Misadventures on a Halfpipe

I went skiing last Friday. Loved it. Had and interesting experience though. Parker thought it'd be fun to take a ride down the halfpipe. yeah, that thing right there -->

Of course I went, it's a matter of man-pride, the anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better mentality that exists between guys. Parker went first, making sure not to get too much speed. The last thing he needed was to get in a wreck. Then it was my turn. I started down the trail, had a perfect drop into the pipe. Checked my speed and made the first turn. Checked my speed again and made the second turn, letting myself go a little faster. Made the third turn and made a big mistake. I didn't slow down at all. All I remember is facing the 20 foot giant straight on going what felt very fast.

I know what you're thinking...of course I didn't make it, haha. I just remember all of a sudden staring up at the twinkling stars in the sky. What happened? I got air. Not much, but apparently enough. I got up and started looking for my detached skis. Found one, but the other wasn't anywhere to be found. I thought it might have ended up further down the pipe, as that can happen if the ski ends up parallel to the hill. Nope, it wasn't there. Three guys were walking along the top of the halfpipe. Come to think of it, I could turn this into one of those fabled three Nephite stories. One of them yelled down to me, "aren't you glad we're up here?". Next thing I know he throws my ski down to me. It was on top of the halfpipe. How did it get there? The only way I can think it happened is when I got air, the back end of my ski got caught on the lip causing me to take a tumble and have my ski get stuck on top.

Well I managed to get both skis back on and headed down the rest of the slope. Oh, the entire time I was putting my skis back on people are dodging me cause I'm completely in the way.

I pulled up to where Parker was waiting and he was laughing a riot. The worst part is I totally didn't learn anything. I didn't get hurt in any way, so I wanted to do it again.

Don't worry, I didn't.