Craig and Chuck- Well, here’s to happy healing for both your ACL repairs. I know how bad it sucks. But, you’ll be on your boards with a big smile next season 🙂 Until then, hopefully our blog can provide you with a bit of entertainment 🙂

Chuck- That’s a tough question to answer. This whole season has been about progressing toward feeling better and more confident on my skis after ACL reconstruction, which I had done in March, 2009. At first, I started out on groomers in October. By December, I was touring in the backcountry. By January, I was generally skiing everything I wanted to ski. However, I’m not skiing 100% this year. I sometimes still get pain in my knee, especially in hard-packed, icy, or breakable crust conditions. Because of this, my skiing is a bit “guarded”. After my first ACL reconstruction (other knee) 12 years ago, it was much the same for the first ski season. Then, the second ski season, I came back 110%, because the pain finally went away. I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen this time around.