And buy the way guys, thanks for the support. I didn't really expect to be flamed too hard. This board has always been really cool and sympathetic to riders woes. I have had a few months to absorb it all, and it is easier to laugh at now. In my grandios invincible riding days I wouldn't be so at ease with it, but to be honest $1500 seems like chump change now for repairs.. not so much when I was 25. Plus my pride wouldn't have let me joke about it. Being older, wiser and way more cautious now, is what stung so much about it. I used to ride like a frikkin maniac. And I am one of the few people I know that have actually truly tempted fate at the top end. So going down at 30 instead of 300 was what is ironic about it. But I definitely feel I got the longer end of that stick.
To answer a few questions. I was wearing jeans, and a jacket with a spine protector that took a good amount of the damage. The titanium is worn down pretty good, but I feel it was a huge factor in preventing a spinal injury. And normally a crash at that speed dopesn't cause that amount of bodily damage, but concrete corners on curbs can especially when you get high sided. I gues the true moral of the story is regardless of age, or experience, you always have to be heads up. And aware of road conditions. If I picked it up in June I wouldn't be typing this, I should have been a little more on the ball.