Insane first person view skiing, rules be damned
January 18, 2015 8:06 PM Subscribe
Candide Thovex in "One of those days 2" a 5min first-person GoPro video of a perfect day at the Val Blanc, France resort.
I'm guessing someone doesn't pay for his own skis. I make the same swishing noises as well, but much slower.
Surprised he wasn't banned from the hill for that last section with the lift, and the bar and the gondola.
posted by arcticseal at 8:22 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Surprised he wasn't banned from the hill for that last section with the lift, and the bar and the gondola.
posted by arcticseal at 8:22 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
All that would have made that better is if he was eaten by the abominable snowman at the end. So cool.
posted by threeeyedfrog at 8:23 PM on January 18, 2015 [10 favorites]
posted by threeeyedfrog at 8:23 PM on January 18, 2015 [10 favorites]
Uh let's see, jumping over the rocks, tunnel skiing, and I wonder what those folks think when this guy just flies by overhead? He knows the terrain, but yeah, this is a black diamond run, a mind bending level of kinesthetic awareness.
posted by Oyéah at 8:25 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by Oyéah at 8:25 PM on January 18, 2015
Wow
posted by blue_beetle at 8:27 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by blue_beetle at 8:27 PM on January 18, 2015
What an asshole.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:28 PM on January 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:28 PM on January 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
Hey, that guy being carted away in the toboggan by the ski patrol, that's me
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:29 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:29 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
There are either sections edited out or it is patched together from different bits, but it periodically has an odd jump/disconnect. The tunnel bit is incredible, though.
posted by Dip Flash at 8:31 PM on January 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Dip Flash at 8:31 PM on January 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
While in the air, he's like a backwards Derek Zoolander, where he can only turn left
posted by aubilenon at 8:37 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 8:37 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
The mountain is Le Clusaz, Candide's home mountain, and he's not an asshole, it's staged. Here's the first video.
posted by Mach5 at 8:40 PM on January 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Mach5 at 8:40 PM on January 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
Surprised he wasn't banned from the hill for that last section
Given the conveniently placed snow ramp right down the middle of a crowded patio, I would say all the "rule breaking" scenes - including the lift stunt - were staged. Fun, though.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:41 PM on January 18, 2015 [11 favorites]
Given the conveniently placed snow ramp right down the middle of a crowded patio, I would say all the "rule breaking" scenes - including the lift stunt - were staged. Fun, though.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:41 PM on January 18, 2015 [11 favorites]
Wait, these are real tricks that he's doing? When he started going straight over dirt without slowing down, I kinda just assumed they were all faked.
posted by rlio at 8:47 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by rlio at 8:47 PM on January 18, 2015
Yeah, it's goofy fun, but staged. The dead giveaway for every weird jump he did was you could clearly see 1-2 landings from practice jumps he did immediately before it.
posted by mathowie at 8:48 PM on January 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by mathowie at 8:48 PM on January 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
Credit given for knowing the run... impressive.
I counted... I would have died about 38 times had I been doing that...
posted by HuronBob at 8:52 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
I counted... I would have died about 38 times had I been doing that...
posted by HuronBob at 8:52 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
I find the airborne shots where he just hangs up there (no flipping/spinning about) to be way more oh-mi-god than the flips. That's one crazy video - enjoyed.
posted by parki at 8:52 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by parki at 8:52 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
> Surprised he wasn't banned from the hill for that last section with the lift, and the bar and the gondola.
I hate to spoil the mystery (I guess I don't really, 'cause it's still a great video) but:
It had to have been with a setup, plan, and permission. The timing for the overflights of other skiers is too good, plus there's a frickin' snow path on the lodge balcony complete with ramps, and the waiting open doors at the very end.
Not to mention it's multiple takes and shots, not to mention the evidence/tracks of multiple practice runs or takes and the impact craters left from his previous landings.
You might be able to get away with hucking off the top of a ski lift landing rollout hill from the wrong direction once, but all of the lift operators, ski patrol and other staff have radios, they know the mountain, and they would know exactly what chateau you were staying in.
