Oh wow. 4 Months ago I arrive to this country on this day. 4 months. 2 months to go of my internship. Cannot believe it. These four months have flown by. So what has been happening you might ask yourself (probs not since this is a personal blog): Last time I checked my ski-statues last week I had been skiing/riding for 28 days and done 233 runs. Hopefully by the end of this week when the lifts close i'll done 250 runs AT LEAST. I think thats an easy goal. On sunday the two last lifts closes. That is very sad.
I am a snowboarder now. I took a lesson in February and wasn't very impressed then 2 weeks ago I went out spring skiing and hated it because I had lousy rental skiis; I then got pushed into taking another snowboarding lesson and guess what? It was amazing right after that afternoon 90 minute lesson I decided I wanted my own board. The coming days I took two 90 minutes lesson each day and got a total around 12 lessons? On my sixth day of snowboarding I bought my very own board. My first one. I went in believing I was gonna buy a Burton but came out with a Rome. I love my baby. I still haven't decided on a name for her. But I will probably settle with Belle. Because its a beauty.
Snowboarding is amazing. I wanna do a big shout out to my favourite instructors who I will always want to remember:
Sam; for taking me on my first lesson and up Adventure. And helping me out with my new board.
Julie; who helped me have my breakthrough and took me up Alpine.
RJ; wow, thank you for everything. Probably the best instructor I've ever had in my life. He was very encouraging and took me up the Gondola and taught me to do a bunny hop.
Jordan; close to RJ, really helped me with my flat riding and took me up the quad and in general was just really helpful and awesome with everything even outside of lessons.
Lex; its a love hate relationship. With him you gotta go EXTREEEEEEEEME. And those who know me knows I'm so far from extreme you get. He took me on a box and really mad me work on my technique.
Kee; carving, carving, carving.
I'd also like to thank the amazing Diane working in ski and snowboard school for helping me and being such an amazing inspiration.
I am so grateful for everything that has happened to me here. And I cant believe how much I've learnt.
On the last Sunday before the lifts close we are going up at 4.30am on the Gondola to go to a small church ceremony and then riding down the mountain. You'll see the sunrise and everything. I am so excited for this.
Thank you America for all these experiences
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