TA-DAH!

RIDING A MINIBIKE INTO A SNOWBANK AND FLYING OFF IS LOTS OF FUN. MAKING SURE YOU DON'T HURT YOURSELF WHEN LANDING IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA. LITLE DID I KNOW, HAVING ALL THIS FUN IN THE SNOW WOULD LATER PAY OFF DOWN THE ROAD......

ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO I WAS OUT RIDING WITH A BUDDY AFTER WORK. ITS WAS AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHEN BIKES ARE STARTING TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS. IDIOTS DRIVING AROUND LIKE KRAMER HAD COME THROUGH TOWN PAINTING COMFORT LANES ON ALL THE ROADS.

WE WERE COMING UPON A REAL BUSY INTERSECTION AND IT HAD A WHOLE LINE OF CARS WAITING TO TURN, WHICH ALSO COVERED UP MY LINE OF SIGHT OF WHAT WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE. I SLOWED DOWN SOME CAUSE I HAD A FEELING.....
AND MY FEELING WAS RIGHT!

OUT POPPED AND OLD LADY PULLING A U-TURN, RIGHT UNDER A NO U-TURN SIGN. WHEN SHE SAW TWO BIKES HEADING RIGHT FOR HER, SHE STOPPED LIKE A DEAR IN HEADLIGHTS. I HIT MY BRAKES BUT WASN'T STOPPING IN TIME, SLID DIRECTLY INTO THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR AND WENT UP AND OVER.

BUT I MANAGED TO WALK AWAY. IN FACT, I NEVER HIT THE GROUND. SOMEHOW I FLIPPED OVER THE CAR AND LANDED ON MY FEET. ONE SECOND IM RIDING, THEN NEXT, I'M WALKING. IN A DAZED DISBELIEF OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED, I WANDERED BACK AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR TO FIND MY BARS STUCKS THROUGH THE WINDOW HOLDING THE BIKE UP AND MY BUDDY GETTING UP OFF THE GROUND AFTER SLIDING OFF HIS BIKE.

ALL IN ALL, ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED, AND I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN SCREWING OFF ON A MINIBIKE HELPED ME TO WALK AWAY.

THAT AND MY CAT-LIKE REFLEXES-