Welcome back Mr. Shoelaces!

[Arty50]

The kid's a total sandbagger.

"Oh, I'm just gonna take it easy today" was overheard before a group lap to welcome him back. We then see him absolutely nuking down the wall at mach speed. It must have been all that pent up aggression.

Anyway, it was awesome making turns with you today, sir. Great to have you back.

[Plakespear]

He's back!

Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin' my peers
Puttin' suckers in fear
Makin' the tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion, overpowerin'
Over the competition, I'm towerin'
Records shock
When I drop these lyrics
That'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare
You betta move
Don't ever compare me to the rest
They'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's payin' the price
(CHORUS)
I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
I'm gonna knock you out
Mama said knock you out
Don't you call this no regular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty-bitty world by storm
And I'm just getting warm
Just like Mohammad Ali, they called him Cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
Dontcha know I gotta beef wit'
Why don't you rip with me, the maniac psycho
Cuz when I pull out my jammy, get ready cuz it might go
Blauh!
How do you like me now?
The reverand will not allow
you to get wit' Mr. Smith don't risk
Listen to my gear shift.
I'm blastin', outlastin'
Colors like shaft, so you could say I'm shaftin'
Old English fill my mind and I came up with this funky rhyme
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Shadow boxin' when I heard you on the radio
I just don't know
What made them forget that I was raw
But now I gotta new toy
I'm going insane
Frontin' the hurricane
Releasin' pain
Lettin' you know
You can't gain or maintain
Unless you say my name
Rippin'
Killin'
Diggin' and drillin' a hole
Well I'll pass your goal
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill at will
The man of the hour, tower of power
I will devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
That I'm not your average man
When I gotta jammy in my hand
Damn
Ooh
Listen to the way I slay your crew
Damnit
Damnit
Damnit
Damnit
Destruction, terror and mayhem
Pass me a .... I'll slay him
Farmers (WHAT)
Farmers (WHAT)
Ready? (READY)
I think I'm gonna bomb a town
Don't you never, ever
Pull my lever
'Cause I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank God
'Cause he gave me this chance to rock
Hard... knock you out
(REPEAT CHORUS)

[Darkside]

Congrats. We should make some turns if you get up to the North Shore.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

The kid's a total sandbagger.

"Oh, I'm just gonna take it easy today" was overheard before a group lap to welcome him back. We then see him absolutely nuking down the wall at mach speed. It must have been all that pent up aggression.

Anyway, it was awesome making turns with you today, sir. Great to have you back.

Thanks mang. The groomers were awesome Today was honestly the best day I've had in 4.5 months...not dwelling anymore on what I'm missing, but rather, what's to come. Hard to put into words what it felt like to finally feel some speed under edge again. And great to see everyone out today....so easy to feed off of everyone's collective stoke.

[LaramieSkiBum]

atta boy!

[Joey Bag O' Donuts]

Thanks mang. The groomers were awesome Today was honestly the best day I've had in 4.5 months...not dwelling anymore on what I'm missing, but rather, what's to come. Hard to put into words what it felt like to finally feel some speed under edge again. And great to see everyone out today....so easy to feed off of everyone's collective stoke.

You need to come down to mammoth fool, Da Season ain't over yet

[G]

yay shoe.

[tuffy109]

nice to hear

[Huckwheat]

Great to hear shoe......any swelling? How many hours did you ski?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Great to hear shoe......any swelling? How many hours did you ski?

Well, I was there all day...but took a huge block of time off to watch the comp...maybe 3-4 hours of actual skiing? Not all that much swelling really, and my knee feels fine today (just got back from a road ride), but I did have my brace cinched down tight and as I soon as load the software from my new camera onto this computer, I'll upload a gnarly lookin pic of leg with some sweet brace marks.


Quicky First Day Back TR

Got there around 8:30 and was immediately met by skier666 who pulled in right behind me after a 2 and half hour cruise from downtown SF. He was all jacked up on caffeine, speed, and loud D&B music from his drive, was talking about gnar descents in OB Thunder Bowl, and this being my first day back I'm like, "Hmmm...I think I need to take a few runs with no one around & no one watching".

So I was off to ski the ultra kickass radness that is Chair 5. For those that don't know, Chair 5 at KW has some of those most extremely, gnar flats around the mountain. Chair 6, 10, & the OB might get all the press, but mustering up the courage to risk the chance of being seen lapping the bunny pancake flats of Chair 5 takes balls of steel I tell you. Balls of steel.

So I clicked into my bindings, took a deep breath, and skated up to the Chair. Truth be told, I was pretty apprehensive. I didn't know what to expect. With the exception of coming back from a fairly serious head injury when I was 15, I had never come back from an injury before. Would my knee hurt? Will it feel unstable? Did I rehab hard enough for the extremo terrain of Chair 5? Will I damage it if I angulate too much into a turn...if I ski too fast? All this plus more flashed through my mind simulataneously.

Riding the lift I had the chance to watch some racer types & IFSA competitors getting some early warm-up runs in slashing deep fast carves coming down from the top of the mountain. ( I think I used to ski that fast. I think I used to turn like that. Can I still do that? What if I can't?)

