Another Reason to Anticipate Winter

Snowboarding is going to claim another victim. Hurray!

Yesterday I was speaking with some members of the extended family. Though we often make a trip to Colorado, we didn’t do so this last season. The topic of conversation: whether we would do so during the upcoming season. The conclusion: yes we would.

My sister-in-law turned to me and said “You know what this means? It means that I will have to learn how to snowboard with you.”

Her opinion is easy to understand but one I don’t share: learning to ride in Colorado is great, but it just isn’t worth the trouble if you are going to stay in the Midwest.

She does have some back yard riding experience–two times when I helped her get a rudimentary feel for the experience. But each ride was no longer than ten seconds long, barely long enough to start a turn.

So I am hoping that sometime in the early part of the season, we can get in a day at a local ski area, one with warmer temperatures and some new snow (for a softer surface). That way she can get in some experience making turns before heading out to the real mountains.

She’s a good skier, and having her spend a day or two on the board while we are all out west will put me on easier slopes than I might otherwise choose. But I could hardly be happier about the prospect.