Evan Schwartz is simply AWESOME on skis in the Pipe. He’s also a terrific guy with no attitude though he definitely gets ALTITUDE! Check him out and drool….
Tag Archives: Half-Pipe
Aren’t You That Old Guy in The Pipe?
This Old Guy was recognized by various kids in the Terrain Park at Park City…now, the lift operators are asking him if he’s going to do the pipe today! He’s developing a “rep!”
The Old Man in the Pipe – #Skiing
I’ve been doing the Super-Pipe for quite a few years. This is my most recent effort and I’m getting a bit more “air” – not bad for an old guy!
This is THE Super Pipe #Olympics
We saw the first Olympic skiing half-pipe competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics. What is the pipe really like? Take a ride with me through it…
Memorial Day — One Year Later: My Story
Memorial Day–One Year Later, by Bruce Sallan
For me, this Memorial Day, I have an anniversary. One for which I shudder a bit in memory and also feel extremely grateful. That is what Memorial Day is actually all about –gratitude for the men and women that have served our country in the armed forces, sacrificed their lives or their physical well-being, in support of making the world safer.
In recognition of those men and women, I first share with you this short video of VJ Day in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 14, 1945, less than 6 years after Pearl Harbor, the day that “will live in infamy,” according to our then President, FDR.
Can We Overcome Fear? I say YES!
My son and I had an extraordinary experience this Spring Break while on a ski trip at Mammoth, California. It was just the two of us, since my wife stayed home for work and my older son preferred hanging out with his friends and girlfriend (I can’t blame him, as she’s wonderful). So, it was a special alone-time-trip with my younger son, David. Together we learned about the possibility to overcome fear.
Because our skiing levels and skiing interests are quite different, we tend to prefer to ski separately. I have friends there and David had some friends from school that he skied with. However, we always hook up at some point and one day, after he’d slightly hurt himself and was taking it easy, we skied together. We skied just one area, where there’s a short chair lift and short runs.
When Should We Take Risks?
We went on a family skiing trip recently and on my son’s first run of the season, he fell and broke his arm. Thankfully, it was a clean hairline fracture and he should heal just fine. It may take his ego a bit longer to recover, as he was trying to follow his girlfriend when he fell. He recuperated and relaxed at the condo while the rest of our group continued to ski and enjoy the trip. I resumed my regular skiing antics which include doing tricks that are mostly done by kids half my age or younger but I decided I still like to take risks.
Just A Guy and FEAR!
Last ski season, I fear I had a pretty bad accident. I like to go in the half-pipe and on my 13th time, on Memorial Day, I dropped in and the next thing I remember is waking up in the ski sled/gurney with a ski patrolman putting fingers in front of my face and asking “how many?”
My memory slowly returned, but I never remembered the accident itself. I had dislocated my shoulder, downward, breaking two bones and I’d gotten a concussion, with bleeding on the brain according to the CT scan and a later MRI.