I don't care how good you are. If you tried to do that run in one shot, all in one go, there's basically three general results that would happen:
1) You're going to bonk from fatigue, crash at some point, and or burn. You can't keep that razor edged hucking going all mountain long and not eventually get so fatigued that you eventually hit a tree or random careening human. Sure, pro skiers can bomb entire mountains at a go. Not with that precision the whole way. And I'd love to see video that proves me wrong. Random chutes, rock drops and such are do-able, but that kind of jedi-grade precision the whole way down just really isn't, not with mixed crowds.
2) You might make most of it in one run with less precision. Ski patrol kicks you off the hill at the bottom, and possibly bans you for life from the park. The stunts involving the lifts and crowded lodge balcony were super dangerous and planned. There isn't really any likely way you could do that lift disembark launch and get the timing right in one go on the fly. Most lifts start and stop randomly due to people failing to board or exit well, and the chances of a lift chair being in his track, liftoff and landing trajectory are likely higher than finding and sticking the gap between chairs.
3) You will either cream a noob skier, a noob skier will cream you or you will have to alter your line to avoid either of the above. The skiers line isn't freeform. You can see the tracks he's following. That is not even a remotely sane, normal line any other skier could would take, as it leaves and re-enters the park what appears to be multiple times. See option 2, as ski/safety patrol will definitely cut your pass and boot you from the park if you start blindly hucking yourself out of the park past the boundary fences. Sure, people do get away with exiting the true park boundaries, just not like that, not with multiple takes, not with that insanely awesome - if improbable - line.
Anyway, it's still awesome and looks like goddamn video game physics.
posted by loquacious at 8:55 PM on January 18, 2015 [17 favorites]
I hate to spoil the mystery (I guess I don't really, 'cause it's still a great video) but:
It had to have been with a setup, plan, and permission. The timing for the overflights of other skiers is too good, plus there's a frickin' snow path on the lodge balcony complete with ramps, and the waiting open doors at the very end.
Not to mention it's multiple takes and shots, not to mention the evidence/tracks of multiple practice runs or takes and the impact craters left from his previous landings.
You might be able to get away with hucking off the top of a ski lift landing rollout hill from the wrong direction once, but all of the lift operators, ski patrol and other staff have radios, they know the mountain, and they would know exactly what chateau you were staying in.
I don't care how good you are. If you tried to do that run in one shot, all in one go, there's basically three general results that would happen:
1) You're going to bonk from fatigue, crash at some point, and or burn. You can't keep that razor edged hucking going all mountain long and not eventually get so fatigued that you eventually hit a tree or random careening human. Sure, pro skiers can bomb entire mountains at a go. Not with that precision the whole way. And I'd love to see video that proves me wrong. Random chutes, rock drops and such are do-able, but that kind of jedi-grade precision the whole way down just really isn't, not with mixed crowds.
2) You might make most of it in one run with less precision. Ski patrol kicks you off the hill at the bottom, and possibly bans you for life from the park. The stunts involving the lifts and crowded lodge balcony were super dangerous and planned. There isn't really any likely way you could do that lift disembark launch and get the timing right in one go on the fly. Most lifts start and stop randomly due to people failing to board or exit well, and the chances of a lift chair being in his track, liftoff and landing trajectory are likely higher than finding and sticking the gap between chairs.
3) You will either cream a noob skier, a noob skier will cream you or you will have to alter your line to avoid either of the above. The skiers line isn't freeform. You can see the tracks he's following. That is not even a remotely sane, normal line any other skier could would take, as it leaves and re-enters the park what appears to be multiple times. See option 2, as ski/safety patrol will definitely cut your pass and boot you from the park if you start blindly hucking yourself out of the park past the boundary fences. Sure, people do get away with exiting the true park boundaries, just not like that, not with multiple takes, not with that insanely awesome - if improbable - line.
