outside reading

The most recent reading ive read was my strength and conditioning workbook. This tells me about the practical parts of working out. How to do workouts and what muscles you are working in different machines. This helps a lot to make sure the lifting im doing is helping not hurting.

Snowboard heroes

This is Chad Otterstrom performing an underflip 720 on Chads gap. Chads gap is a huge gap that was destroyed years ago due to too many people getting hurt on it. Chad is a hero becuase he was the first to try it, which is why it is named after him.


http://shinzitay.free.fr/snow/fotoz/snow-fr/topic_kicker/chads_gap_small.jpg ^

Snowboarding video of Eero Ettala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Sl27_fnNU

While studying snowboard heroes I learned you must always go big, otherwise why even be there and not get better. If your not trying as hard as possible you might as well go home. That is what the meaning of this quote below is.

http://www.myinkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/go-big-text.jpg ^

This photo is of Heikki Sorsa, one of my favorite snowboarders. He is very good and he is a hero because he never gives up. Heikki has broke many bones and been in the hospital plenty of times, but he keeps gettin on the slopes to do what he loves.

http://www.snowboard-mag.com/img_assist/gen/19805 ^

Conclusion: What i learned from this is that really you must keep on keeping on. Many people get hurt once and they're done but these guys keep doin what they do no matter what the consequences. I've always loved snowboarding and you can count on it that i wont be giving up any time soon.