A public apology...

**K-Stormchaser** · 11-08-2006, 10:29 AM

I'm sure most of you could care less about anything I have to say, but I feel I owe all of you an apology for my actions. This is the PM I sent to MD9. I won't post here any more, but wanted everyone to know that MD9 and I have resolved the matter and I've taken a lot from the situation. I'm truly sorry for what I did, and I hope my actions don't affect life on this board. I applaud all of you for sticking up for MD9 - friends true and true.

Jared

I wanted to wait until I'd sent along the matching contribution from auctioning the skis and other autographed stuff before doing this, but I kind of feel like this has waited too long. I know I've said I'm sorry, but I really feel the need to do more than just say that. I want to explain how things happened, truly apologize, and try to learn from this.

Last fall I found the OffThePodium photo contest online. The contest was, "submit a photo of what you consider to be a gold medal Olympic moment". Only a few pictures had already been submitted at the time, none that jumped out at me. I had just seen your post on TGR and I thought to myself, "I just saw a great photo of a gold medal moment", and I submitted it. I acted without thinking. It never once crossed my mind that I was stealing. Not when I made the submission, not when I posted about winning the skis. I never intended to brag about skiing the line...but I let my ego get the best of me when people started asking questions. The first time I realized what I had done was when I saw the post on TGR with my name in it (god I wish I’d seen your first post and realized). Had I taken 30 seconds to think about what I was doing when I submitted the photo, I would have realized it was wrong. I mean I return the golf club that someone left by the green to the pro shop. The wallet I found with $200 bucks in it went to the police station. Hell, I gave back the lighter my brother left in my car last week, but thought he lost. Instead, my thoughts were, "What other contests can I find?"...stupid huh. That’s where the Ski Utah entry came from.

As I sat here reading post after post I just felt horrible. I couldn’t believe that I had stolen from you, another mag, like that. I had an empty pit in my stomach. But I couldn’t not read every single post somehow. I really didn’t know what to do, other than just own up. I tried explaining myself on the board, but that just seemed to make things worse. I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. So I shut up and just starting working on trying to make things right. I got in touch with you, agreed to your request as to how to handle this, and sent the gear off right away. (This is why I wanted to wait till I'd sent you the matching funds before I sent this. I didn't want you to take this as me trying to weasel out of my punishment. That's not what this is about, but I just couldn’t let this go any longer.) I hope you feel I’ve made a genuine effort to atone for my mistake. I know my words probably don't mean much, but I'm hoping my admission, my willingness to cooperate, and my resultant actions do. I'm truly sorry for what I did Jared.

And I don’t even know if this is appropriate, but can I say thank you for how you've chosen to handle this. There were a lot of harsh comments in threads and many suggestions for how to handle things. You completely took the high road the entire time, never once did you bad mouth me, threaten bodily harm, or involve the authorities (even though I probably deserved all of the above). Your actions, despite the overwhelming influence to hang me by my balls, showed incredible restraint and compassion, and I hope I can take some of that with me (maybe others can too). Sure you outed me, but I deserved that, and had you not done it, I never would have realized what I’d done. I need to learn to think before I act, and I will.

Some of the mags were pretty rough, but that’s completely understandable – it’s a tight community, and they were out protecting one of their own. It’s really great to have friends that step up to protect you, it says a lot about them, and you. I regret putting people that know us both in the tough position of being in the middle. It must have been very tough for them to try to remain neutral. I know I shocked a lot of them with my actions...I shocked myself. I also regret putting your friends in the position of having to defend you. I’m sure many did it without batting an eyelash, but I’m sure it made just as many uncomfortable. Truth stepped up to out me on Kzone, that took some balls, and some criticism from those that chose to stick by me. I’m sorry for any crap that he or anyone else took on my behalf…they didn’t deserve it.

I'd really like to post a similar explanation/apology to both TGR and Kzone if it’s ok with you...or if you like, you can just post this and I will respond to it. And if you can ever see it in your heart, I'd love to ski that line with you some day. Not that I deserve it, but I feel I owe it to you.

Chris

P.S. And if you could care less and wish I'd just STFU, then you got it...

**raddam** · 11-08-2006, 10:35 AM

bout damn time
good riddance
hope you learned a few things (about ethics that is)

**lemon boy** · 11-08-2006, 10:36 AM

I don't know who you are but I'm sure I couldn't care less! At least get the saying right!

