Sunday, March 1, 2009
Snowboarding
Matt is a really good snowboarder.. I've wanted to try it for a couple of years, esp since some of the family goes on snowboarding trips and has a great time. So yesterday Matt and I got up at 5:20 and headed out to Crystal Mountain. It's about 2 1/2 hours away from where we live. Matt checked their website and it said conditions were a 9 out of 10! How exciting. We get there, get my board and boots rented and we're on our way. Let me remind you I've never even been skiing. We get in line to catch the ski lift, I'm suppressing my fear of heights and prepare to catch the lift. The first one hits me on the side and knocks me out of the way. Matt catches it along with some other guy. Ok, no time to recover here comes the next one, hits me again. Finally I get on the next one, throw the bar down, pray I don't fall out and laugh out loud because that could only happen to me. I'm too sore to remember most of the day. It went a little something like this. Up down up down up down up down up down up down. Sometimes I'd finally stand up only to fall right back down. Matt was such a gentleman, trying to teach me. The funniest part I think was after Matt wiped snot off my face. I wasn't aware it was there and he said something like he didn't know he was taking his 6 year old snowboarding! haha I only made it down twice. That took about 3 1/2 hours. I should have kept going, but my body was so beat up and it was getting colder. I don't know if Matt will ever take me again, but I hope so- the times I was able to go about 4 seconds without falling were really fun!
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Hahahahahaha, I HATE having to hurry, and to get on the lift, you have to hurry! Poor baby! At least you looked good, well, 'cept the snot!!
okay Sid, you are so much like your Auntie!!! You know we used to go sking (before snowboards) every Christmas. Well, the first 5 years I took lessons, and never got off the bunnie slope - I was happy with that. But...one year in Taos, My first year....(they stopped the lift when they saw me coming), well on the first turn (which I couldn't make) was a restaurant, I heard them say, "here comes the lady with the red coat!" Then when I finally made it, the entire restaurant stood up and cheered! I can't even imagining doing it on a snowboard! Just Sid, don't get up - it will be fun - but, I tell everyone - TAKE LESSONS - and take them by a MAN! Don't let Matt teach you - it just doesn't work out!
That is soo funny! We are definitely related! People from work were there too, and of course the first time they saw me, I'm laying on my back as they ride over me on the ski lift!
before you go again call me...no one understands how we think. "like turning" it took them 5 years to say, "put all your weight on the foot to the direction you want to turn!" now it took them 5 yes FIVE years to say that! now I can turn on skis - what an expensive lesson!!!!
Oh, I hate Crystal Mountain -- the worst skiing I've ever experienced. It was the mountain, Sid -- not you :)
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