Colton the Superhero

   As I wait friend to strap in to his snowboard, I rutn up my music to get pumped for the day.  We both had decided that we were going to challenge ourselves and hit the 25 foot table- top jump in the terrain park.  Finally, after what felt like an eternity, he was ready.  We both stood up simultaneously and immediately started to slide in the direction the ground was sloped.  I started to pick up speed gliding on the crisp fresh powder whit my recently waxed board.  It was exhilarating being there with only the sound of snow flying into the air whenever i carved on it.  Everything else was silent as I sped through the large white trees surrounding me in the vast forested mountain.

  As we neared the terrain park i spotted the large man- made formation of snow that gave me second thoughts.  A memory from the year before was resounding in my crazed mind.  It had happened in a blink of an eye.  It felt like a dream i had vefor, moving at a speed that made a few seconds feel like a minute.  I had attempted the stunt a couple times the year before and on the last try, I hit something.  Someone had accidentally dropped a pair of goggles right on the crest of the jump before I came to it.  When I hit the goggles I lost all control and slowly rotated upside down.  I landed that way onto my head, crashing with a loud thud.  A searing pain shot from my head, through my neck, and into my back.  It was unbearable.  I thought I might vomit and left the mountain 20 minutes later with my family.  Some of the pain didn’t subdue itself for two weeks and created horrible fear of that day.

  Today was going to be different and i was determined that I would be okay since the last time was just a freak accident.  As I came closer to the jump I kept second guessing myself.  ”What if it happens again and this time i don’t come out so lucky?”  I was right there and i hadn’t noticed.  It was either do or die, and I had to decide.  As if in slow motion my mind was screaming at my body to stop and yet my body was disagreeing.  IT was too late to do anything now.  I was in the air; the ground was so near and yet so far away.  I was soaring through the cool air , and then slowly back down landing perfectly on the soft and flawless snow.  My friend was cheering but my mind was tuning him out in realization of waht  i had accomplished.  The fear was gone and was replaced with adrenaline pumping through my veins.  I had just defeated what I thought i would never accomplish and it couldn’t have felt better.

Brett

Shelley

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