not the same but it still kinda hits home how lucky I am.........

Its been 2 years now and the guy is still in hospital from what I hear! Very sad........

I've used one on the east coast, even with a low pressure system off the coast the waves were not big enough on the longboard to have much fun:( maybe oneday when I visit hawaii :)

I forgot to mention my roommate's folly of the day; he was surprised by a steep drop and accidently launched off it, slamming backwards into the ground at about 30mph (Thank God for the helmet).

The snow was just plain dangerous yesterday ~ 3 fresh inches over ice, and then rain all morning with minimal snowfall here and there.

:1orglaugh
Love that movie!

My first attempt at wakeboarding sounds similar to your snowboard even. Did plenty of eyepeels that day. But it was all worth it, cause I still had fun. :thumbsup

Right On ~ I'd definitely trade a banged up day on the slopes for a snoozer weekend on the couch.

:thumbsup

Wake boarding is my next sports endeavor.