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I really don’t know what else I could say about it. There was this sense of impending doom that I was feeling and experiencing when I called them up two weeks ago, I lost one of their banners and had waited quite the time before calling them (about two months). Well they got back to me today and were really in an excited mood, apparently they heard through the grapevine somewhere about how the event went and were even more impressed with me then they were prior to this year.

We talked for about fifteen minutes about the event and I received my unexpected praises from him and the rest of the staff, thanking me for how easy I made the event and for everything that I’m doing for the scene here in the Midwest. We talked about their involvement next year and it sounds like they are thinking about really upping the ante that is really exciting for me. My aspirations for this event are finally starting to be sensed along with my ability to pull it off. I think that next year I will really surprise more and more people, and it will be interesting to see how my college reacts to my endeavors that I’ve hence committed myself to.

Basically what I’m going to do is propose a full out event push from freeskier, including magazine advertisements and a print of the article from this season and one on the event from next year. Really pushing our relationship further then it’s been in the past. Speaking of that I haven’t written an article for them in 18 months, I should really do that.

Take Care and God bless,
~paul

Last night after the final crossroads (I’m gonna miss seeing all of you every other week) I went down to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport to pick my dad up, after going to Seattle on business and to visit my brother Ryan at UW - Seattle. I really didn’t know when he was due in, either 9:20 or 9:50, so I got down there and tried to find a place to park. I got off on post road and went down to fort snelling but there wasn’t anything there so I went the other way and found a lot on the west side of the road that faced the airport so I pulled in there. After turning the car off I put on some music and just sat there waiting for my dad to call me, and that’s when it happened.

Something that you almost never see, One after the other in rapid fire they took off. Five F-16 Hornets took off right in front of me. They all had their afterburners on full and just flew past, they left the ground about 400 yrds north of me and the blasted south turning down their engines just after they past me. One after the other, just as one would turn down their afterburners the next would be roaring down the runway and taking off. It was truly a treat to witness, and even more so at night when the afterburners where white and blue cones emitting from the back of each jet. Wow that was so cool, I’m still not over it. The strength you could feel from those planes was amazing, and very humbling at the same time. I was really lucky to see that.

Take care and God bless,~paul prins