I couldn't pass it up. So I helped Mitchell produce this incredible paper about a snowboarding trip he once had. Enjoy.
“Let’s do
this thing!” my cousin, Cody, and I shouted.
We were at
the top of an extremely tall mountain. There was a dense fog, so thick that you
could chew it. We couldn't even see our own hands. But that didn't stop us. We
were ready to tackle this mountain like never before.
With both
feet strapped tightly to my snowboard, I headed down the mountain. I was
traveling at an insane speed. Down the triple black diamond lift line trail we
headed. Cody was right behind me and I took the opportunity to show off.
I increased
my speed to a crazy insane speed to jump like a ninja. The ramp was getting
closer and I planned out my trick. I was going to do the unthinkable. For the
first time ever I was going to attempt the Jebberkiah. The Jebberkiah is a triple back flip with a
twist.
Right as I
reached the top of the ramp, I chickened out. I landed with nothing exciting
happening in the air. Cody caught up to me and immediately started laughing.
“You idiot,” he said. “You were supposed to do the Jebberkiah.”
I came back
with a smart-aleck comment saying, “I didn't see you do it, Cracker Jack.” I
kindly shoved him aside into a bush and took off.
Soon after,
we went into the trees. The wind was so bad we saw people being lifted off the
ground and thrown miles away. While in the trees, Cody challenged me again.
“You know,” he said “there is one more ramp before we get to the bottom. I bet
I can do the Jebberkiah before you.”
I didn't have time to respond. Cody was off like a bullet facing the deadly winds like a
madman. Not wanting to hurt my pride, I took even faster than a bullet; I took
off like a lightening bolt.
This time,
when I reached the top of the ramp, I didn't chicken out. I performed the
Jebberkiah like never before. Well, I would have, but instead I blinked.
Suddenly,
right after blinking, I couldn't see out of my right eye. I crashed. Into Cody,
who was waiting for me at the bottom of the ramp. He looked at me intently and
burst out laughing. He said, “Hey dork face, you know your eye is frozen shut,
right?”
“What?” I
asked. “It’s no wonder I couldn't see out of it. And here I thought I’d be
blind forever.”
Cody
laughed and took the opportunity to kindly shove me into a bush and speed off.
I climbed out of the bush and headed towards the lodge. I knew that there I
would be able to thaw my eye and hopefully regain my ability to see.
I took my
snowboard off and walked into the lodge, wondering why all the girls were
winking at me. Cody came up to me and said, “Don’t get too cocky, dork face.
Remember? Your eye is frozen shut.”
I laughed
and kindly shoved him into a table full of winking girls. They squealed like
pigs and ran off.
“Are you
going to fix your eye, or keep shoving me into things?” He said, brushing fries
and muffins off his pants.
I took my
glove off, reached up and CRACK! I could see.
The End.