Anyway, it's still awesome and looks like goddamn video game physics.
posted by loquacious at 8:55 PM on January 18, 2015 [17 favorites]
Those sections in the trees... RIP Michael Schumacher's consciousness.
posted by notyou at 8:57 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by notyou at 8:57 PM on January 18, 2015
I'd ski like that if I could ski like that.
posted by peeedro at 9:10 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by peeedro at 9:10 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
TOTALLY AWESOME
Also, the start of the clip winks at the viewer as Thovex dons his goggles because the mirror reveals there is no camera. (Not to mention putting on a thermal hood over the camera just before.)
This sets up the expectation that much of what follows is (at least) staged and/or composited.
Or am I reading this wrong?
posted by mistersquid at 9:18 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
Also, the start of the clip winks at the viewer as Thovex dons his goggles because the mirror reveals there is no camera. (Not to mention putting on a thermal hood over the camera just before.)
This sets up the expectation that much of what follows is (at least) staged and/or composited.
Or am I reading this wrong?
posted by mistersquid at 9:18 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
Okay, technical question: At around the 18 second mark, right near the start, he's putting on his goggles and stuff, looking in the mirror. But no camera is reflected in the mirror. Did they just CG the camera out of the mirror, or is there some kind of photography trick I'm not aware of?
posted by Bugbread at 9:23 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by Bugbread at 9:23 PM on January 18, 2015
mistersquid: "Also, the start of the clip winks at the viewer as Thovex dons his goggles because the mirror reveals there is no camera. (Not to mention putting on a thermal hood over the camera just before.)"
...aaaand how did I manage to read every comment in this thread except the one right. above. the. comment. box?
posted by Bugbread at 9:26 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
...aaaand how did I manage to read every comment in this thread except the one right. above. the. comment. box?
posted by Bugbread at 9:26 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
That seemed less notable to me than the fact that he put the goggles on the camera but on his eyes in the mirror
posted by aubilenon at 9:39 PM on January 18, 2015
posted by aubilenon at 9:39 PM on January 18, 2015
Anyway, it's still awesome and looks like goddamn video game physics.
Somebody's been playing SSX Tricky. I'm just sayin'.
posted by the painkiller at 9:48 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Somebody's been playing SSX Tricky. I'm just sayin'.
posted by the painkiller at 9:48 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Did they just CG the camera out of the mirror, or is there some kind of photography trick I'm not aware of?"
My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a wooden frame surrounding a sheet of green screen. If you watch closely his left hand in real life is not in sync with his left hand in the mirror. Also, to keep from ruining the green of the green screen there's probably not any glass in the goggles that he picks up and puts over the camera lens - the color as he puts them on is a very uniform amber and there's no reflection off the interior of the lenses.
The other scene was just filmed from a low angle, flipped horizontally, and comped into the wooden frame.
posted by komara at 10:01 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a wooden frame surrounding a sheet of green screen. If you watch closely his left hand in real life is not in sync with his left hand in the mirror. Also, to keep from ruining the green of the green screen there's probably not any glass in the goggles that he picks up and puts over the camera lens - the color as he puts them on is a very uniform amber and there's no reflection off the interior of the lenses.
The other scene was just filmed from a low angle, flipped horizontally, and comped into the wooden frame.
posted by komara at 10:01 PM on January 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm so happy that I somehow managed to suspend my disbelief until he jumped up onto the porch and there was a snow track waiting for him.
The stuff that he was clearly doing for real was so astonishing and shocking, my brain just accepted everything. I felt the same, "Wait, no surely he didn't...but...but..." from him rocketing through that cave as I did from him jumping over other skiers.
posted by straight at 10:07 PM on January 18, 2015
The stuff that he was clearly doing for real was so astonishing and shocking, my brain just accepted everything. I felt the same, "Wait, no surely he didn't...but...but..." from him rocketing through that cave as I did from him jumping over other skiers.
posted by straight at 10:07 PM on January 18, 2015
Ken Block Ski Holiday!
posted by Fuzzypumper at 10:13 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Fuzzypumper at 10:13 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yeah, the cliff-wall-cave sequence is what really stoked my curl. "Wait, what, cliff face! Stop! Turn! What, you gonna wall-ride that... oh, damn, it's suddenly very dark aaaaand holy crap there's a kicker and he's going even faster."
