Showing posts with label snowboarding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowboarding. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Right now im watching Highschool Musical 3
Something to be proud about. Stupid disney crap..
I'm really sore and just spent a TON of money on stuff we need. I guess the big purchase was a GPS.
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday boarding with Taki. She is off to Mexico next week then we are off to Alaska the week after. So by the time we hit the slopes together again it will be april! With the way the weather has been im worried there wont be enough snow to keep going till end of may!!
My knee is killing me, I ended up on all these sucky runs and had to ride on my edge to much, or fall down a big cliff.
Had dinner with a bunch of Australians last night and they said that my accent was from a small town! Well, im from Darwin! but apparently the way I speak has so much slang and stuff in it I sound "bogan" LOL well I am a territorian.
I'm really sore and just spent a TON of money on stuff we need. I guess the big purchase was a GPS.
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday boarding with Taki. She is off to Mexico next week then we are off to Alaska the week after. So by the time we hit the slopes together again it will be april! With the way the weather has been im worried there wont be enough snow to keep going till end of may!!
My knee is killing me, I ended up on all these sucky runs and had to ride on my edge to much, or fall down a big cliff.
Had dinner with a bunch of Australians last night and they said that my accent was from a small town! Well, im from Darwin! but apparently the way I speak has so much slang and stuff in it I sound "bogan" LOL well I am a territorian.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Keep up with me!
I have Friday off this week which is a little strange to me. I dont really know what to do with myself!
The weather has taken a turn for the better once more and it has been around the low..high? negtives and low positives. I went out snowboarding again on Wednesday. The snow was surprisingly a little powdery and the sun was out making it about 5C! I was actually sweating because of how warm it was!!! We had a lot of beer 'oclocks inbetween every couple of runs. My boarding is definately improving and I fall over a lot less. The fact is snowboarding is easy if you just go straight down and stop! The hard part is riding the edges and switching from toe to heel. The reason I fall so much is because I am trying to master the more technical side of snowboarding. I still have issues going toe side on really steep hils and when im moving to fast, I have this fear in me and it locks me up and I dont bend my legs right. You have to lean on your front foot and bend the knee trying to do that when your going fast when you instinctively want to lean back makes for some painful falls. Anyway its been about 2 months now and every time I go out I have a ball, so at least I'm not hating it!
It was Taki's birthday so we went back to the Hidden Ridge Resort where we both had a room for the night. We enjoyed a soak in the Hottub while we watched a gorgeous sunset over the mountains. After that we went out to Waldhaus a german fondue resturant. It was seriously to die for, the cheese fondue was amazing. My biggest issue was I was way to drunk when I got there, something about to many beer o'clocks during the day! I almost fell asleep during the beef fondue but a hot chocolate with a shot of expresso did the trick and I was wide awake for chocolate fondue!
After dinner we went back to the hotel and played monopoly. I ended up losing badly (something new?) The game was missing $100 bills and community & chance cards. We did our best.
Photos of the day & night are here
The weather has taken a turn for the better once more and it has been around the low..high? negtives and low positives. I went out snowboarding again on Wednesday. The snow was surprisingly a little powdery and the sun was out making it about 5C! I was actually sweating because of how warm it was!!! We had a lot of beer 'oclocks inbetween every couple of runs. My boarding is definately improving and I fall over a lot less. The fact is snowboarding is easy if you just go straight down and stop! The hard part is riding the edges and switching from toe to heel. The reason I fall so much is because I am trying to master the more technical side of snowboarding. I still have issues going toe side on really steep hils and when im moving to fast, I have this fear in me and it locks me up and I dont bend my legs right. You have to lean on your front foot and bend the knee trying to do that when your going fast when you instinctively want to lean back makes for some painful falls. Anyway its been about 2 months now and every time I go out I have a ball, so at least I'm not hating it!
It was Taki's birthday so we went back to the Hidden Ridge Resort where we both had a room for the night. We enjoyed a soak in the Hottub while we watched a gorgeous sunset over the mountains. After that we went out to Waldhaus a german fondue resturant. It was seriously to die for, the cheese fondue was amazing. My biggest issue was I was way to drunk when I got there, something about to many beer o'clocks during the day! I almost fell asleep during the beef fondue but a hot chocolate with a shot of expresso did the trick and I was wide awake for chocolate fondue!
After dinner we went back to the hotel and played monopoly. I ended up losing badly (something new?) The game was missing $100 bills and community & chance cards. We did our best.
Photos of the day & night are here
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Beautiful weather, beautiful minds
A bit of an update whats going on.
The weather has been fantastic lows of -4C highs of 0C beautiful clear skies.
