SNOWBOARDING LESSON

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

I started the new year off right by hightailing it to the Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Resort a mere half mile from our cabin. I finally took the plunge and took a bold step to try something new and maybe even dangerous. I’m such a girlie-girl it’s about time I challenge myself and go forth into the unknown territory of my psyche. I have always been the bench warmer when it comes to doing anything athletic. I can see me now, sitting on the bench at Hydleberg Park keeping the bench warm for the rest of my 6th grade Cabrini Knights softball team. Game after game never too good to play, oh, the coach did let me hit the ball once in awhile and I was always at practice but never really good enough to play.

I signed up for my snowboarding lessons-I selected the 1-2-3 $99 lessons which includes three lessons, equipment rental and chair lift tickets. It was a cold morning, no sunshine the temperature gauze read 10 degrees. I slowly peeled into my snow gear–if only I could always wear this bulky attire -no one will tease me now for being so skinny(: I feel fat and I like it. I took the beginning snowboarding lessons there were 10 people in my class and from the looks of them 8 were under the age of 8.

My instructor was your typical snowboarding dude

One hotti of a snowboarder. I tend to get really nervous when there is a handsome guy in my mist, and the fact that my goggles were starting to fog up didn’t help me maintain my composer. The first thing I learned was about how to post ion your feet on the board. The foot that kicks a ball should be positioned at the tail because it is your dominate foot. If your dominate foot is more comfortable at the head of the board then you would be considered “goofy” footed. I tried it both ways -I don’t think I’m goofy. We than covered the mechanics of the board, rules of the mountain–he mentioned that skiers have the right away? We practiced with one foot out of the binding and pretended we were inching our way up to the chair lift. Did I mentioned I’m terrified about using the chair lift.

to be continued later