Battle Wounds - DRAIN TUBE
I stopped over to see what was new in the park, and to my surprise, I saw a huge roller coaster box... WARNING: NOT FOR WEAK STOMACHS

Battle Wounds - GUINEA-ED TAIL BONE
The resort gave me a voucher good for another lift pass, but it expired before I could ride again!

Battle Wounds - BLACK EYED STEEZ
It is a battle wound that cannot be hidden easily or discreetly covered (unless you are a pirate or sunglass model)...

Battle Wounds - 'ROUND THE CORNER
I competed in the Catskill USASA Series last season for boardercross. I raced my first boardercross race at Windham while still recovering from pneumonia. ...

Battle Wounds - LIP SERVICE
I didn't know what had happened at first—there was blood all over the snow and I couldn't control my saliva.

Battle Wounds - LOOK BEFORE YOU HUCK
5/24 - After a few nice front boards and 3s, I decided to hit the Hollywood booter at the bottom of the main park; I was going to throw a late backside 180...

Battle Wounds - DUMB/TOUGH
5/24 - This picture was taken after the bruise started turning yellow, but everyone I showed the bruise to was like, “OH, MY GOD!!!!!”

Bad Luck Better Than No Luck
Now everyone please note—all of this happened in one season. For my first injury ...

A Closed Park and a Lesson Learned
I was soaring through the air with my body in a horizontal position, so when I came down I landed on ...

Battle Wounds - Gone For A Picnic
My buddies and I got bored halfway through the day and decided to set up a picnic table to jib, you know ...

Battle Wounds - A Shattered Collarbone And Cracked Shoulder Blade
I nailed a rodeo 7 and wanted to impress the guy more, so I then went for a 9 ... bad idea.

Battle Wounds - SMOKED SHOULDER
3/9 - All is going well until I over rotate on the landing catch a toe edge...

Battle Wounds - SHIN SLIDE
3/9 - I set up for a simple boardslide,but I feel like I'm carrying way to much speed...

Battle Wounds - DISCOLERATION
3/8 - I rounded a corner and spotted a dad and his kids in the middle of the narrow, tree-laden run...

Battle Wounds - PAINcreas
2/23 - Little did I know the pain I was in for, when I caught my toe on the rail and plummeted down the entire set, landing flat stomached on the kink of a brand spankin' new rail...

Battle Wounds - DUDE, YOU GOT BLOOD ON YOUR FACE
2/21 - From the approach it looks really innocent...

Battle Wounds - PARALYSIS
2/17 - Last season I was riding at Mountain Creek, NJ and some asshole...

Battle Wounds - A HOLE IN MY CHIN AND A DISLOCATED JAW
2/10 - It was the start of the 2004 season in Aus and I was just getting warmed up in the terrain park at Mt. Buller...

Battle Wounds - BETTER THAN THE REST
2/4 I was checking out the site and oh man, my battlescar top all of these....

Battle Wounds - RAILED AT SUNDAY RIVER
Well, this year was ok to me so far, until i dislocated my shoulder in Whistler/blackcomb. After a furious week of rest, I suited up for my trip to Sunday River...

Attempting A 360
I had just been snowboarding for a couple of months when I was determined to do a 360. Some friends and I built. . .

Asstounding Landing
Thanksgiving weekend there was not too much snow cover in the trees and I was hauling through them. I ollied over a log and landed in the dirt on the other side. I stopped short. . .

Broken But Determined
Last season the resort I worked at held a pond skim for spring break. . I didn't think I would make it across, but I decided to try anyway. . .

The Riding Clown
During my first real year of snowboarding I decided to be a little hardcore and try jumps. I wasn't doing too bad, a cracked tail bone was about as bad as it got till the last day of the year. . .

If there's not a jump, don't try a 360
Being the crazy-ass that I am, I decided to go first. I hit it fine and tried a 360, but the lip was way small, so I didn't get enough air, and ate it bad. . .

My First Snowboarding Injury (note: Graphic photos)
12/30/03 - I was riding down one of the steepest sections of the run when another boarding bailed 10 feet in front of me. This being only my third time boarding . . .

QUITTING RIDING OR BACKING OFF ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION
12/7 - I was feeling pretty indestructible after four years of riding with no serious injuries other than a sprained ankle and a broken thumb. Then my luck changed. January 24, 2004 ...

MY BOOT WITH THE RED HUE AROUND THE TONGUE
12/7 - We hit a few jumps and worked on some basic stuff, but the whole time this 15-foot-high, 25-foot-long rainbow rail was calling us. We'd seen several skiers and some ...