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<center><img src="http://www.telemarktips.com/Resources/CB06e.jpg"></center><p>Help a brother out and maybe win some sweet gear shiz for your effort....
Wednesday night, March 29, 2006-- For 6 years now Telemarktips has been bringing the freeheel community entertaining video and reports from big mountain extreme freeskiing competitions held at resorts such as Crested Butte, Alpine Meadows, Brighton and others. Many thousands of us have enjoyed seeing some of the top tele athletes in the world challenge themselves as they go head to head . They have repeatedly put on one helluva show for us. Now one of them could use our help.
Eugene "E.J." Poplawski was seriously injured last Saturday during the Super Finals of the 10th Annual Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championships at Crested Butte, Colorado. One of just five competitors (out of a filed of 53 adult men) to make the Super Finals, E.J. put together a superb run down CB's infamous "Body Bag" at the Staircase venue. All day during the finals spectators watched as competitor after competitor launched the final mandatory 30 foot air at the bottom only to crater upon landing in the relatively tight trees. Finally, bib number 100, Dylan Crossman, the last athlete to run in the finals, nailed the landing, made the hard right turn at Mach speed and exited into the widely spaced aspens without falling. A photographer working behind me nodded knowingly and said, "only a New Englander could pull that one off, to Dylan that's a glade."
Only later did I find out that Salt Lake City/Little Cottonwood Canyon local E.J. Poplawski is, like Crossman, originally from Vermont. Looking back it's no wonder that E.J. was only the second person to launch that air and stick it. Though he landed cleanly on his edges, E.J. was betrayed by his equipment. Video shot by Tough Guy Productions crewmember Brian Howard later revealed that one of Poplawski's skis broke in two on impact, right in line with holes drilled to T-nut his bindings to the skis (left). E.J. was able to make that hard right turn on one ski, but when he tried to manuever through the aspen grove the broken ski caused him to careen into one of the larger trees.
Spectators who were screened off from seeing the actual impact by a stand
of pines said afterwards that they knew the collision had to of been a bad one by the way the visible top of the aspen tree shook. "It bent over so far it looked like it had been hit by a snowcat," said one.
Ski patrollers evacuated Poplawski off the hill and medical personnel eventually decided that he needed to be flown to Denver for treatment. Crested Butte is a long way from Denver, and by the time an aircraft could be made ready and before E.J. would get to the hospital on the order of six hours reportedly passed. Just before going under the knife for the first time Poplawski is said to have asked his doctor's, "will I ever be able to ski again?" Despite several attempts, surgeons were unable to reattach what was discovered to be a severed femoral artery.
Tragically, the medical team was forced to amputate E.J.'s leg below the knee on Monday. Earlier today the surgical team found it necessary to remove more of his leg, to a point some 12cm above the knee. Regular progress reports are being filed by friends and family in a thread on our Telemark Talk Forum.
E.J. Poplawski is one of us. He's like you and me and Big Tim, and everybody else.
Sure he competes and he does amazing things on tele skis, but above all else he's part of the tribe, and he got worked badly in about as public of a way as can happen in the freeheel world.
Today E.J. could use our help, both financially and emotionally. He is looking at a very long road back, and from what I have heard he is (understandably) very down. Who among us wouldn't be? Telemark skiing is his life, it's who he is. Many of his friends and acquaintances have no doubt that we will all ski again together someday, but right now E.J. is reportedly having a hard time believing this to be true.
We are asking you to help us lift a brother up. He has given to us, now it's our turn to give back.
We are family, it will be done.
Telemarktips/Weber Publishing has established a "Benevolent Account" in E.J.'s name at our local bank. A number of tele industry companies have already contacted us offering to donate gear as prizes for those who contribute to the E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund. ScottyBob Skis was the first to contact us--within minutes of us mentioning our plans on the Telemark Talk Forum. Our good friends there immediately offered to throw down a couple of pairs of skis, "at least," (their words).
Black Diamond Equipment has agreed to supply a pair of FlickLock Adjustable Poles, a Frenzy 28L pack, a NightRay headlamp, TeleKneesis Kneepads and more. Jackson Hole Wyoming-based 22 Designs has generously donated a pair of HammerHead bindings, as well as a pair of Tele Bulldogs. And we have a few R-8 Cobra bindings from Rottefella to give away too.
The Powderwhores have contributed a bunch of DVD copies of their critically acclaimed debut film PW05, and we have received commitments from others as well, including Cloudveil. All of this before we have even begun to solicit support! We will be adding more schwag to the prize pool in the coming days.
So here's the deal:
Donate $100 or more to the E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund and you will be included in a drawing for a pair of skis. $50 or more and you will be entered into a drawing for one of the many pairs of bindings we will be giving away. $25 or more and you will have a chance to win the BD Flicklock Poles or Frenzy pack.
Contributors of just $5 or more can win videos, a headlamp, kneepads and more. The first drawings for a pair of skis, HammerHead and Cobra bindings, the BD pack and the first round of DVDs will take place as soon as Monday, April 10th, 2006.
This and future drawings will be web-casted on TeleVision. Get your donations in early for the best odds of winning these most da kine prizes before the list of donors gets long!
Send checks made out to "FBO Eugene Poplawski," (FBO= For the Benefit Of..) to the following address:
E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund
Telemarktips.com/Weber Publishing
3 San Bittern Lane, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Deposits can also be made directly into the "FBO Eugene Poplawski/AKA E.J." account at Washington Mutual, Branch #915, 24085 El Toro Rd. Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The bank is supposed to notify us of any such direct deposits but if you want to make sure you are entered into the drawings it would probably be best to use the Telemarktips World Headquarters address. Please let us know if you would rather have your donation listed anonymously.