Dragged myself out of bed yesterday to do a little bit of snowboarding. I was not in the mood but when I got out there and felt the board slide on the snow I was hooked once more. The weather was nice and I was warm the whole day. I practiced my turns a bit more and I'm getting a lot more confident even going a little bit faster. The fact is Snowboarding is a hard thing to master.
Well we found a place to move into. Its really nice and we get a huge room with our own bathroom. The girl knows we will be leaving end of June but I think she is happy to have us since Taki told her how clean we are! Ok I am a slob when it comes to my own bedroom but I can't stand dirty dishes in the sink!!! A little bit more then I wanted to spend but will be worth it for our sanity I think. Staff accomodation was great for a while but I'm definately over it.
Money is a bit of an issue especially with taking off the whole of march. Dont get me wrong we have a huge chunk of Australian cash if we need it but I would rather be spending the money I am earning here. I need to cut my Alaskan expenses to about 2 grand or less. Less alcohol and less going out for dinner!!! I need to get my account up to 10 grand for when we leave in June.
The weather has been fantastic lows of -4C highs of 0C beautiful clear skies.
Dragged myself out of bed yesterday to do a little bit of snowboarding. I was not in the mood but when I got out there and felt the board slide on the snow I was hooked once more. The weather was nice and I was warm the whole day. I practiced my turns a bit more and I'm getting a lot more confident even going a little bit faster. The fact is Snowboarding is a hard thing to master.
Well we found a place to move into. Its really nice and we get a huge room with our own bathroom. The girl knows we will be leaving end of June but I think she is happy to have us since Taki told her how clean we are! Ok I am a slob when it comes to my own bedroom but I can't stand dirty dishes in the sink!!! A little bit more then I wanted to spend but will be worth it for our sanity I think. Staff accomodation was great for a while but I'm definately over it.
Money is a bit of an issue especially with taking off the whole of march. Dont get me wrong we have a huge chunk of Australian cash if we need it but I would rather be spending the money I am earning here. I need to cut my Alaskan expenses to about 2 grand or less. Less alcohol and less going out for dinner!!! I need to get my account up to 10 grand for when we leave in June.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Mmm powder
I know all my entries have been about snowboarding but what can I say,
I AM HOOKED!
We went out on wednesday to Sunshine village which had gotten about 20cm of fresh snow and the conditions were amazing! I went hard and every time I fell over (which was ALOT!!) it was like floating on clouds. Once I realised there would be no pain I pushed myself a little further the face plants I did would perhaps have broken every bone in my body on a normal day but didnt even put a dent in my fragile bones. I started turning and could slide back and forth, ungracefully mind you but still turning. I had no fear, I am now powder hooked!
For those of you who know me well know I have a chronic medical condition which affects my body, some days more then others but the overall strength of my wrists and elbows is comprimised thanks to over 10 years living with the disease. Snowboarding scared me at first because of this and each time I go out I am faced with the fear of falling tenfold. Its a hard battle to fight since snowboarding relies a lot on relaxing, i think that is why I fell in love with powder. No fear. I am yet to break a bone since being diagnosed but that is because I took a step back from life and gave up anything that I deemed risky to my health. This is probably the first time in a LONG time I stepped outside of my comfort zone.
Fingers crossed I get through this winter unscathed! You probably wont see me on any black diamonds but chances are I'll be out there somewhere taking the risk.
I AM HOOKED!
We went out on wednesday to Sunshine village which had gotten about 20cm of fresh snow and the conditions were amazing! I went hard and every time I fell over (which was ALOT!!) it was like floating on clouds. Once I realised there would be no pain I pushed myself a little further the face plants I did would perhaps have broken every bone in my body on a normal day but didnt even put a dent in my fragile bones. I started turning and could slide back and forth, ungracefully mind you but still turning. I had no fear, I am now powder hooked!
For those of you who know me well know I have a chronic medical condition which affects my body, some days more then others but the overall strength of my wrists and elbows is comprimised thanks to over 10 years living with the disease. Snowboarding scared me at first because of this and each time I go out I am faced with the fear of falling tenfold. Its a hard battle to fight since snowboarding relies a lot on relaxing, i think that is why I fell in love with powder. No fear. I am yet to break a bone since being diagnosed but that is because I took a step back from life and gave up anything that I deemed risky to my health. This is probably the first time in a LONG time I stepped outside of my comfort zone.
Fingers crossed I get through this winter unscathed! You probably wont see me on any black diamonds but chances are I'll be out there somewhere taking the risk.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Last snowboarding of 2008!
So New Years was good, a little earlier and "tamer" this year. We started the day off with some snowboarding up at Sunshine Village resort. It was my first time heading out without an instructor so I was a little nervous about the run and the chairlift. It was a really nice day only about -15 and I left my face mask at home...
