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Snowboarding is fun. Well, bunny hills with a snowboard are fun, and then your brother takes you on a green. first green is do-able but not quite fun. Second green is a pain in the ass because you have a board with a right foot lead instead of a left foot lead and your knee is screaming at you. so you fall down a lot.
Now falling on a snowboard is okay- yeah, your ass hurts after a while, but at least you can stop and it's not that hard to put yourself back together. Getting up is a total bitch, though. You have to use your arms to haul yourself up, basically (grab the board and pull with one hand, push off with the other), and avoid neighboring skiers while trying to keep from landing on your face again. God, I woke up this morning and my arms and my back were on fire or something.
Despite the discomforts, it wasn't that bad except that I held dan and loni up while struggling down tannenbaum. I felt bad about it and it was pretty embarrassing (they kept saying it was okay but still), but my knee was giving out under me, so..
I enjoy it, though, and it was fun. I just need more practice, and i think i might buy a cheap, used board online and go down to boston mills a couple times. though i might just rent stuff- sunday nights 5-9:30 are $28 for gear and lift ticket... ie cheap!
So no real wipe out stories this time around. sorry to disappoint!
Now falling on a snowboard is okay- yeah, your ass hurts after a while, but at least you can stop and it's not that hard to put yourself back together. Getting up is a total bitch, though. You have to use your arms to haul yourself up, basically (grab the board and pull with one hand, push off with the other), and avoid neighboring skiers while trying to keep from landing on your face again. God, I woke up this morning and my arms and my back were on fire or something.
Despite the discomforts, it wasn't that bad except that I held dan and loni up while struggling down tannenbaum. I felt bad about it and it was pretty embarrassing (they kept saying it was okay but still), but my knee was giving out under me, so..
I enjoy it, though, and it was fun. I just need more practice, and i think i might buy a cheap, used board online and go down to boston mills a couple times. though i might just rent stuff- sunday nights 5-9:30 are $28 for gear and lift ticket... ie cheap!
So no real wipe out stories this time around. sorry to disappoint!