Message #7970

[jim-ratliff]

Todd:? ditto, and we have something else in common.? I have heard from a reputable source that the lift workers watched for you to come down the hill last year at Sol Vista, even gave you a nickname.? I had that honor at Winter Park one afternoon as well.? I skied down to the lift, came to a complete stop next to my son, and then proceeded to do a slow motion fall.? The lifties were still laughing by the time I got to the chair, and they continued to smile good-naturedly the rest of the afternoon.? I think my nickname was something like klutz; I suppose that's not a positive like "carver"?

That also may have been the day my son said "you know, dad, at your age you may not get any better."? That comment is what started me on a search that led to Lito Tejada-Flores and then to Harald.? Lo and behold, the first thing Harald's book emphasized was BALANCE.