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Yesterday me and Dave went to Mountain High for some snowboarding. Since I suck so badly at skiing because I didn't have the proper instruction, I decided to go to snowboarding school. Dave had already gone on Monday to learn, so he was on the slopes while I waited for class to begin. Before class, I watched the technique of the boarders on the slopes. It didn't look to hard at all. Much easier than skiing!!!
My instructor reminded me of Judge Reinhold. Tall, friendly, funny and easy going. He was also very patient with us, making sure that we all were able to do the basics of each move. After going over the basics, we went up to the mountain to the beginner hill. On my first run down, I lost control and landed really hard on my knee. It hurt pretty bad, my eyes got teary. I knew I'd have a pretty bad bruise. We continued the lesson, and we were all falling like flies. We weren't going too fast, so I think it looked comical, because we were just sprawled over the top of the hill.
By the end of class, most of us could do the basics down the hill with minimal pain. Thankfully, I wasn't the worse in my class, but I wasn't the best, either. My turns were good, but sometimes I would go too fast. My instructor told me that I did well, but really needed to work on my speed and control.
So I went up with Dave on the hill and practiced. I fell often. There was one time I hit a bump, landed on my chest and got the wind knocked out of me. At least I didn't dislocate my arm again. But it did take me a couple minutes to catch my breath again.
For the last couple hours, the hill go really icy. It kinda scared me to hear the *sccccrrretcchhhhh* of my board against the ice. Everyone was falling. And when you landed, you landed HARD. It hurt! And I fell a lot on my ass. But I still had a lot of fun. The best part was the point where it all started to make sense to me, and I only fell 3 times down the hill, rather than the regular 10 times.
When we got home, it hurt to move. My knee was a blueish swollen softball. Every part of me was sore. I didn't want to move, I just wanted to be still and watch TV. Dr. Dave iced me up and checked out all the other damage on me, which wasn't too bad, except for my ankle, which I seemed to have messed up even more.
Waking up this morning was worse. I was stiff and sore, though fortunately the swelling went down in my knee. I met up with Melinda for her skating practice, and getting into the car was the hardest part. It was fun to watch her practice, and then to watch her lesson during the public skate. There were a bunch of different kinds of people at the public skate, different ages. The kids were adorable, especially the ones just learning how to skate. They were so cute!
We later went to the Howard Hughes Center for some lunch/dinner. As always with a fellow fan, we had a great time just chatting about our lives and our side-jobs. It was nice to hang out and get some good Thai food.
So now, I sit here and baby myself, giving my poor little knee some ice and eating chocolate chip muffins. I was tempted to buy some icy hot or something, but the pain is subsiding...
So here's some pics, because I KNOW you wanna see some pictures!
My Pretty Purple Knee
Oh my. It looks like you have a case of Lambertitis. hahaha
Posted by: Tex on January 19, 2004 04:12 AMHey, you shaved!
Posted by: Noelle on January 19, 2004 07:31 AMdid you have any falls that classified as a "sh*tter?" the first time i went snowboarding , i fell so hard on my ass that i actually thought i had lost control of my colon. muscle control returned after 15 seconds or so, but the situation was sketchy for awhile. when i got to the bottom, and was explaining my fall, one of the more experienced boarders said "oh! you had a sh*tter!" he went on to explain a few other categories of falls, such as the "splitter..." you can guess at the meaning of that on your own.
Posted by: jamie on January 19, 2004 07:36 AMtry arnica gel from gnc. it makes bruises go away quick.
Posted by: chris on January 19, 2004 08:47 AMTex - That, and a lot more!
Noelle - Was it shaving or Photoshop? You'll never know! ;)
Jamie - I'll have to tell Dave that one. And you can swear in here, if you want. It's ok. I don't mind. Unless it actually IS called a "sh*tter".
chris - thanks for the tip!
Posted by: yano on January 19, 2004 10:10 AMI had fun yesterday too Christine. Thanks for hanging out with me. And thanks too for not taking any incriminating pics or video. ;)
Posted by: Melinda on January 19, 2004 11:14 AMsee that's why i don't wanna go.. i bruise too easily
Posted by: Shannon on January 19, 2004 11:31 AMOuch!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sue on January 19, 2004 03:04 PMOUCH Yano! Your knee an my ankle are the same color only my ankle is starting the greenish look now! Take care!
Posted by: Pridey on January 19, 2004 03:40 PMCool! Before you know it, you'll have your own board like me. That is, unless you become the human bruise. =B
ooh! I've had a sh*tter before! I thought I was the only person to have experienced that before.
But in any case, learning on the icy slopes of so cal is hard -- it's much easier on powder snow..
But wear a helmet if you can!
Posted by: Pooh on January 21, 2004 08:03 PMThis is very gay.. who cares about ur bruises... suck it up and put icy hot on it
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