So I get off the lift, slide down the ramp, (Hey this feels familiar), and start slowly on down. Naturally I turn right with my 'good' leg downhill and weighted (Hey that's a carve, that feels right), then cautiously unweight, roll the knees, edges, and skid out a quick left with my 'bad' leg weighted (ok no pain, I turned, sorta, great, let's go faster), carve back to the left, swivel to the right, carve, swivel, carve, skid...(faster, start arcing 'em, angulate that knee in, holy shit things feel fine)...carve to the right, (c'mon no more skidding out, weight that knee, you've done enough, go faster), roll the edges across the fall line back to the left, weight that downhill leg, pressure that tip (more more, tuck that knee IN, feel it touch the uphill boot, fuck I'm carving, I'm flying, I'm fucking skiing again!!).....approaching the last steep pitch coming down to Chair 5 & 6...snow is softer here....arc 'em, carve 'em, lay 'em down, hold 'em, fast, faster, go faster........

I'm not seeing the slope anymore, but I'm on the bike, back in December, or January, coulda been February, I'm on the trainer in my garage, it's dumping outside, it hurts, but I'm pedaling sweating cursing fighting through it, cursing my knee, cursing the lost season, telling my surgeon to F-off, swearing my fucking ass off that I'll never stop pedaling and feeling the pain until I come back, so that when I come back it will be like I never left. Like I never missed a day. Like I never even got hurt in the first place.....I skied that last pitch like I knew I could. It felt like I had been skiing all year and my knee felt so damn good. Screw chair 5...get on 6

So I head up 6 to the top...Zachs, Janek, Olympic, and Sentinel were all groomer corduroy. Take a run down Janek exloring how the knee feels. Exploring how my feet feel again in my boots. Exploring how it feels to pressure an edge and hold it through a fast arc. Exploring how the wind feels in my face & through my jacket. See 666 riding up as I'm heading down. I waited at the bottom for him....it was back on......

[Stoysluttie1]

yeeeeeeehaw! surprised you weren't rippin' bumps.

[FollowMe]

Dude, man, I'm stoked for yah and your TR was a good read.

[Greydon Clark]

I’m so stoked that Tyrone is back! As anyone reading this knows, he is a super fun guy to ski with (and all around sweetheart). Thankfully we’re on the verge of a 700 inch season and we’ll be making turns well into July.

[Arty50]

Thankfully we’re on the verge of a 700 inch season and we’ll be making turns well into July.

What is this "verge" you speak of? Kirkwood: 558-724"

And Mammoth's officially staying open through at least July. The BC should go OFF this Spring/Summer. You could say Mother Nature is giving Ty a whole extra season to play with.

[FollowMe]

What is this "verge" you speak of? Kirkwood: 558-724"

And Mammoth's officially staying open through at least July. The BC should go OFF this Spring/Summer. You could say Mother Nature is giving Ty a whole extra season to play with.

'til August and maybe beyond - 10 Month season, more maybe!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

You could say Mother Nature is giving Ty a whole extra season to play with.

yeah, I feel lucky actually. You guys should be gettin some pow right now right? It was pouring here just a few hours ago, but now the skis have cleared and the stars are starting to poke through...maybe a bluebird pow day tomorrow?

[gincognito]

Nice. That ranks among the best TRs of the season. Seriously.


Sick and ashamed and happy (and not so technical),
d.

[DJSapp]

BAP BAP BAP! GIT SUM!!!!

See you at Mammoth, gimpy

[Johnny Gunn]

Glad to hear your back riding.

Now go and gett'er done.

[lph]

Great TR, Shoe.

It was great to have you back, and as a testament to Shoe being the heart of our little kirkwood crew, it was incredible to see that just like the old days, our last two runs on the Wall consisted of about 12 maggots, it has been a long time since we had a crew that big.

BTW, he killed it. (on and off the groomers. ) Oh, and what is your surgeons name again? Gonna send him a link to this thread, professional courtesy you know.

[Telenater]

Great TR, Shoe.

It was great to have you back, and as a testament to Shoe being the heart of our little kirkwood crew, it was incredible to see that just like the old days, our last two runs on the Wall consisted of about 12 maggots, it has been a long time since we had a crew that big.

BTW, he killed it. (on and off the groomers. ) Oh, and what is your surgeons name again? Gonna send him a link to this thread, professional courtesy you know.

Dr. Marsden......

Damn good to hit snow with the Shoe on his feet again.

[Big E]

Glad to see you back out there!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

lph -- "the old days?"..have I really been out that long?

't-nater -- Dr. Marder



thanks dooders.

[bcrider]

Great to hear Tyrone!
Man that seems like a fast recovery…motivation for sure.

Enjoy being back doing what you love.

[watersnowdirt]

Shoe: "yeah, I'm just gonna lay low on the GROOMERs today".
me: "ok, cool, I'll take some runs with you and might be able to keep up."

5 minutes later....

The scene: The Wall (i.e. NOT a groomer)

me: "Shoe? Shoe? where'd you go? And who's that guy that looks like Shoe ripping down the wall? hmmm."

SO glad you're back out there. Between my season off and yours, this was our first time we were both on the hill in well over a year.