Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about my past.
Avalanche Area. That was the name of the run, I guess. You see, my friend and I used to go skiing in an area called Courchevel. And by the way, the ski run wasn’t called “Avalanche Area.” It was an actual avalanche area! My friend was crazy, but I followed him blindly everywhere. I was like the little brother. We used to windsurf into open ocean, ski down avalanche areas. It was crazy, but it was fun. I used to go with my friend and his family to Courchevel every winter. We had a great time. I’ll give you an idea of what my friend was like:
One time we were windsurfing in the ocean. We were out pretty far. He did a high speed turn and headed back to the beach. As he went past me, mind you, I was following him, he yelled, “Watch out! There’s a school of sharks!” Well, of course I freaked out. Every peak and every wave I looked at I thought I saw a fin. I did the most careful turn I could and headed back to the beach. Now, getting back to the beach was tough. I had to go upwind in one run. Plus, the waves were huge, so my timing had to be precise. Of course, the last minute of my approach to the beach was not precise. I got rolled pretty bad by a big wave. I got washed up on shore with all my gear, coughing up water. My friend walked over to me and said, “Did you see the sharks?” I replied “No.” He said, “That’s because there were none.” He was getting me back for a trick I played on him with a big spider. We were always playing jokes on each other.
Last I heard, my friend moved to an area called Byron Bay in Australia. That’s a great place. Great surfing and windsurfing. There’s giant sea turtles, sharks, dolphins. It’s a paradise. Nice place to move to. I should give my friend a call. Next time I’ll tell you about the big spider. It was about the size of my hand. It was a real one actually. Not fake. I never heard a grown man scream like a ten year old girl.
Love and miss you guys.
Love, B. Nice
P.S. The kid behind us in the drawing is my friend’s son. One of the funniest things I ever saw was my friend towing his son on a boogie board while he was on a windsurfer. They were going about twenty knots, which is fast for somebody on the water. I never heard a small ten year old kid scream like an adult.
P.P.S. The image of the guy in the snow drift is another friend of ours who couldn’t ski or snowboard very well.