Back at it -

[David Kirk]

About 5 weeks ago I was out carving hard and hit a deep soft spot and almost went over the bars. It would have been better if I just went with it and didn't fight to stay up because in fighting for it I tore a muscle in my very low back. The pain was profound and sharp.

I went home and iced it and figured it would be fine the next day. It wasn't....not even close. The following day I could not stand up unassisted. I went to my sports doc and he diagnosed it and told me I'd torn the muscle and needed to stop doing anything that causes pain. I took 3 weeks off and then found that I could ride my all mountain board (lower stance angles using different muscles) so did a few days here and there letting pain be my guide.

Today was the first day back out carving hard and it felt so very good. I spent about 2 hours on my Kessler custom 168 and then switched to the Kessler custom 180 GS board for an hour before calling it a day in an effort to no overdo it. It was a bluebird day and the groomers were just firm enough to allow hard charging and the place was empty. So good.

The Bridger Bowl Instagram page used a photo from today on the 168 for their daily post. I nice welcome back!

A bit of time on the heating pad and it's back at it in the morning before it gets silly warm and turns into cycling weather by the end of this week.

Thanks for reading.

dave

[Mr.E]

Feel better, bud. I tore an erector a couple years ago and it slowed me down for a good bit.

 

_Eric

[GeoffV]

Some day I hope to make some turns with you Dave, my son is headed to MSU this year.