Wednesday night, March 29, 2006-- For 6 years now Telemarktips has been bringing the freeheel community entertaining video and reports from big mountain extreme freeskiing competitions held at resorts such as Crested Butte, Alpine Meadows, Brighton and others. Many thousands of us have enjoyed seeing some of the top tele athletes in the world challenge themselves as they go head to head . They have repeatedly put on one helluva show for us. Now one of them could use our help.
Eugene "E.J." Poplawski was seriously injured last Saturday during the Super Finals of the 10th Annual Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championships at Crested Butte, Colorado. One of just five competitors (out of a filed of 53 adult men) to make the Super Finals, E.J. put together a superb run down CB's infamous "Body Bag" at the Staircase venue. All day during the finals spectators watched as competitor after competitor launched the final mandatory 30 foot air at the bottom only to crater upon landing in the relatively tight trees. Finally, bib number 100, Dylan Crossman, the last athlete to run in the finals, nailed the landing, made the hard right turn at Mach speed and exited into the widely spaced aspens without falling. A photographer working behind me nodded knowingly and said, "only a New Englander could pull that one off, to Dylan that's a glade."
Only later did I find out that Salt Lake City/Little Cottonwood Canyon local E.J. Poplawski is, like Crossman, originally from Vermont. Looking back it's no wonder that E.J. was only the second person to launch that air and stick it. Though he landed cleanly on his edges, E.J. was betrayed by his equipment. Video shot by Tough Guy Productions crewmember Brian Howard later revealed that one of Poplawski's skis broke in two on impact, right in line with holes drilled to T-nut his bindings to the skis (left). E.J. was able to make that hard right turn on one ski, but when he tried to manuever through the aspen grove the broken ski caused him to careen into one of the larger trees.
Spectators who were screened off from seeing the actual impact by a stand
of pines said afterwards that they knew the collision had to of been a bad one by the way the visible top of the aspen tree shook. "It bent over so far it looked like it had been hit by a snowcat," said one.
Ski patrollers evacuated Poplawski off the hill and medical personnel eventually decided that he needed to be flown to Denver for treatment. Crested Butte is a long way from Denver, and by the time an aircraft could be made ready and before E.J. would get to the hospital on the order of six hours reportedly passed. Just before going under the knife for the first time Poplawski is said to have asked his doctor's, "will I ever be able to ski again?" Despite several attempts, surgeons were unable to reattach what was discovered to be a severed femoral artery.
Tragically, the medical team was forced to amputate E.J.'s leg below the knee on Monday. Earlier today the surgical team found it necessary to remove more of his leg, to a point some 12cm above the knee. Regular progress reports are being filed by friends and family in a thread on our Telemark Talk Forum.
E.J. Poplawski is one of us. He's like you and me and Big Tim, and everybody else.
Sure he competes and he does amazing things on tele skis, but above all else he's part of the tribe, and he got worked badly in about as public of a way as can happen in the freeheel world.
Today E.J. could use our help, both financially and emotionally. He is looking at a very long road back, and from what I have heard he is (understandably) very down. Who among us wouldn't be? Telemark skiing is his life, it's who he is. Many of his friends and acquaintances have no doubt that we will all ski again together someday, but right now E.J. is reportedly having a hard time believing this to be true.
We are asking you to help us lift a brother up. He has given to us, now it's our turn to give back.
We are family, it will be done.
Telemarktips/Weber Publishing has established a "Benevolent Account" in E.J.'s name at our local bank. A number of tele industry companies have already contacted us offering to donate gear as prizes for those who contribute to the E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund. ScottyBob Skis was the first to contact us--within minutes of us mentioning our plans on the Telemark Talk Forum. Our good friends there immediately offered to throw down a couple of pairs of skis, "at least," (their words).
Black Diamond Equipment has agreed to supply a pair of FlickLock Adjustable Poles, a Frenzy 28L pack, a NightRay headlamp, TeleKneesis Kneepads and more. Jackson Hole Wyoming-based 22 Designs has generously donated a pair of HammerHead bindings, as well as a pair of Tele Bulldogs. And we have a few R-8 Cobra bindings from Rottefella to give away too.
The Powderwhores have contributed a bunch of DVD copies of their critically acclaimed debut film PW05, and we have received commitments from others as well, including Cloudveil. All of this before we have even begun to solicit support! We will be adding more schwag to the prize pool in the coming days.
So here's the deal:
Donate $100 or more to the E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund and you will be included in a drawing for a pair of skis. $50 or more and you will be entered into a drawing for one of the many pairs of bindings we will be giving away. $25 or more and you will have a chance to win the BD Flicklock Poles or Frenzy pack.
Contributors of just $5 or more can win videos, a headlamp, kneepads and more. The first drawings for a pair of skis, HammerHead and Cobra bindings, the BD pack and the first round of DVDs will take place as soon as Monday, April 10th, 2006.
This and future drawings will be web-casted on TeleVision. Get your donations in early for the best odds of winning these most da kine prizes before the list of donors gets long!
Send checks made out to "FBO Eugene Poplawski," (FBO= For the Benefit Of..) to the following address:
E.J. Poplawski Benefit Fund
Telemarktips.com/Weber Publishing
3 San Bittern Lane, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Deposits can also be made directly into the "FBO Eugene Poplawski/AKA E.J." account at Washington Mutual, Branch #915, 24085 El Toro Rd. Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The bank is supposed to notify us of any such direct deposits but if you want to make sure you are entered into the drawings it would probably be best to use the Telemarktips World Headquarters address. Please let us know if you would rather have your donation listed anonymously.
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