If I were to make a movie with lots of music and Will Smith, it would be called iSnowboard and I would be nothing but a tiny blue and pink silhouette bouncing lively around the terrain park blasting nu-disco tracks. I use the word “bouncing” literally as I love to jib, and sometimes I bounce steazily, but sometimes I bounce into things.

Exhibit A – my most recent injury I have dubbed “my dying knee”. This happened five days ago while attempting to ollie onto a flat bar rail, I ended up mounting the rail with my nose, going into a frontside boardslide for a moment before sliding off of it and my back knee boinking right into the cold steel.

See that dark spot above the bruise? That’s not a scratch, it is an impact puncture to my skin. I have a clean hole (not tear) in the same spot and shape on my snowpants. I call it “my dying knee” because even after taking plenty of Arnica and icing all day and night – I still can’t climb stairs like I used too and my regular 250 squat workout has been put on hold.

This weekend plans – Check out the park again at Blue Mountain on Saturday and Sunday, attempt walking then mounting some rails (baby steps to recovery right?). Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, RIDE is having at demo day at Horseshoe Resort. I’ll have some posts on the 2011 gear from RIDE if I can ride… pfft, yeah I will.

On a slightly different but related note, vote for my new “American Apparel Snowboarding Crash Pants Panties” – Guaranteed athletic apparel for the real hardcore athletes, only from American Apparel, a true athletic wear company. *Note: Panties not worn at time of injury or injury would have surely been avoided.

This injury happened at the Blue Mountain Frozen Rail Jam on December 19 2009. Attempting a 270 on frontside boardslide on a flat-down boxrail. Key word: Attempting.

My “Pending” entry had about 20 minutes before it became a “Denied” entry. Oh well, At least I still have the patent to the first Under(snow)pants long-johns.