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{weblog_name} - Matchstick Memories of Bryon Friedman
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For the greater part of his life, Park City, Utah native Bryon Friedman’s success as a member of the champion US Ski Team depended on how fast he could race down powdered mountains across the globe. Fame, rewards, recognition was achieved only when his body was pushed to extremes, at speeds that would make most pray for a rescue. That is the life of a professional athlete and the life of one at the top; the life that Friedman chose. But what happens when an athlete’s body breaks? What do you do when the only life you have known is put on the shelf? Only the strongest willed individuals can answer that, and find peace in their decision. So at a time where most athletes would sit hollow, and worried about what to do with the rest of their… read more