The tree line and high velocity transfers were great, too, but that tunnel sequence was intense, like already watching 15 minutes of Luke Skywalker dodging turrets and diving into the trench and then suddenly deciding at the last minute "Fuck it. Use the Force, eh? Let's just fly right down this vent shaft thing and deliver it in person and fly out."
Full on video game physics. This is like the real life version of what I do in my head while on a lift before I plod back down again on a crappy rented snowboard and boots.
"Yeah, I'm totally going to 5-0 or tailslide up that leaning fir tree, boardslide the lift cables, transfer across that 100 foot gap to that hill over there, bust a layback on that cornice of pow and then McTwist out of it down that chute for a couple of good hucks off those out of bounds rocks. I betcha I can clear the whole bunny hill and stick it off that last kicker."
Which usually ends with "Shit, I'm at the top of the lift." and I exit wobbly, slip off the stomp-pad and catch a backside edge and spill right at the base of the lift exit hill and bruising my tailbone again.
posted by loquacious at 10:38 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
The tree line and high velocity transfers were great, too, but that tunnel sequence was intense, like already watching 15 minutes of Luke Skywalker dodging turrets and diving into the trench and then suddenly deciding at the last minute "Fuck it. Use the Force, eh? Let's just fly right down this vent shaft thing and deliver it in person and fly out."
Full on video game physics. This is like the real life version of what I do in my head while on a lift before I plod back down again on a crappy rented snowboard and boots.
"Yeah, I'm totally going to 5-0 or tailslide up that leaning fir tree, boardslide the lift cables, transfer across that 100 foot gap to that hill over there, bust a layback on that cornice of pow and then McTwist out of it down that chute for a couple of good hucks off those out of bounds rocks. I betcha I can clear the whole bunny hill and stick it off that last kicker."
Which usually ends with "Shit, I'm at the top of the lift." and I exit wobbly, slip off the stomp-pad and catch a backside edge and spill right at the base of the lift exit hill and bruising my tailbone again.
posted by loquacious at 10:38 PM on January 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
That reminds me, I need to have my prostate checked.
One of the things I miss about Seattle was how close it was to go skiing. Once or twice a year during high-school the parents would encourage us to give that day of school a miss and a parent, usually Erik's dad, would drive us up Snoqualmie pass to the Alpental ski area, drop us off, and come pick us up at the end of the day.
The only thing better than skiing is skipping school to go skiing.
We might have smoked some weed on Chair 1.
I don't think I've ever had as much fun.
posted by vapidave at 11:03 PM on January 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
One of the things I miss about Seattle was how close it was to go skiing. Once or twice a year during high-school the parents would encourage us to give that day of school a miss and a parent, usually Erik's dad, would drive us up Snoqualmie pass to the Alpental ski area, drop us off, and come pick us up at the end of the day.
The only thing better than skiing is skipping school to go skiing.
We might have smoked some weed on Chair 1.
I don't think I've ever had as much fun.
posted by vapidave at 11:03 PM on January 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
I'm surprised if anyone thinks that was one long take. There are many, many super-obvious jump cuts. At one point, there are some trees in the distance, then he's suddenly in amongst the trees, then he's suddenly out of the trees again.
We might be reaching peak super-rad awesome extreme sports video, I actually found this kind of boring and tedious. Yeah, you jump a lot. The only kind of fun parts were the ones that were obviously staged, and big Hollywood movies do action set pieces like that better anyway.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:26 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
We might be reaching peak super-rad awesome extreme sports video, I actually found this kind of boring and tedious. Yeah, you jump a lot. The only kind of fun parts were the ones that were obviously staged, and big Hollywood movies do action set pieces like that better anyway.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:26 PM on January 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a wooden frame surrounding a sheet of green screen.
