Snowboarding with Phil and Peter
December 30, 2004
Phil invited me to go snowboarding with him and his brother at Mount Southington. He invited rich too, but he ditched us last minute. I had never been before, so i was excited... i thought it was going to be easy, because i could handle skiing, and i used to skateboard pretty well. But somehow, those skills didn't really add up to much on the slopes.
Getting all suited up in the parking lot
how cute
We decided to buy the package plan which included a full day of boarding, snowboard rentals, and a lesson. The instructor was pretty good. really short though, shorter than phil. now that's short.
This was the position i was in most of the day, on my ass...
...so was phil.
There was plenty of snow in the ground, but it was a warm day. must have been 40 degrees. After a few hours, we were burning up in our well insulated ski jackets, so we shed a couple layers. Disgustlyly, they were soaked, not with melted snow, but sweat.
Phil sittin' next to me on the skilift
Behind us was Peter the playa' with his new friend. She just happened to be standing next to him in line and asked "do you want to take the lift with me?"... next thing you know, Peter ditches us and is off boarding with her the rest of the day.
Cowabunga!
Through the day, the once relatively fluffy snow was getting really packed to the point it felt like a sheet of ice. it hurt real bad when you fell. luckily i knew how to breakfall correctly, because some of my spills were really hard... face forward. i always wonder how people keep from getting injured when they can't fall correctly.
more chairlift
My foot. quite tired by the end of the day. especially since we were only going to be there til 1, but ended up staying a couple extra hours... too much fun.
"come on phil, we're almost there!"... and yes, we are matching. we went to sports authority the night before to get the gear... and the sale was so good, it would've been a crime to pass it up.
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