Well, to add to this amazing folly I was up at the cabin in Vivian Park up Provo canyon over Memorial Day weekend. There is a trail that goes from Vivian Park all the way down the canyon. I have ridden this trail many times on my longboard as it's a pretty easy ride and not too steep. It ended up being a ride that, well, also ended up in surgery. I feel dumb admitting that I was riding on a flat surface not going amazingly fast, but I ended up taking a pretty bad spill on that flat surface. I knew immediately that I had broken my right arm. It was some of the worst pain I had ever felt. I had to walk all the way back down the canyon in order to take a visit to the hospital. I was surprised that I didn't black out because I was so dizzy and light headed walking down because of my arm. At first glance from the X-Ray machine it looked like I had a simple radial head fracture since I couldn't even remotely move my arm for an x-ray at the time. Later on that week they took more x-rays and realized that not only was it fractured but that the bone was completely detached from the socket. That might explain why it hurt so bad all that time. My bone had been coming in and out of socket every time I had been moving it. I ended up going into surgery the next day and having 3 screws put in my right elbow. Surprisingly enough, I have not had to take 1 pain pill. I guess once the bone is back where it's supposed to be it ends up feeling a lot better. Not all the way better though, I still have physical therapy to go through which is never fun in the least. Perfect timing for something like this to happen as it's my favorite time of year (summer). Well, hopefully these next few months go well and I'll be back to new. Gotta love longboarding!!!
Fun rides like this down Mesa Falls in Idaho won't be happening ever again. Dang!