My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a window and it's someone else holding/wearing the camera for that part.
posted by aubilenon at 1:52 AM on January 19, 2015
My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a window and it's someone else holding/wearing the camera for that part.
posted by aubilenon at 1:52 AM on January 19, 2015
Does he pass Batman on one of the jumps? At 2m32s
posted by asok at 2:25 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by asok at 2:25 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
This one from his Vimeo page is lovely. Watch him tumble at 6:27. "That's not flying, that's falling with style!"
posted by chavenet at 3:07 AM on January 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 3:07 AM on January 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
I liked the bird.
posted by Sand at 4:51 AM on January 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Sand at 4:51 AM on January 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
I thought it was obviously a composite when he started out in the morning and the sun is setting at the end even though the video is 5 mins long?
Anyway, it certainly got me pumped up for my upcoming trip!
posted by like_neon at 4:56 AM on January 19, 2015
Anyway, it certainly got me pumped up for my upcoming trip!
posted by like_neon at 4:56 AM on January 19, 2015
Grand Theft Auto: Swiss Banker
a new title coming soon to XBox: "Force Majeure"
posted by ennui.bz at 5:12 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
a new title coming soon to XBox: "Force Majeure"
posted by ennui.bz at 5:12 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is the guy who broke his back when he landed short on a 100+m long jump. So to keep things safer he... jumps down mountains instead.
His film, Few Words is brilliant.
posted by milkb0at at 5:58 AM on January 19, 2015
His film, Few Words is brilliant.
posted by milkb0at at 5:58 AM on January 19, 2015
I counted... I would have died about 38 times had I been doing that...
I'd have died just the first time. The rest of the footage would have been the ski patrol trying to save my life until they scraped the camera off my forehead.
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:08 AM on January 19, 2015
I'd have died just the first time. The rest of the footage would have been the ski patrol trying to save my life until they scraped the camera off my forehead.
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:08 AM on January 19, 2015
Wait, are any of the tricks not faked? (At 3:15, for example, it looks to me like s/he's being lifted into the air at least a half second before reaching the jump.)
posted by nobody at 6:34 AM on January 19, 2015
posted by nobody at 6:34 AM on January 19, 2015
I spent yesterday tackling black diamond runs* with a GoPro strapped to my helmet. The footage I ended up with looked just like this in that both of us had skis on and were on snow sliding down hills. The resemblance ends there. This guy is nuts.
*well ok they were what passes for black diamond runs in central Minnesota. But still.
posted by caution live frogs at 6:52 AM on January 19, 2015
*well ok they were what passes for black diamond runs in central Minnesota. But still.
posted by caution live frogs at 6:52 AM on January 19, 2015
I'm not given to envy, but oh, to fly like that… the small moments of air I've caught give me just a taste of how limitless and free that must feel.
posted by itstheclamsname at 6:58 AM on January 19, 2015
posted by itstheclamsname at 6:58 AM on January 19, 2015
The parts where he skis over grass and stuff really freaked me out because I have weird skiing dreams like that all the time. (Grew up near some tiny hills and skiied with my family every weekend of every winter from age 6-18, then snowboarded throughout college, so skiing I guess is still buried deep in the recesses of my brain, despite living in flatland and not having been out on the slopes for years now.) I often have weird dreams where I'm skiing but the snow runs out or I'm trying to get over to the other hill or lift or whatever but the terrain isn't cooperating. Whereas in my dreams I'm just frustrated and struggling, here he is in real life just skiing or jumping wherever he damn pleases.
It was obvious this was staged and compiled/cut together, but to me that doesn't make it any less awesome. I really need to find a way to get to some mountains...
posted by misskaz at 7:54 AM on January 19, 2015
It was obvious this was staged and compiled/cut together, but to me that doesn't make it any less awesome. I really need to find a way to get to some mountains...
posted by misskaz at 7:54 AM on January 19, 2015
Candide thovex is a god amongst skiers.
posted by lalochezia at 7:55 AM on January 19, 2015
posted by lalochezia at 7:55 AM on January 19, 2015
aubilenon: "My guess is that what we see as a "mirror" is really a window and it's someone else holding/wearing the camera for that part."
