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Bossnass · 02-11-2006, 02:47 PM

I used to ski competitively. Freestyle (moguls).

Jen Heil used to be a pretty good friend of mine. Her coach, a friend and mentor of mine, spoke at my wedding last august. I went to the Canada Games in ’99 and carried her in on my shoulders during the opening ceremonies because she was too short to see everything. I made the Alberta team the same year that she did, but I didn’t make the national team. I blew my knee, had a poor season, and I quit.

I used to live with one of the Canadian aerialists. I remember when ‘wookie’ made the team. I’ve had beer and wings with them.

Most the male mogul competitors from the US and Canada, I’ve skied against. And back in the day, I placed ahead of them in competitions. I remember barely loosing a dual mogul run against Jeremy Bloom, the biggest American contender. I remember placing ahead of a Travis Meyer. I lost track of how many times I’ve skied against Chris Wong and the other Canadians. A guy is skiing for Australia, but he used to be Canadian and I skied an entire year where he was in every competition I was in. He was better, but I wasn’t far behind.

My heart and body weren’t committed, I couldn’t get into the right frame of mind, and I believe it was the correct choice to quit. But on days like today, when Jenn wins Olympic Gold, I wonder what could have been.

02-11-2006, 02:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	I could have been in Turin. Maybe. I used to ski competitively. Freestyle (moguls). Jen Heil used to be a pretty good friend of mine. Her coach, a friend and mentor of mine, spoke at my wedding last august. I went to the Canada Games in ’99 and carried her in on my shoulders during the opening ceremonies because she was too short to see everything. I made the Alberta team the same year that she did, but I didn’t make the national team. I blew my knee, had a poor season, and I quit. I used to live with one of the Canadian aerialists. I remember when ‘wookie’ made the team. I’ve had beer and wings with them. Most the male mogul competitors from the US and Canada, I’ve skied against. And back in the day, I placed ahead of them in competitions. I remember barely loosing a dual mogul run against Jeremy Bloom, the biggest American contender. I remember placing ahead of a Travis Meyer. I lost track of how many times I’ve skied against Chris Wong and the other Canadians. A guy is skiing for Australia, but he used to be Canadian and I skied an entire year where he was in every competition I was in. He was better, but I wasn’t far behind. My heart and body weren’t committed, I couldn’t get into the right frame of mind, and I believe it was the correct choice to quit. But on days like today, when Jenn wins Olympic Gold, I wonder what could have been.