Sunday, May 18, 2008

Trip to The Solar Bowl -May 2008-Part 1

As usual the hospitality from "the Don" was great.
He was there waiting for us at noon with a smile on his face,even though he was dying from a serious hangover!I tried to give him a "hair of the dog" but he would'nt go for it.
We skated 2 sessions yesterday.
The first one for about and hour.It was a great session and Dan Booger Brown was killing it.

So we decided to take a break and fire up the grill.
We cooked up some bratwursts and the customary "stupid" chicken and then broke out the beer.The beer began to flow ...It went down well ...possibly too well even.
The second part of the crew started to arrive.
Justin and Jack drove down from Jax
Tom G. arrives from Palm Coast..
A heated session ensued..We were under the influence for the first few runs but then everyone started skating hard and pushing each other to go for it.Tom G. made everything look easy.
Everything was going well until I got a call from Marshall to come downstairs from the bowl and check out "The Don".It seems that Don injured his hand in a minor wipe out.It was obviously hurting him and looked like a simple dislocation.He asked me to try and pop it back in place for him ,I obliged but it wasnt happening.The bone just kept floating back out of place.Thats when we knew it was more serious.
So we decided to call it a day and get Don to a hospital...It was a bummer to end the day like that but it was the right choice.
As it turns out,his hand was broken (bone completely severed)and needs surgery.He is scheduled to go under the knife tomorrow.
Get well soon brother and thanks as always for your hospitality.




 

 

 

 
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