Snowboarding

A few weeks ago I went snowboarding for the first time.. well it was more like snow tumbling.Last week I made up a new winter sport. I call it, snow tumbling. That is,  I spent more time on my bum than I did standing on the board.

To be fair, the day we went, it had been snowing for about 3 days and the snow was so soft and powdery that it felt like falling on a cloud, however, it made it difficult as the board kept sinking into the fresh snow.

The kiddies hill that I would have used to practice and hone my skills was just unusable because of how deep the snow was and the fact that the hill isn’t at all steep enough to get any speed, so I was FORCED to go up to the top of the really big hill in the chair lift which froze my face off!

Now THIS hill WAS steep and I picked up so much speed…..but then I would get scared and jump down into the snow. I guess I did learn 2 useful skills, how to stop and how to stand back up.

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Last week I went snowboarding again, this time with Matt and the weather was a lot better so we could use the kiddie’s hill. Matt walked me down holding my hand and tried to teach me about stopping and using my heels and toes to steer. After about 2 or 3 hours I was a lot better than when I first started and Matt was quite proud.

(Photos to come.. having computer difficulties :)