First Time Snowboarding
That was so amazing!!!
This time, we went to Dodge Ridge, which is the closest wintersports area to the Bay Area. And because it was my first going snowboarding, I registered a L1(beginner) lesson. The funny thing is the lesson includeing the rental and day pass is cheaper than day pass plus rental. I don’t know why…
Whatever, I went to the lesson. And it seemed a lot of people were late, so only 8 people attended. The instructor was really great and always pointed out what was wrong during my practice and explained the correct way. I think I was the best student in that class, because every time the instructor taught some new stuff, I was always the first student finish it successfully, mostly in the first try. It took about 1.5h for the lesson and I learned slide with one foot unbuckled, toe slide, heel slide, toe turn and heel turn, which are all quite useful for real runs.
After the lesson, I went to the green run, which is the easiest run. The chairlift run very slowly. But thanks to the slow speed, I got enough time to have a rest. NO! That’s not TRUE! Taking the chairlift is really exhausting, because you need to hold the heavy snowboard all the time using your foot or hand. And it’s always a long ride. At the end, you need to ski with only one foot buckled to go down through a very steep slope from the unloading spot, which is always the most difficult part of the entire run. However, as a genius, I made it in the second try.
When you leave the unloading spot, you can buckle the second foot and begin your downhill ride. In the first ride, I finished with entire green run without break. And it took about 20s for me to ride back to the chairlift. After the successful start, I decided to try a toe turn under a high speed. However, it truned out that I was too confident in myself. I fell over and lay in the snow for a while and then finally regained consciousness. That was really dangerous. So, PRACTICE IN SLOW SPEED brefore acting in a high speed!
At the end, THANK YOU my friends for inviting me to go snowboarding/skiing.
Hope all you readers have fun going snowboarding/skiing and be careful! Safety should always come first!