Damage, Inc.

Last weekend, I thought I killed the snowboard I bought earlier this year. It was a real bummer to see the base blistering and the rail popping out. Wendy suggested that maybe I should buy cheaper rides if I'm going to destroy one every season. My argument was that if I snowboard that way, I need decent ones...

Here are some of the boards I've killed over the years:


Santa Cruz Asymetrical 158. This is from the era before twin-tips, etc. Doesn't the damage look like something the Cavity Creeps might have done?


Sims "Stonehenge" 161. I popped the rail of this board that I bought off my friend Bret. This actually might be fixable, but it was pretty flat by then, anyway.


Burton Custom 158. No rail damage, but somehow I made a gaping hole all the way to the base. I tried to P-tex it, to no avail. Now it looks like a cancerous lung.

Luckily, the guys at Wave Rave were able to fix my Burton Malolo 158 for pretty cheap. Conflict averted. I don't know what I would have done if I had to buy another one...