ARMA’s Matt Ladley qualified 2nd in his heat yesterday in Copper Mountain for this years US Grand Prix Of Snowboarding. This comes as a surprise to many as 2 days before his qualifying run Ladley took a serious fall breaking his wrist. Basically Matt is a stallion when compared to the rest of the young bucks he’s competing against as It takes some serious focus, determination and confidence to go out and compete with 1 plate and 13 fresh pins pulsating in your wrist. All of of us here at ARMA want to congratulate Matt on qualifying 2nd and stacking those TTR points that he needed for the Snowboard World Championships in Oslo, Norway.

Below you’ll find a first hand story pulled form Matt’s new website of what exactly he went through while dealing with his broken wrist… [Read more...]