Snowboarding

This past Saturday, Angela, Caleb, and I went to Mt. Cresent to learn snowboarding.

Micah Nelson, a friend from church, agreed to come and teach us.

Since Angela, my sister, is a photographer, she got plenty of pictures.

And since ya'll always seem to want more pictures, I thought I'd post some.

Here's our group L to R Angela, Micah, Caleb, and Me

One of the first things Micah taught us was called snow plowing. 

It's the only way to slow/stop and still retain your footing (and dignity).

After getting the basics down on the bunny slopes, I spent the majority of the day on this hill.

This was one of the rare times that the slope was relatively clear.

This hill has been nicknamed "Show-off Slope". 

Called such because of all the various jumps and ramps, as well as the steep hill just before it. 

This was one of the three times I tried that slope. 

And no I did not try any of the jumps.

My teacher Micah on the other hand did take the jumps. 

And as you can see did quite well.

I was content to stick with the basics.

I was glad I was able to make it down the slope a couple times without incident.

But every once in awhile... yeah.

I leaned too far forward there and the front edge of the snowboard caught the snow.

But overall I did enjoy myself.

I definantly want to try it again sometime.

Maybe after the soreness wears off at least.

And after I refill my wallet.