Yesterday I went snowboarding for the first time and absolutely loved it! We went to a place called Kagura which took just over an hour on the shinkansen, we were on the slopes by 8.30am. One of the other teachers from school taught us the basics and by lunchtime we were on the proper slopes. It is so tiring and I did spend a lot of time on my bum! If you have ever seen the wildlife programmes where the polar bears slide down the snow head first, there were moments yesterday when I'm sure I looked just like that! By the end of the day I was starting to be able to turn so can't wait to get back, I went and bought a board today and have 3 more trips booked already! Although saying all this positive stuff, I am omitting one tiny detail...I am incapable of getting off the ski lift! I can get on no problem but when it came to getting off I just kept falling and once even dragged the lift attendant down with me; the poor man, the next time I went up he saw me coming (a look of horror crossed his face) and he immediately leapt in to action, signalling to the others that they should stop the lift! I'll get it eventually - you can't be good at everything!
First taste of snowboarding
Yesterday I went snowboarding for the first time and absolutely loved it! We went to a place called Kagura which took just over an hour on the shinkansen, we were on the slopes by 8.30am. One of the other teachers from school taught us the basics and by lunchtime we were on the proper slopes. It is so tiring and I did spend a lot of time on my bum! If you have ever seen the wildlife programmes where the polar bears slide down the snow head first, there were moments yesterday when I'm sure I looked just like that! By the end of the day I was starting to be able to turn so can't wait to get back, I went and bought a board today and have 3 more trips booked already! Although saying all this positive stuff, I am omitting one tiny detail...I am incapable of getting off the ski lift! I can get on no problem but when it came to getting off I just kept falling and once even dragged the lift attendant down with me; the poor man, the next time I went up he saw me coming (a look of horror crossed his face) and he immediately leapt in to action, signalling to the others that they should stop the lift! I'll get it eventually - you can't be good at everything!
Posted by anna on December 9, 2007 1:09 PM
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