Humbled by the Snowboard
In my Jan 13th entry I thought I was hot shit on skis. Snowboarding was another story. This was my first time snowboarding.
To make a long painful story less painful I’ll just tell you of two falls.
The first happened on my first run. I had no clue the ground was hard as cement so when I hit the ground I really busted my ass and screwed my hand up pretty good.
I have seen fake snow before, and it looks like snow. What covered this mountain was not snow, it was tiny pieces of ice. Kind of like salt, but a little bigger. It was very slick.
The next serious fall happend to be my last run. I was starting to get the hang of it and and made it to the bottom with some speed. Out of the blue – BAM! I hit the ground hard, hit my head on the ground knocking the goggles and hat off. I mean it when I say the ground was hard as concrete.
I am now sitting on a large black and blue bruise and typing with a wrist that will need some kind of brace.
