Replying to My 5000th post, what do i have to say?

this is my 5000th post on newschoolers. i started here in 2001 when the website was little more than harvey's buddies and a lame blue tailgrab silhouette logo. since then ive seen a lot of skiing and ive done a lot of skiing. I'm gonna be 24 on saturday which means when i started skiing a lot of you were still in preschool or diapers. even though im still relatively young, im kind of a vet for freeskiing and park skiing and heres what i have learned in case you care. ski for yourself, not for sponsors, not for that 900 youve been trying forever not to impress your friends or some girl, ski for you. its the only thing ive ever done that can be 100% for me and yet somehow not selfish. if you arent the best dont sweat it as long as you are having fun. my best trick is a touch grab 5 or a 270 onto a box and ive been practicing since the ski patrol made me wreck little kickers i would build. it doesnt matter. you gotta realize that a 360 isfucking impressive even if a kangaroo flip is more impressive. Make friends skiing and keep them, they are the best friends ive ever had and they always hook it up when you need it. I've been injured a lot...14 broken bones and 4 surgeries (the most recent being acl reconstruction on friday) but i never let it scare me or get me down because if you let skiing get away then its your loss, ive seen it happen a couple times to good people (Hunter Biles for those who know him). Oh and for those of you who do, stop whining, talking shit or otherwise being a little bitch because outside of the park no one cares if you have this years lines and some other kid is still rocking concepts. for that matter outside of the park no one cares if you can throw a sick ass switch 7 double grab. finally, practice and ski as much as you can and if your lucky and your parents help you do that, then thank them a lot. that is all, have fun.