Whats with the ------- Karma

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BradGeiger

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What up NS,

I am in the middle of another sleepless night on pain killers and I just wanted to comment on a couple of hostile NSrs thowing ----- karma at me for my overshoot and near death accident at Windells. I already wrote something like this in another threade, but I am hella bored and I think what I have to say is important enough to make a new threade about it.

I agree that my accident at Windells was a consequence of a bad decision on my part. We were up there to through and Evolution Tour event and the part was closed the whole time we were up there. It opened the morning after the event. We had to leave that day to make it back for the SLC tour event on the 9th, so we only had a couple of hours to ride. Unfortunatly the conditions were bad. It was flat light, icy, and all around bad conditions. My freinds tried to talk me out of it, but I did not want to leave without hitting it. I am 31 years old, I have a beautiful wife and a 2 year old son. As sketchy as the situation was, getting hurt as bad as I did was the last thing I thought could happen. I definatly let my desire to hit the jump cloud my better judgement.

Regarding my choice to throw a double front. When it comes to hitting big jumps, I am just more comfortable going inverted than I am straight airing. Fronts are my lockdown trick so that is why I did it. I was not trying to show off or be wreckless. They are just comfortable for me.

Skiing is not a sport to me. It is a culture, a lifestyle, and a state of mind. For me it is all about pushing it and progressing, and I do not have fun unless I am pushing myself. My family and freinds worry about how agressive I ski, but it is what makes me happy, and I will ski with this state of mind until I am done.

I have had a couple of NSrs call what I did wreckless and dumb. I have been told what skiing is.

Skiing and snowboaring means something different to each of us, and we should not lable what it is for other people. To some it is all about rails, or jumps, or switch, or backcountry, or park. To some of us it is simply a release from problems at home. To some skiing is life, and we should respect eachothers individual views of it.

I had a long conversation in the middle of the night with Tim Windell the night before my accident, and we talked about all kinds of things. We talked about what Windells is all about. It is a place for kids from all over the world to get together and celebrate life. It is a place to be open to new ideas and find our own meaning for why we ride. It is not a place to put up walls to possibilities, or force points of view on eachother. Tim has created a very special place and he will have left a huge mark on the world when he is gone. I hope Windells never stops sending kid home stoked on life.

Some time ago I found my reason to ride, and it is mine. It is OK with me if you don't agree with my reason, and I will never bash what it means to anyone else.

If all of you ride for yourself and your own reasons, you will never leave the mountain having a bad day. Shit, I almost died that day at Windells, but I still had a great time and can't waite to go back.

I hope everyone finds their own reason, and when you do... Charish it and dont appologize for it.

Keep Progressing,

Brad Geiger
 
I would be giving you karma now after that post, but i already gave you 10.

I say its stupid to hate on other skiers of the same type, we are all brothers in a way. Remember back to the first lift up after a dumping overnight and its all fresh powder, everyone getting on the lift with you is hooting an hollering, thats because we all hold a passion for the same thing, skiing.
 
only reason i could think of is you keep bombarding the forum with comments and new threads about yourself. all your posts have been about your accident, how your a tour manager, or claiming that your on real powerful painkillers.

seems like your talking an awful lot about yourself to me, pretty much trying to claim everything that happened

in saying that, it'seach to their own. i havent ever tocuhed the karma button. you can do and say what you want, and for a seppo to start blowing his own horn, nothing surprises me
 
worrying about your karma ratings just silly, NS is full of kids who always think that they're right about absolutely everything, and they'll take away karma if you don't agree with them and probably won't go to too much bother to give you karma if you do. its just another thing for them to hunt instead of posts, because that was wasting so much forum space with kids posting single letters and periods to increase their post count and therefore make them cool. i completely agree with your thread though, nothing seems like a particularly bad idea until it all turns to shit, i know that all too well. good luck with the recovery dude, wish i could give you a rating higher than ten but hey. just remember karmas more than an internet thing, douchebags always get whats coming eventually, and no doubt all the kids that hated on you will get a bad injury some day, its inevitable, and go through the same NS bullshit you have
 
I am so embarassed that I have come accoss as self serving. I only talk about who I am when I make comments because I don't like to hide when I make a statement. I have also make reference to the tour alot because I love it, and want to see it continue to grow.

I know that I talk alot about my accident and the pain killers. I have been getting a ton of messages and call and I just want my buddies to know how I am doing. I also have some friend worried about me because of the Oxycotin. I am just trying to get some info. Pain Killer freak me out. I have lost several freinds, and I am sure more of you have.

I am so sorry that I have come accross cocky.

Brad Geiger
 
EHeath,

I agree that you should not take negative comments to personal and I dont. But when a Windells coach makes statements that go against what Windells is all about, I think it should be adressed.

