Monday, 23 January 2006
Progress
I managed a 3 hour snowboarding session this evening no more worse for the wear.
Tonight I played around on a few of the jumps that were scattered around the face of the mountain. One of those resulted in a nice shoulder tweak as I steadied myself after going into a turn right after landing the jump ... but that's nothing a heating pad and some Advil can't fix. I also made my way into the "terrain park" where there were a few handrails and some benches setup. I'll save the handrail work for another day, but I did manage 3 50-50s on the flat bench. And then there was what I called the "shelf". It was at the split between a part of a trail going downhill and one staying at the same level where they split. Hence, a shelf was created which was maybe 4 - 6 ft in dropoff. Of course I tried that a couple of times, but there wasn't enough fresh snow to make landing all that cushy. I did manage one spectacular 360 spin wipeout on my last run of the evening. I was traveling too fast, popped over a bump, and didn't manage to control myself over the next small bump. The best part of it all is I can laugh at myself, pick myself up, and say, "OK, next time don't do that."
I hadn't even stepped on a snowboard until mid-February 2005.
Progress. Yes, progress.
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