Incredible.

I played ultimate this weekend against a team led by a dude wearing a much larger version of my custom Donjoy Defiance knee brace. Given it was obvious he’d injured a ligament, I inquired.
“ACL?” I asked.
“Yup,” he said, looking at my knee brace. Then he gave me a high-five.
“How long since you had the surgery?” [...]

Slow Posting, Busy Commenting

As you can probably tell posting this summer hasn’t been exactly, er, frequent. There’s a host of excuses I could come up with - job, travel, needing to poke Steve more to write about cycling - but the bottom line is also that July and August have been really slow for news, too. So don’t [...]

Tiger Woods Has A Torn ACL

Best of luck to the amazing Tiger Woods, who’s done for the season after winning the U.S. Open. He’s taking time off to have the ACL in his left knee reconstructed, and to rehab a double stress fracture in his tibia.
I tried golfing three weeks after having my ACL reconstructed, with painful results. But 10 [...]

Exciting Things To Do In Lieu Of Snowboarding

Summer is officially here. Okay, not officially - but here in Toronto, the thermometer is going to reach well above 30 celsius, and the humidex will make it feel like around 40.
Once temperatures reach this area I start to to realize just how far away I am from snowboarding again; five months or so, [...]

ACL Recovery: One Year Out, and My Final Post on the Topic.

Okay. While I suppose I reserve the right to maybe post about my torn ACL once again after this post, I’m not planning on it. But I’ve been waiting quite some time to post this one.It’s officially been one year since I went under the knife to have my ACL replaced. It was one [...]

My Eleven Month-a-versary

Today is my eleven month-a-versary since having ACL reconstruction surgery. I haven’t spoke much about my ACL recovery recently because a) I didn’t want to bore everyone and b) frankly, there hasn’t been much to report since about the six-month mark. Months six through ten were pretty much about rehab and waiting; now that I’m [...]

The Complete Jay Peak Writeup

I’m finally back from my Jay Peak adventure, having returned late Sunday night. This was my third trip to Jay, and unfortunately might be my last.
A little background on Jay Peak
Jay Peak is nestled just inside the Quebec/Vermont border, about eight hours from Toronto and a couple from Montreal. It’s so close, in fact, that [...]

Fistfights and Shredding: The Return to Whistler

I’m writing this from Vancouver airport’s Air Canada lounge courtesy of Elite Steve, who managed to get me in as a guest. I must say, these lounges are pretty sweet; free Internet, booze and cheese abound. I travel a fair bit, but not enough to make Elite. Dammit!

(Observational note: I appear to be the only person in here with six days worth of facial hair growth, a snowboarding t-shirt and a can of Canadian by my side. Everyone else appears to be well-dressed, shorn and drinking wine.)

I’m obviously en route home from my latest snowboarding adventure: Whistler. We arrived Thursday and left Monday night. We’re flying the red eye back because we wanted to get another day of riding in. Talk about Highly Obsessed!

Here’s what went down in Whistler.

First Turns With the New ACL (And Mt. St. Louis Moonstone Conditions)

Today was a big day for me: I hit the slopes once again, a little more than eight months after having my ACL surgically reconstructed. It’s been a long eight months, with countless hours spent stretching, weightlifting, running and bending, both at physiotherapy and at home. So, needless to say, I was a little apprehensive [...]

Eight Months Out: Am I Serious About Snowboarding?

Tomorrow will mark eight months since the ACL reconstruction surgery, and the opportunities to snowboard in Ontario are becoming very real.  I’m very tempted to get back to it; in fact, I scheduled the surgery in March 2007 on purpose so I could get back to riding as soon as possible. But I’m still a [...]