5 Apr 10
Be first!
Obviously, I am a natural snowboarding talent
I have taken up snowboarding this year and while I certainly am bone headedly persistent I am without a doubt no natural talent. Don’t get me wrong, I am not completely inept, I can manage to zigzag my way down the slope but have some turning issues – to the left no prob – to the right (the famous toe turn) *KERBLAMMO* major faceplant!
I took a couple of lessons during my Easter vacation, the instructors were great! They were patient, kept the laughter to themselves (although I did see a chuckle or two on my most entertaining yoga like faceplants). And you know me, I aim to please so I provided them with faceplants aplenty!
The undeniably gorgeous Norwegian instructor gave me a private tour of the gondola engine house – thank you oh, skiing God (she says drooling in reminiscence)! I am though, particularly grateful to the Swedish instructor who held me tightly around the waist on the lift keeping me from falling. Who wouldn’t be happy to have a strong buff Swede holding one tightly around the waist with a T-bar between the legs. – Just sayin’
On Saturday I had my second lesson of the trip (above buff Swede with T-bar lift sequence), I met up with the rest of the group after my lesson about halfway down the slope, we (read they and I didn’t want to wimp out) decided to ski down. My fantastic friend Line stayed back with me as I sluggishly made my way down, she was pretty patient though I think she wanted to bail a couple of times. I was so exhausted by this point both hung-over and worn out from all the faceplants, that I just couldn’t keep up, not to mention that snowboarding in slush (I swear the same consistency of a Slush drink) is just not fun… It took me probably an extra hour to get down the slope, I took some ribbing from the others but I am extremely proud of myself.
WOW, I cannot believe that I have wasted so many years of Norgie winters, so many opportunities to provide entertainment for those around me and not to mention the joy of slowly learning a new skill! Prepare one and all for more excitement on the slopes!
