A New Frontier
Woke up early, and as Franger has pointed out 6:30AM is NOT a holiday wake up time especially in 4 degrees weather. Grabbed a Snowboard and sucked up some humbleness.
Snowboarding while simple in nature hurts a bit, specifically the buttocks. We had a quick ride before our first lesson and managed to stumble to the bottom of the beginners slope. Our instructor Phil was good and we progressed well. It seems the basics are the key, but getting them right requires a mix of confidence and skill/practice. Franger… well… Franer sucked at snowboarding, seems the whole fixed feet thing jst threw him. At the end of the day he declined his second lesson and went home early and hs regrets regarding his decision, oh well. The rest of progress steadily to the point where we could turn poorly but could end up roughly where we wanted to be. This was a trying but good day.
Finshed with a Ski Express night where whilst there were many prizes to be won we lacked the luck to win any of them. Capping the night with some indian and another round of poker, we went to bed all groaning with each injury we had earned during the day.
