The media world never seems to tire of first person stories about old dogs trying new tricks. In this installment of that premise, the New York Times sends Harry Hurt III, a 57-year-old “executive” to Lake Placid to take up that rabble-rousing sport of snowboarding. You know, like the kids are doing. And you know, it’s like they speak a completely different language.
Despite my losing battles against age and gravity, I eventually remained upright long enough to experience a few fleeting moments of extreme joy. On Day 2, I put together a sequence of toe turns and heel turns that lasted about 100 yards. On Day 3, something possessed me to attempt a trick known as stomping the box. The box was an eight-foot-long plastic-topped girder that resembled a sidewalk curb. I was supposed to stomp on my board with downward weight pressure so that it remained flat. On my third and final attempt, I rode seven feet along the box before I did a Superman.
Figures.
[Link: New York Times]
