December is great.

I like December.  It is so nice to have a break from school, get some snowboarding in, eat good food.  Speaking of the whole snowboarding thing, today I went riding at Snowbird.  It was the second time I have been riding since our family friend died in a freak avalanche in bounds at the resort.  I will save that story until I have some more time to think about it.  Back to today...  Oh man I felt lucky to be able to move my limbs today.  After jumping over a natural roller I landed a little forward and sunk my nose into the snow.  The next part seemed to all come in slow motion.  I fell on to my face and bounced off it doing a somersault.  I heard my spine crack all the way up, I thought for sure I was done for.  The body is quite resilient and can take a lot of punishment I know but still it is important to be able to realize when you are lucky and not take it for granted.  Hopefully I will be going up again tomorrow, if I can move that is...

First day of the season.

Today was my first day up for the season.  It was a crappy day of snowboarding but it was still nice to get out.  I ride at Snowbird in Utah.  The snow (ice) was not great and there was only one lift open.  It doesn't matter though, I was just happy to finally get out.  We only took 5 runs because of the conditions and because the last thing I wanted to do was catch an edge on the ice and be injured the first day of the season.  Hopefully we will have another great season this year.  Unfortunately my best friend Cassi who has a sixth sense about what a season is going to be like is just not feeling it.  Well maybe she will be wrong this year.  I was finally able to scratch that itch I have had since July...