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40, part time MD (tittle only for the bank please) and part time Daddy (much more proud of that one).

Latest medical breakthrough (well actually 2-3 years old now): works great for wart removal (as well as liquid nitrogen), leave it on 24/24 for 2 months. Most warts are gone in one month. Painless and you will be on the cutting edge of medical research.

Sorry!!:D

I'm no expert at video editing. I just used moviemaker that came with XP (very similar to iMovie), then followed the instructions....and chose the video size. Voila! you-send-it is convenient for big files, you can send file up to 1GB.

Very smooth D-Sub!! Love the surf style. Here's the re-edited smaller wmv full version (14MB vs 60MB originally) for those who did not get to see before it was pulled. Note that this will allow only so much download and the link is only valid for the next 7 days. Let me know if you need more so I could upload again until someone has a more permanent solution. http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0DYNTWDWC6IWO1EW6DANVHHRPK

I forgot, Toronto Western has an excellent hand program if you can get referred there (run by the plastic surgeons- the ones that deal with hands injury).

Hi Rob, I understand your frustration. I am not familiar with what's available in toronto. The 'doctor search' on the CPSO web site does not list sport medicine as an option. Check the list I posted earlier. Telehealth is a public relation in my opinion. Most sport clinic are probably outside of hospitals anyway. And yes when there is such a shortage of doctors, most walk on water. And when you treat the Leaf or the Raptors, you also hover over the water. The problem with such thumb injury is that you are at the bottom of the totem pole in term of medical emergencies. Good luck finding one from that list, alternatively, you could ask your GP to refer you to an orthopod, however, expect several months wait... I would also recommand the Gomer glove if you can still find it. It was developped by a classmate of mine after he sustained the same sort of injury you did. You can even wear it long-boarding.

If you are rich (or have coverage from your rich company) then you are fine in the US. However nobody here have to mortgage their house and go into bankrupcy when they are diagnosed with a major illness. If you believe that your poor in-laws should have the right to the same treatment as you, then the Canadian system is for you. Not the best, not the worst, but everyone can have access to it.

Hey pay us more appropriately and there will be more of us:D . Want less taxes and more health coverage, with a population (including docs) getting older, and government that allienate the docs, this is what you get. Oh and did I mention people flocking to ER for minor ailments... This should be (O.T.) by now

http://www.chsm.net/howard.html http://www.cscontario.ca/english/providers/service_providers.html#sport_medicine here are some local links. sounds like you ripped your ligaments, which usually takes 2 months or more to heal or even surgery. How ever hard to tell til someone physically and radiologically assess you. Internet/ phone consult is just bad medicine!!;)

Here's my 7 yo on hard boots 1st time out 6 weeks ago....

If you check the gallery on EC.com, yes you can, not as comfortably but yes.

If you have a very wide waist yourself, you do not need a wide waist board, 'cause your stomach will be on the snow anyway....in fact extremecarving and extremelyfatcarving is a continuum:D :D

From Websters dictionary... phlegmatic: having or showing a slow and stolid temperament; resembling the humor phlegm: a) a dull or apathetic coldness or indifference; b) intrepid coolness or calm fortitude. Scott [/b] I thought phlegm:=stuff you coughed up when you laugh too hard:p :p :p

Hi Jim, I think so too. I solved the problem since by tucking in my rear knee on backside and pressuring the nose more evently and for longer. I still see it occasionally on very hard pack where subttle pressure difference shows more (mainly because I am more cautious and less aggressively attacking the turn).

Thanks Rob and Gabe for the ride today! Special thanks for the drink! You guys can really carve in chop;)

I was more referring to the powerful skidding remark. I am not sure how much skidding vs. trench digging (that G-force has to go somewhere)...

Here are some tail associated trench without skid... http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/SetEdge.jpg http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/Spray.jpg http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/DigTrench.jpg http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/TrenchAfterSpray.jpg And if done right in the right snow conditions: http://home.primus.ca/~johnvu/AfterBurnerPatrice.jpg PS, just learnt to capture from movie, so posting for fun!:rolleyes:

Spot metering on your principal object may help too, especially if tiny on large snow background.

more trenches

more tails

Anyone gone recently? I thought about going for saturday morning only (tomorrow). What are the conditions like? Can you get half day in the morning? Thanks.

HaHa:rolleyes: I thought it was due to not fully engaging the nose, hence the the oscillation: nose carving in more than the rest of the board, then straightening out when too bent, and the cycle continues. Seems OK when I put major pressure to the front foot/nose and commit to head uphill. Gives a pretty but not clean pattern in the snow

I noticed the sinusoidal wave in the track in my back side (occasionally when I don't commit fully on my backside/ heelside only)...like this below: http://www.carver.cc/photos/cc_galleries/s1_640_480/three_tracks.jpg Explanation anyone?

wow blade butt !!!:D :D :D