Snowboarding

I decided to do something big this year… I took Chad, my 9 year old son, snowboarding.  The “I” here means just me and him, no mom or brother around for 6 whole days!  The great news is that the trip is over and both of us survived.  The better news is that I think both of us would do it again.

This was one of those ideas that just popped into my head one day and everyone I talked to about it said that it was a good idea.  After weeks of deliberation I finally settled on Beaver Creek in Colorado as our destination.  I had skied there before and had heard that they have one of the best ski schools in the world.

Both Chad and I decided to give snowboarding a shot so I booked both of us in a one day beginner lesson to get us started.  The instructors were great, and by the end of the first day both of us were able to do the easy runs without killing ourselves.  The second day we tried to do some of the harder easy runs on the mountain, but Chad was not quite ready so we spent most of the day practicing on the beginner slope.  By the end of the day, Chad had that slope mastered and you would think he was Shaun White with how he strutted around and talked about how he was such a better snowboarder that I am.

Thankfully I escaped without major injury.  I smashed my tailbone pretty good on one fall, but it is healing nicely and I can almost sit down now without it hurting.  Overall the trip was great, and I think I enjoy snowboarding more that I do skiing.   I’m sure Chad is still not tired of telling his friends about the 1040 reverse double upside down McTwist that he pulled on his snowboard.  He just won’t tell them that he did it in an out-of-control crash… not in the halfpipe!