Hydroplaning for Dummies

I went snowboarding this weekend.

I would like to start off by saying that I had tons of fun: I HAD A BLAST! I would like to credit the perfect conditions to many things and one person. Ms. N was a fantastic instructor and thoroughly explained snowboarding to me on a technical level and constantly made sure I kept my head on straight... n00bs tend to go way too fast and bump their heads but I was kept in check! It's very motivating to constantly be reminded of how much progress I've made throughout the day because there were times were it did get tough. As a matter of fact, I'm still feeling the "tough". OUCH!

The other things that contributed to the perfect conditions were the weather, (a warm 20-30 degrees,) and perfect snow texture on most mountains.

I learned how to do the falling leaf... took me a few falls but I went with my experienced buddy on the blues and greens after about an hour or so on the bunnies. The mountain looks intimidating but it's not so bad when you actually are focused doing your thing... But no matter where you fall, they will always hurt!

There is so much to write about but I don't think I can capture it all in one post. I might have to follow up with video or pictures.

Brief points that I remember:
-My board almost slid away from me...
-Vuze & Guitar Hero makes a perfect combo.
-My board was setup to a duck 6/6 but I went with 15/0.
-I learned how to skate on the snowboard!
-I need to learn how to stop toe-side.
-I get really thirsty when snowboarding.
-Knee pads saved my knees!
-Always concentrate on controlling my speed!

My Sensei instilled to focus on "getting control before speed because speed without control is useless." So funny how this applies to many things because I learned this very same idea when I first started playing guitar.

I'll leave this post right here as I now need to go get more protein so I can heal tonight. What a good time that was!