rip it!?! More like R.I.P. ...

I can now attest that it takes far less character and intelligence to purchase a snowboard that is "born to rage whereever there is snow with a Lightspeed Vision Base, Fly Core, Dualzone EGD, Biax React Fiberglass, Slantwall Construction and Negative Core Profile" than it takes to figure out how to make the laws of physics work in your favor while strapped to it! Good company, a quick read of a how-to book, a lesson, and multiple runs later, I have a bit more confidence and can boast of enduring a series of painful, body-pounding falls that go by a variety of sinister and suggestive names: The Spinal Tap, The 911 Take Down, The Hospital Smash, The Hard-Pack Smack, and The Slam. Truly, I fared much better than it sounds and I can almost link my turns repeatedly! Perhaps I'll post a few bruises after they ripen!