I don't know who it is but he made claims to be a coach. I don't expect everyone to like what I did, but this comment was abnormally out of line. I still can't walk and could have died, and he said that my actions were a bad example to the kids who saw it because I overshot and did a double front on my first jump. That is what upset me.

I am all about supporting the young skiers and snowboarder out there. It was a cheap shot.
 
I could not agree more Brad. I saw the photo. I can't believe its real. For those of you looking for it. It is on the thread about Windells.
 
"Skiing is not a sport to me. It is a culture, a lifestyle, and a state

of mind. For me it is all about pushing it and progressing, and I do

not have fun unless I am pushing myself. My family and freinds worry

about how agressive I ski, but it is what makes me happy, and I will

ski with this state of mind until I am done. "

great write up...but karma works in mysterious way...good luck with the rehab
 
Thanks for clearing that up. But then again, kids on NS aren't too serious on their bashing; just a rule of thumb. +karma to you for speaking your mind on here. Oh, and I don't think that you sound too full of yourself.
 
I haven't touched your karma and rarely use it, but I definately can agree with the first paragraph a ton.
 
brad, what up man. truth is, over half the kids on this site wouldn't have the balls to even straight air that jump, thats just how ns is.. and even more kids on the site dont know you from the tours.. its a lame saying but haters gotta gate.. i saw the picture of you over the nole of the jump in that other thread and thats fucking insane dude. i hope you heal up back to your normal self again. but fuck the karma system on ns.. you've got all the karma you need in real life, which shows after even surviving a fall like that.

by the way, you know me from the tours as "texas red"
 
dont worry man, karma on this site is so fuckin stupid. it has no real life application and whatever you did, youre the one who had to deal with the blunt end of the decision. live it up though
 
be careful with what you say. that karma transfers over into reality and will come back to haunt you. LOLZZZ
 
no hate on you, but I think it is quite true that it is not the best example doin a dub front, on first hit,on a icy day, no matter if you overshoot it or not. It is just not really intelligent and just asks for a crash.

There are so many kids out there who are influenced in their skiing so easy, especially at camp. I hope for you that you get better soon and know what struggle it is to have a bad injury. Hope you can continue to skiing soon and maybe watch out a bit to stay healthy.
 
9 thread.

With all due respect, it may be the sheer number of threads you have made about your accident that is getting you negative karma ratings on the site.

I personally have not touched your karma, but you have made 9 threads in the past few days, all of them talking about your accident.

Some people may regard this as bragging and respond negatively regarding it. Just keep that in mind.

And at the same time, with your age, you should know enough to not be bothered by a few clicks of the mouse on the internet.
 
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There is one thing that pisses me off about that image.

It is almost entirely in capitals, except the "I".

I just cannot get past that.
 
maybe he just had cum stains all over his screen like i have on mine and thought they were mini i's

 
i don't agree with that. i can see where its coming from, but i don't agree with that statement. just because some kid(s) saw you overshoot while doing a double fronty (dude you got balls) doesn't mean that they should just got balls to the wall and just huck everything. every mono skier needs take responsibility for their own actions and decide what they want to do. you did what you felt comfortable with, and shit happened. life rolls on. get well soon bud
 
Oh my.

Why the fuck does it look lowercase at a quick glance?

I'm getting more retarded as I get older.
 
i agree with your post however you contradicted your self in your firts paragraph by basically apologizing for writing this thread, and you later go on to talk about not being ashaimed or apologing for what you say, or how you ski... just thought that was interesting
 
BVK,

I think you misread it. His appology was for writting another threade about his accident. He admitts his decision to jump under bad contitions was a mistake. He is not appolizing for the way he skis. I give him huge props for what he did.
 
haha yah, way to much credit.

What he did was his choice, it seems to have been a poor one but it was his alone.

Does NS have feelings? Sounds like this guy ate shit and now hes getting shit from everyone? Maybe if he hit an endangered bird while in flight, or ripped a hole in the ozone with his edges you could be pissed. Im sure if what he did was so dumb his injury is punishment enough.

And as far as calling him self centered. look at NS! Half the threads on there are about what you should wear while skiing, or who is doing whats cool. I definitely couldn't exclude myself from all hip trends of the ski world. I will say, NS you need to humble yourself because your probably not as badass as you think you are.
 
karma is dumb dont worry about it dude, lets see these little pricks double front anything, and anyway, would doing a double front really be any worse landing than a straight air? noooo
 
Im not hating, but how could anyone possibly think it's safe to go for a double front first hit on any jump? especially one so large.

I hope this accident doesn't change the way you ski. But I really hope you take more precaution before you hit big jumps. Safety first man.

 
The fact is, it was just to icy to be hitting the big ones that day. It was extemely difficult to control your speed. We had been there the 2 previous days and the park had been closed. They finally opened the park that morning, and we had to leave that afternoon. I did not want to leave without hitting it. I let that desire cloud my better judgement. Hind sight is 20/20 though. A well.
 
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