Bruises and Boards
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Bruises and Boards
 

Let me just start by saying, snowboarding is a sport that will leave you with bruises. You may not want them, you may not expect them but you will have them by the time the days done. For me I felt mostly sore but it wasn't until I got off my board the second day that I realized that my muscles were in a lot of pain. 

Yesterday I managed to get down the general movements and keep myself stable while going down the green slope. I felt really good and it was very rewarding to see my progress. Of course working hard and skiing anywhere between `2 to 5 hours when you have never done it before does come with consequences. Before we left I decided to hit the green slopes and see if I could manage the slope and could remember everything I practiced under pressure. Plus I really wanted to accomplish making it down once without falling. 

Sadly that did not happen. 

I did two runs down the green slope and both were very well managed runs so I wanted to do one more before we left and I made a decision to tackle the next one. The only issue was that my right ankle was hurting and it felt like something was rubbing it in the wrong way. Ignoring the feeling I got on the lift and the entire time I was building the courage and was feeling pretty excited. 

Once we got off the lift and I strapped in I sat and waited till I knew that the traffic was clear enough for me to hit the slope and practice. See running into people makes me nervous. I think about both ways we can get really injured and I cringe at the thought. So observing other people ride I waited patiently and when I saw an opening I stood up and took off. Immediately I made a mistake of trying to slow down and I fell very awkwardly. My knee immediately had a shock of pain and I worried for my right wrist as well. Somehow I got up and kept going. Not even ten feet and I'm down again. Now I'm angry and hurting badly. Yet again I get up and get to the bottom of the first hill and I'm down for slowing down. Right there I was sure I was gonna walk the rest of the way. With many curse words and errors to make it down so I can get the board and boots off my leg....i somehow made it without breaking anything or giving up completely. 

After we got done turning in our gear, eating dinner and I took a shower I finally felt the soreness and pain. I got in the shower and saw brushes all over my left leg. It's pretty banged up and it hurts but I can say that I'm really proud of doing something new and for being able to get down the green hill at all. 

Sometimes facing fears teaches us many lessons and this taught me quite a lot about how my posture is, how my hand eyed coordination is, how I do under pressure as well as pain, and how much I love it. You guys I love it. I snowboarder for two days and I am officially addicted to it. I need more time practicing and more confidence to board around others and I will make sure to be back to work more on it. 

It's crazy what can happen. 

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