20th Dec 2008
First snowboarding for the year
It’s really cold lately….below zero for the entire week, -8C at night yesterday…I didn’t really feel like doing anything other than watch TV / eat snack / sleep…. It’s too cold, I don’t like it.
Anyway, due to boredom I decided to go up to Cypress Mountain for snowboarding tonight… I’ve gotten full gears last year anyway so I thought I should really go up to make their worth. Friend Davinder picked me up with his Porche Cayanne Turbo…that car is really something. Anyway, we opted for the 7pm-10pm “Night Owl” timeframe which costed $36 or so, and got there around 7:15pm. It was surprisingly empty and I was really stoked that I was able to “own” the entire mountain.
But soon I realized it was just too cold - so cold that I knew it would cause damage to the exposed part of my face for sure without a face mask…so I went in a bought a $20 overpriced mask but anyway it was really comfy and it did help a LOT.
My first run was really bad, fell a couple times and twisted my left arm… but after warming up, I started to get into shape in the second run, and was totally fine (as in able to go down really quickly without having to stop) in the third run. I ended up doing 7 runs in total, which Davinder did 5 since his bindings broke apart after the first run and he had to pay $5 to get it fixed so he lost some time. Frankly speaking I was feeling only slightly tired by that time and I thought I could do at least 5-10 more runs. Davinder was stressed and hungry though so we decided to leave for some food.
It was a really good first run for the season for me, I was able to pick up my skills that I gathered last winter. Too bad my friend Boom was back to Korea otherwise I’m sure I can go up with him for at least 5-6 times this year..
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