(Above: Jason gets ready to take a set)You can read about the Bellalago Boys drive down to Charleston or Dave’s first set of the morning.It did gradually warm up on Thursday to the high 60‘s. Dave, Jason and myself managed to get 3 sets while Eric took 2 (I think). By our second set Jason and I had ditched the wetsuit and went with heater tops.While the pace of the...Read more
There’s a reason why all of our skis, bindings, ropes, boats, etc. come with warning labels - slalom skiing is high risk. If you ski with the aggressiveness and desire to pick up more buoys, sooner or later you are going to get hurt.Last week I wrote about how the Great Binding Catastrophe of 2011 is Over. Well, that’s not entirely true because a significant part of...Read more
Have you ever asked yourself that question? Everybody has to live somewhere, and people settle down in a particular place for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it's the area where you grew up, or a place you've had to re-locate to for work. Maybe you've hit the lotto or have retired to a place you've always dreamed of living.
I live in the northern suburbs of Chicago, which is probably among the last...Read more
Time is flying. Every time I sign the date on a check or on paperwork at the office I have to verify it with a co-worker and/or wired device of some sort- "Man, is it really [insert unbelievable date here]?". Time marches on relentlessly, seemingly without consideration of the fact that it JUST started feeling like summer in the midwest and without sympathy for the rapidly approaching...Read more
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