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I’ve been lucky enough to get into the Banked Slalom two years in a row. With a crazy tight lottery ’system’ getting in two times in a row is highly unlikely. Prior to getting in i’d applied for like 5 years straight. I’d pretty much given up hope and just assumed that the whole operation was run by a bunch of flakey stoners.

Well som’bitch, i got on the Waiting List this year. Holy Ef! Im #8 on the list, so i just need to take out 8 people and im in! I noticed a bunch of friends on the ‘Didn’t Make it In‘ list. Bummer dudes…keep applying.

A couple of my friends–Darin and Clem both applied. Darin got in and Clem didn’t. Funny thing is Clem did the slalom last year and didn’t think he did good enough to make the cut for this year. But he’s on the Top Finishers list and didn’t even know it–which means he’s in this year. Bastard.

A few years back i was up at the Mt Baker Banked Slalom with a bunch of friends. Clem and Darin both were in the Slalom, i was just there to heckle them and drink beer. One of the days we were sitting down at the White Salmon lodge drinking some beer in the sun when some guy came up to us and asked if he could ask us some questions about snowboarding, avalanches and safety.

The guy ended up being an author of a book i read in college that had a part in it about the elementary school i went to as a kid–weird. Anyways, check the article below. It’s basically about how avalanche deaths are on the rise, Craig Kelly and snowboarding. The article quotes myself and Darin a few times. I’d say it mis-quotes me. Evidently i worshiped Craig Kelly.

Hmm…

NY Times Article