
PerfecTrader
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hey hey hey lol that is too funny about the boots and was VERY much to do with me making the switch in the late 80s early 90s. If I was to go skiing or boarding this week the chances of injury from boarding are MUCH higher to me even though it has been 10-20 years since skiied. Falling on my wrists or elbows which is basically all day when you board just from even sitting down, won't fly for me anymore. Give me some poles and skiis and now I'm facing downhill instead of sideways and I can see that working. If yall ever come out to AZ we can hit Snowbowl, Sunrise, or leave AZ and do Big Bear and Snow Summit in CA, or Fk it let's make a 2024-2025 FarmaPalooza trip and meet in Breck.Haha fricken awesome. Nothing like doing shots of fireball on the ski lift on a powder day :D. A blender is master level ski bum, gotta give respect.
You snowboarders and your comfy boots tho lol. Get a pair of skiis and let your feet become like a chinese foot binding tribeswoman, its fun. Moguls are fun too.
Funny story. My short nickname is Lopez. The full version is Coco Lopez Martinez Rodriguez. I got that nickname from a time we went snowboarding and I had only boarded I think maybe 5-10 times ever. I was my brothers +1 for a wicked work trip party to Sunrise. On the last day, last run, 4 of us stopped to smoke out in the woods. We had planned to hit the snowboard park one last time and a part of it was right in front of the lodge. We took our time and basically were the only ones left on the runs at this time. My brother went first and pussed out and basically didn't even take the last jump. It was one of those table top ridge-line jumps maybe 6-7ft high and 15-20ft long. Now it was my turn. I fkin tucked and didn't really let up. I hit the jump and immediately knew I was fked. As I flailed my arms and tried to keep balance I realize the entire jump is no longer below me and also the landing for if cleared the whole thing is now gone too. I must have anything remotely close to a safe landing zone by about 20 ft. When I landed it felt like a shotgun blast of needles to both feet but I landed it and then fell over like a log. That is when I realized the entire lodge was filled with the 20-30 people we were with and they saw the whole thing. They all come pouring out clapping, laughing, and cheering. That night my board was placed above the fireplace and I was known thereafter as "Coco Lopez"
