QUESTION OF THE DAY

Should there be a legal age limit for trampoliners (yeah, I made up the word, it’s cool)? Perhaps I should rephrase the question: Should a 30-year-old amateur male jumper with no prior experience be allowed to enter “the rink”?

Allow me to set the stage. Abe (sorry to divulge the name man, your secret’s already out) arrives at the Annual Summit Summer Party on Friday. It’s a classic Gorge afternoon at Craig’s backyard paradise hugging the Columbia River. Clients and fellow Summiteers, dirty from epic mountain bike/hike/kite board excursions, are enjoying food, drinks, conversation, etc. A few pulls off the old keg, a ray of light flashes on Craig's trampoline, a few more pulls.

Abe suddenly decides he's got something to contribute to the world. He bee-lines to “the rink”. He enters. Whoa. Let’s just say it’s an uneasy sight. When Head Honcho CEO Sabina (aka Flip-Master-Ex-World Class Mogul Skier Extraordinaire) is scared enough to jump in and play referee, things have headed south. We'll leave it at that. We love you Abe. Stick to the snowboarding. Winter is just around the corner.