I took a stab at snowboarding yesterday. I figured after some experience with "video games":http://www.easportsbig.com/games/ssx3/home.jsp, it would be a piece of cake. We went to "7 Springs":http://www.7springs.com/, because "Erin":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20031116_abs_comp/DSC00370.JPG had some sort of ski club thing that could get me lift tickets and rental for less than they would normally be. It was a little cold and windy, but I was more or less dressed alright to not be cold, although I could have used some sturdier pants than just the nylon shell over long underwear that I went with.

"Erin":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20031116_abs_comp/DSC00370.JPG and I skipped the free lesson and went with some personal instruction from my friend who's been boarding for 9 years. I won't bore you with all the details, but by the end of the day I think I had turning and stopping pretty well down. The only reason I didn't try and hit a "real" trail and not just the bunny slope, was that it started to get icy at higher elevations, and there was a truly frightening number of people out there... I had visions of falling and then immediately becoming a pile of snowy meat with ski and snowboard tracks all over my frozen carcass.

I'll be taking a trip out to Colorado before long, and at places like "Vail":http://vail.snow.com/ or "Breckenridge":http://breckenridge.snow.com/ I should see wider trails, better conditions, and waaaay less people. Can't wait.