Up on the mountain however it was pretty cold and snowing rapidly so my face was beaten down by the chilly wind. The worse part I guess was the chairlift which took about 15 minutes since it was the beginner lift and everyone kept falling off so they kept stopping the lift to clear the way. It was also pretty busy being NYE but the line moved quickly. I fell off the chair lift both times getting off but they werent bad falls and I managed to get away from the disembark point before falling over then they didnt have to stop the lift!
Snowboarding was awesome, we really only did a couple of runs and it was just on the green runs (which is basically beginner) I was working on my turns most of the time and that involved a lot of falling over. It wasnt the best beginner conditions with a large amount of fresh powder I kept catching my edges on. When it would get to steep and I was scared I just slid down on one edge, cheating but effective. I'm pretty happy with my progress going from nothing to almost a complete run in a month... granted I cant turn properly AT ALL but I can stop myself and control my board if need be.
After boarding we went home and relaxed for a bit before heading over to Kim (NZler front desk at Hidden Ridge) house and cooking dinner and drinking. Somewhere along the night I consumed a bottle of vodka. We went out to the streets about 11:45 to watch the firworks and it was PACKED with people... I didnt even hear the countdown suddenly a murmur went through the crowd and it was new years day!! The fireworks started going off and everyone was hugging and kissing. It was snowing heaps as well. I found Theresa super drunk on the other side of the road and then everyone dragged me home. Soon as I got back to Kims place I felt very tired and tried to go to sleep on the couch but brendan decided he was going to take me home so I think I was in bed by about ... 1pm?
New years day was spent with a rotten hangover!!!
Here is to 2009!!!
Up on the mountain however it was pretty cold and snowing rapidly so my face was beaten down by the chilly wind. The worse part I guess was the chairlift which took about 15 minutes since it was the beginner lift and everyone kept falling off so they kept stopping the lift to clear the way. It was also pretty busy being NYE but the line moved quickly. I fell off the chair lift both times getting off but they werent bad falls and I managed to get away from the disembark point before falling over then they didnt have to stop the lift!
Snowboarding was awesome, we really only did a couple of runs and it was just on the green runs (which is basically beginner) I was working on my turns most of the time and that involved a lot of falling over. It wasnt the best beginner conditions with a large amount of fresh powder I kept catching my edges on. When it would get to steep and I was scared I just slid down on one edge, cheating but effective. I'm pretty happy with my progress going from nothing to almost a complete run in a month... granted I cant turn properly AT ALL but I can stop myself and control my board if need be.
After boarding we went home and relaxed for a bit before heading over to Kim (NZler front desk at Hidden Ridge) house and cooking dinner and drinking. Somewhere along the night I consumed a bottle of vodka. We went out to the streets about 11:45 to watch the firworks and it was PACKED with people... I didnt even hear the countdown suddenly a murmur went through the crowd and it was new years day!! The fireworks started going off and everyone was hugging and kissing. It was snowing heaps as well. I found Theresa super drunk on the other side of the road and then everyone dragged me home. Soon as I got back to Kims place I felt very tired and tried to go to sleep on the couch but brendan decided he was going to take me home so I think I was in bed by about ... 1pm?
New years day was spent with a rotten hangover!!!
Here is to 2009!!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
snowboarding
Spent today snowboarding. We scored three free lessons through work so off again tomorrow and then Saturday. Waaaay to fucking cold though wind chill of -34 or something. I have pretty bad wind burn on my lower ears and tomorrow is going to be pretty cold to. My feet ended up frozen solid we pretty much went inside after every run to defrost. I tell you it is so painful when the feeling comes back into your toes. I was seriously going to pass out in pain!!!!
Question, I got my lessons for free and its just Brendan and I with TWO instructors.. what do I tip them? One of them is tag along training but he has been snowboarding in Switzerland for five years teaching so he has been helping me a lot. He has just never taught in Canada before. The lessons would have been about $540 before tax (whatever tax is) so im just curious what my American buddies think a good tip is. We were thinking along the lines of $40 each in a christmas card!!! I know how cute.
On a bright side I actually got off the chairlift without falling over and only on my third try to!!!! I think we are going on the faster chairlifts tomorrow though at Lake Louise...
eeek.
Question, I got my lessons for free and its just Brendan and I with TWO instructors.. what do I tip them? One of them is tag along training but he has been snowboarding in Switzerland for five years teaching so he has been helping me a lot. He has just never taught in Canada before. The lessons would have been about $540 before tax (whatever tax is) so im just curious what my American buddies think a good tip is. We were thinking along the lines of $40 each in a christmas card!!! I know how cute.
On a bright side I actually got off the chairlift without falling over and only on my third try to!!!! I think we are going on the faster chairlifts tomorrow though at Lake Louise...
eeek.
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