Battle Wounds - DRAIN TUBE

It was a bluebird day at local Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, so I decided to skip a couple classes and enjoy some good riding. After a couple fast runs, I stopped over to see what was new in the park, and to my surprise, I saw a huge roller coaster box (our park usually consists of one massive and icy triple take-off, a few rails and a fun box). When I laid eyes on this masterpiece, I thought, “No need to check it out, just hit it”. My plan was to ride up it 50-like and try some boardslide action after the hump. Little did I know, that piece of crap came up the hill in 2 pieces, and wasn’t assembled with the parts flush. Long story short, I caught edge, smacked my leg on it and snapped a picture as soon as I felt something warm going into my boot. The doctors in the ER sewed that thing up nice and tight, and 4 hours later I was back in the ER with elephantitus of the leg. Some lucky doctor got to squeeze ounces of "raspberry jam" out through the a hole they made and I got to sport this sweet drain tube the next day as I enjoyed another nice day of riding. But before I hit the hil, I spent $12 at a used sports shop and got some hocky guards. Ride on.

--Tim Byma