Just in case you were curious as to how I spent my weekend, I went snowboarding. Killington stayed true to its cause to be the first North American ski resort open each season by opening its doors yesterday, October 30th. Once I saw the announcement on Killington’s website, there wasn’t really any question in our heads, you know?
Apparently Hurricane Wilma’s left flank contributed to an unusual weather front that resulted in a nor’easter. It dumped 29 inches of snow on Killington, which makes for a nice base during early season riding. The conditions were actually quite good, aside from the “spring condition” areas that were popping up all over the place (and make for some extremely fun gaps), it was pretty much packed powder (East-style) all the way around – I wouldn’t have hesistated to bring a newbie there with us, as the snow was more than soft enough for a first time. Unfortunately, conditioning is activity-specific, so we were more than just a little tired after our first outing of the season – legs don’t quite have the pop just yet, you know? Here’s looking forward to some DOMS during the coming week.
Typically I take a buttload of pictures each outing (thanks to the advent of digital photography), but we’ve actually gotten a new toy, the Samsung SC-X 105L Sports Digital Camcorder, so I spent the day testing that out (alas, our backup photographer, Sairalyn left the digital camera in the car, so no action shots). I’ll post up some stills once I get the files transferred to my computer.
And you’ll be happy to discover, neither I nor Roald have forgotten how to spin.
So begins the leg conditioning…
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I’m jealous. . . . and glad that you had a good time. Congrats on getting the first used of that season pass in!
That should be “. . .first ‘USE’ of that season pass in!” Damn typos!!
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