So when you are trying to get out to the line up of a surf break and you keep getting crushed by waves you wonder what it is that you like about it. Then you get out there, you are stoked and think that you are going to crush it! That is until you miss the drop in, get sucked over the falls and end up getting washed all the way back to the shore. You go for it again and again and you get more and more frustrated as you are getting nothing but a proper beating.
Then finally it happens and you catch a wave! You ride it for at least 10 meters and you think you are in heaven. Once you are off your short little 4 seconds ride you forget about all the 45 mins of pain and suffering you had go go through to get those seconds and you are ready to do it all over again.
Skiing as a lot like that. I have been sucking for the past few weeks, wondering how in the world I am going to make it to the top in a sport where I feel that i am getting more beat up by the day and I start to question if I will ever get my "seconds" . Same thing yesterday, I started way back in a course that had the worst snow I had ever raced on. Finished 39th in the first run as it was so bad that a lot of guys beat me from number 65-95 as the snow was getting smother at that point.
Then in the second run I saw a great set of waves coming and I went for it. As I was approaching the beach my legs where dead and I would hardly make a bottom turn, but when I crossed the finish and saw then time I totally forgot about all the bad takeoffs and beatings I took to get that one wave. I had caught a wave that I was really happy about and in my head I could just see the wave and not all the wait and failure to get it. I finally got the 4 secs that I needed to stay 100% faithful and keep paddling out to get more, no matter how many waves I have to take on my head.
I finished 32nd but thats not important. In the second run I saw that I could ski decent and that despite a lot of mistakes I was not far off the top guys in a 1 minute 23 sec long rutted out course. No EC points but great inspiration for the future!











/JON