I'm going to argue against this. They would have had to build an entirely different room behind the frame whose walls and ceiling and floor are tilted at an odd angle to the rest of the existing structure, then find a half-size person to mime the actions.
Okay so ignoring the half-size person thing, just go pause the video anywhere during that sequence, look at the deck outside on the left and then the shape of the "room" inside the frame and ask yourself if it's physically possible.
Green screen work is easy as cake for modern video development and would be a hell of a lot easier than that thing you suggest.
posted by komara at 8:04 AM on January 19, 2015
I'm going to argue against this. They would have had to build an entirely different room behind the frame whose walls and ceiling and floor are tilted at an odd angle to the rest of the existing structure, then find a half-size person to mime the actions.
Okay so ignoring the half-size person thing, just go pause the video anywhere during that sequence, look at the deck outside on the left and then the shape of the "room" inside the frame and ask yourself if it's physically possible.
Green screen work is easy as cake for modern video development and would be a hell of a lot easier than that thing you suggest.
posted by komara at 8:04 AM on January 19, 2015
Metafilter: Making me realize I've wasted my life since 2003.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:19 AM on January 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:19 AM on January 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
The parts where he skis over grass and stuff really freaked me out because I have weird skiing dreams like that all the time. ... I often have weird dreams where I'm skiing but the snow runs out or I'm trying to get over to the other hill or lift or whatever but the terrain isn't cooperating. Whereas in my dreams I'm just frustrated and struggling, here he is in real life just skiing or jumping wherever he damn pleases.
Like this great video: JP Auclair Street Segment. Sparks flying on the street.
Behind the scenes. And Previously on metafilter.
posted by jjj606 at 9:40 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Like this great video: JP Auclair Street Segment. Sparks flying on the street.
Behind the scenes. And Previously on metafilter.
posted by jjj606 at 9:40 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
My friend says she had nausea watching this. I wanted to be the skier. I would say the film had its desired effect...realism. Thanks for posting this. A great ride.
posted by smudgedlens at 9:41 AM on January 19, 2015
posted by smudgedlens at 9:41 AM on January 19, 2015
This would have been a perfect promo video for SSX.
posted by andreaazure at 9:45 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by andreaazure at 9:45 AM on January 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
I ride motorcycles. I climb rock walls. I've snowboarded black diamond runs.
There is no way I would do any of the things in this video.
(Also, the bald eagle flying juuuust behind him at 2:36 is... either the luckiest shot in the history of ski videos or evidence that at least some parts of this were composited.)
((The jump over the ski patrol was a cute hat-tip to the general insanity of these tricks.))
posted by Gilead at 2:40 PM on January 19, 2015
There is no way I would do any of the things in this video.
(Also, the bald eagle flying juuuust behind him at 2:36 is... either the luckiest shot in the history of ski videos or evidence that at least some parts of this were composited.)
((The jump over the ski patrol was a cute hat-tip to the general insanity of these tricks.))
posted by Gilead at 2:40 PM on January 19, 2015
hahaha. I got a concussion on my first run on the friggin' bunny hill the first time I went snowboarding. While I was trying to recover a guy with no legs went zooming by me on a single ski doohickey. Not even kidding. (Yes, I did have my helmet on.)
Ended up spending a lot of that trip watching special olympians skiing.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 5:50 PM on January 19, 2015
Ended up spending a lot of that trip watching special olympians skiing.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 5:50 PM on January 19, 2015
I am completely freaked out and feel like I was gonna vomit after 1:30. But wow, life can be limitless.
posted by yueliang at 1:29 AM on January 20, 2015
posted by yueliang at 1:29 AM on January 20, 2015
Limitless vomiting.
posted by arcticseal at 11:34 AM on January 20, 2015
posted by arcticseal at 11:34 AM on January 20, 2015
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