Ode to the Larson Leap

Mr. Chucklehead broke two toes while on vacation. He and the other men in my immediate family decided that it would be a good idea to rehash the Bonzaii Waterslide Championship for the person who can make it up and over the slide the fastest.

Bonzaii Record 2006
Last summer MC won at 2.9 seconds. Of course you have to defend your title. So - up and over he went ...once, twice, three times the charm.

He limped over to me and said, "I think I jammed my toes."

5 days later we sat in the Orthopedic Surgeon's office and looked at x-rays of two fractured toes. The good news?

No surgery - Between a budding chiropractor, an avid soccer player and an outdoorsman they managed to properly tape the toes together. Taping them began the healing process so they didn't have to be rebroken and set again. There is no way to convey the relief in MC's face when he heard his toes wouldn't be rebroken. Imagine Guido in front of you with a sledghammer poised to crash down on the little piggy that ate roastbeef and the little piggy that had none.

Leap, slide...water surrounds the broken mess I call toes.
But it doesn't get better than keeping your Waterslide Crown.
All is worth the pain.