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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI\u2019m Alex, and though I am an avid skier, I am very, very beginner at snowboarding. Which is why I\u2019ve signed up for the adult 5-week snowboard lesson! I figured I might as well push myself and learn even more skills on the snow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My initial reaction was how clunky the snowboard felt hanging off one foot, as I\u2019m used to having the firmly-attached skis on both feet, but I was (sort of) able to figure out how to walk around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once up the Snowflake carpet, Sharon, Mitchell, Wamaitha and\nI eagerly awaited our instructions. \u201cJust try to make it down the hill; Get\ncomfortable with sliding on the snow\u201d were Cody\u2019s instructions. One by one, we\nall strapped onto boards and were sliding our way down the hill\u2014some of us\nfacing uphill, some of us facing downhill, all of us quite wobbly. However we\nmade it down, before we knew it, we were on the carpet back up the top!<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Cody kept watching and giving us instructions, we all started to progress at our own pace. Working on sliding on the heel edge (facing downhill), toe edge (facing uphill), and transitioning between the two on corners! I almost couldn\u2019t believe it when Cody told us that we only had time for one more run. Had it really been an hour and 45 minutes already? Though my co-students and I spent nearly 2 hours sliding, falling, and getting up again, it felt like hardly any time had passed at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were certainly smiles on all of our faces as Cody\nwrapped up the lesson and wished us a good night. Nobody followed him indoors though\n\u2013we were all having so much fun on the hill! We stuck around outside and\neveryone went for another run or two to work on our skills more, hang out, and\nspend some more time outside!<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was very cool to me to see how Cody was able to manage\nthe group of people moving at quite different paces in their learning while\nstill being able to keep everyone engaged and learning. I was also surprised at\nhow quickly I was able to get up and standing and turning on the board, despite\nhow strange it felt when I first strapped it on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether it was the excellent instruction, great people in my\ngroup, lovely evening, or some combination of all of it, I had a fantastic\nnight! I absolutely cannot wait for next week\u2019s lesson where I can reconnect\nwith the people I met today and continue learning more about how to snowboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It really is never too late to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alex <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I grabbed my rental board and headed out to the lesson flag unsure about what to expect for my first snowboard lesson at Snow Valley Ski Club. I haven\u2019t stepped on a snowboard in years! Where was I supposed to go? Who was my instructor? How many times was I going to fall?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.snowvalley.ca\/ski-hill\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200106_184423-min-1024x498.jpg\")
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