**soul_skier** · 11-08-2006, 10:36 AM

glad to hear it was resolved somewhat amicably

**Danno** · 11-08-2006, 10:37 AM

That's a good apology.

**PNWbrit** · 11-08-2006, 10:38 AM

well done - way to sort stuff out between you.

**Shorey** · 11-08-2006, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by lemon boy

I'm sure I couldn't care less! At least get the saying right!

I thought that too.

Laundry well aired it would seem.

**InspectorGadget** · 11-08-2006, 11:05 AM

All things considered, Chris' apology is probably the best ending to this ugly saga that anyone could have hoped for. I only hope that Chris has, in fact, learned a valuable lesson.

**grizzle6** · 11-08-2006, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by InspectorGadget

All things considered, Chris' apology is probably the best ending to this ugly saga that anyone could have hoped for. I only hope that Chris has, in fact, learned a valuable lesson.

Ditto.

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**truth** · 11-08-2006, 11:15 AM

STFU douchenozzle, everyone here allready forgot about you.

**bklyn** · 11-08-2006, 11:18 AM

So you're all ready to put down the pitchforks?

I guess you got enough of this

**GoldMember** · 11-08-2006, 11:26 AM

Nice apology and apparently good effort on making amends. I think it's really up to MD9 as to whether it's 'forgive and forget'....or not. But for me, thanks for coming clean and dealing with this bad situation.

**P_McPoser** · 11-08-2006, 11:27 AM

I just hope that everything in that e-mail was 100% truth. It takes a man to own up, but it also takes a man to do the right thing to begin with. Please work on the second part.

**ski_adk** · 11-08-2006, 11:31 AM

You did the right thing by owning up to your mistake and apologizing for it. Whether that makes things right, well, that's for you and MD9 to figure out.

Good apology. After all the flaming you got, it's nice to see you have the balls to post it. There's still hope for you man.

**Rontele** · 11-08-2006, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by ski_adk

You did the right thing by owning up to your mistake and apologizing for it. Whether that makes things right, well, that's for you and MD9 to figure out.

Good apology. After all the flaming you got, it's nice to see you have the balls to post it. There's still hope for you man.

Eh. I agree with the second part about it being a good apology and ballsy to post ex post everything that went down.

Owning up isn't the hard part, it is the actions that speak louder than the words.

**Jer** · 11-08-2006, 11:36 AM

A few hundred politicians could learn from you, KS.

may seem a bit much, but - this the net, we exaggerate.

**AfroMullet** · 11-08-2006, 11:37 AM

i'll respect it.

**Brock Landers** · 11-08-2006, 11:39 AM

Wait who is K-Stormchaser?

**wildstyle** · 11-08-2006, 11:45 AM

I've made mistakes in the past, sacked up and learnt from it.

Its too easy on forums to just slink away, k-storm hasn't done this and has sacked up. I respect that.

I accept his statement and think its up to MD9 how we deal with it.

**El Chupacabra** · 11-08-2006, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by InspectorGadget

All things considered, Chris' apology is probably the best ending to this ugly saga that anyone could have hoped for. I only hope that Chris has, in fact, learned a valuable lesson.

Double ditto

G · 11-08-2006, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by K-Stormchaser

blah blah blah blah blake with you some day. Not that I deserve it, but I feel I owe it to you.

Chris

© 2006 automatic apologywriter.com

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**Pinner** · 11-08-2006, 12:11 PM

You're still here?

What a douchebag.

**AdironRider** · 11-08-2006, 12:13 PM

I still think this whole ordeal was way overblown. OMG someone got free skis and I should have, wahhhhhhh. You sound like 5 and 7 year old siblings crying over who should get a present from mommy.

Sure Stormchaser was wrong, he deserved the public humiliation, but all this talk about lawyers, refunds, sueing shows how petty people can be.

**TeleHoar** · 11-08-2006, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Rontele

, it is the actions that speak louder than the words.

Regardless, they will still be drowned out by the speaker helmet.

Nice post K-storm.

**Mtn Man** · 11-08-2006, 12:21 PM

I, for one, am glad to see that you two are working this thing out and seeing a public apology. You're definitely not going to convince all the maggots that you're 100% truthful, ever. But I know that you'll make it right in the end and eventually start to earn people's respect again. Hell, it took balls just to post this up and send the stuff out.

Now where the hell is the EC snow!?!

B)