Monday, November 28, 2005

I ride alone alot, which gives me a lot of time to think. For the last couple days, I've been thinking about what I see missing in snowboarding. The pure and simple joy of riding. I think back to last season and teaching my younger brother how to snowboard. There were a so many things that brought a smile to his face that each and every one of us takes for granted.

• The first time walking out on a real ski hill, not just our backyard. He smiled.
  
• The first time he made it to the top of the rope tow without falling. He smiled.
  
• The first time he linked together a few turns before falling. He turned back to me, was smiling and said "Jake did you see that? I turned both ways"
  
• The first blue run he make, top to bottom without falling. He completely forgot of the other 30 times that he'd fallen that day, and he was smiling.
  
• The first time he got a little air of a roller on the trail. He turned back to me and asked "Jake, did I get off the ground that time?" When I said yes, he smiled.

It wasn't that long ago that you were just trying to stay up the entire tow rope. How about the next time you're out boarding, just smile because you're there.


Year-to-date snowboarding: 39 days, booya
Oh, and my season is on hold untill I get some new bindings. Thank you, you piece of shi*t f**king gaper, for runing into my board while I was working. It was only $200 in damage you caused.

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Published by jblaski: 5:35 PM Updated On: 1/31/2006 at 12:43 AM

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Well, the new V.2 of snowboard is out, and I'm still not a hundred percent sure about it. Mostly because I have to re-learn everything. I think in the long run this will be a great asset, and I've already found some stuff that I like.

If anyone knows how to post pictures on the new blogs, let me know, because I have a couple stellar ones that I really want to show off, but the standard [img][/img] doesn't seem to work.

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