Hockey Rhetoric

Are you a thrill seeker? I think I am. I’ve reached speeds on a snowboard so outrageous that if I were to have slipped and fallen, bones in my body would have broken like popsicle sticks. In physics, they call this terminal velocity. It was my perception, at those moments, that I could not possibly be going any faster. And perception is all that matters for now as I’m about to start talking about relative things like feelings and emotions. But getting back to snowboarding, think about the disconnect I must have had with the world around me to push myself to those speeds. I had no control of what the snow would be like in front of me. It’s ridiculous when you consider the danger I put myself in physically but I don’t regret it. I never actually injured myself while riding a snowboard (badly at least) but even if I had, I don’t think I would trade those memories or experiences or feelings or whatever you want to call them, for anything. I loved pushing myself to my emotional and physical extremes. I loved the rush I felt from reaching those speeds. » Read the rest of this entry «