Snowboarding has been a sport that has always fascinated me, even before I ever tried it out. I actually stumbled across my first chance to snowboard in the winter of 2004 when my buddy, Cliff, offered to hand down his old snowboard to me.
Most beginner snowboarders start off with a rental board they get from the mountain or resort where they are skiing. Rental boards are typically a common name brand and are of average quality. In my case, I lucked out because I started off on my own board which was made by Burton, an upscale name brand of higher quality than rental boards.
Usually a beginner snowboarder starts with a snowboard lesson, but my first day was already planned out by my friends, all of who were experienced snowboarders. As I stared down the face of the expert slope at
My trial run at snowboarding was great! I ended up falling a lot, and I even took out a few people in the process; but, I walked away from the experience in one piece. I had such an adrenaline rush leaving the mountain that day, and I couldn't wait to get back on the slopes!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Trial Run: Seaason 1
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Snowboarding is one of the most entertaining Olympic events to watch.
ReplyDeleteMost of my experience with snowboarding comes from playing "Snowboard Kids" on my brother's N64 when we were little.
I would have been terrified to go down that hill, especially since the only time I went snowboarding, the instructor had to help me up a bunch, or I would have been embalmed in the snow.