I've struggled with my skiing this summer, worst I've skied in 15 years. Could be the new boat, could be an adjustment to Zero Off, could be the new ski, could be new bindings, yada, yada, yada. But more than likely it's just me.
Finally got some coaching from a lake neighbor early last week and immediately showed signs of improvement. Felt good, got excited about skiing again! And then a day later... SLAP!... took the nastiest out the front fall that I can remember and ended up with one painful ear.
Went to our GP the next morning and he said the eardrum looked traumatized and noticed blood behind eardrum, and to take a few weeks off. But since this was my right ear (and I only have a 20% range of hearing in my left ear) I set up an appt. with an Ear/Nose/Throat guy.
Saw the ENT on Monday and he confirmed the perforation; a pretty good sized hole from the pressure of the fall. He estimates recovery time, if it can heal itself, of 1-3 months. If it's not corrected itself after 3 months we'll then discuss scheduling a Tympanoplasty (patching of the hole).
So in a split second my ski season is over, no one to blame but myself. It was just absolute stupidity on my part to push for that 'one more' buoy. I was waaaay too late, pulled waaaay too long, waaaaay too much speed, got over the front to slam on the brakes, and there ya go.
Now I'm going to spend the rest of the summer pulling my son on his new passion, trick skiing. Perhaps I'll take that up next summer, the falls don't look too bad. :smile: