Cypress Mountain – Vancouver – Snow Boarding Day 2
Yesterday was a good day for going up to one of the local mountains here in BC. The local mountains being Mt. Seymour, Grouse Mt. and Cypress Bowl.
Now the girlfriend (Robyn) has a friend that works at Cypress Bowl so they (Robyn and her friends) have been going there when they aren’t skiing up at Whistler/Blackcomb and last week was my first time snowboarding. I liked it, it was a little tricky at first and definitely workout using muscles I am not used to using. Let’s face it, sitting in front of a computer doesn’t require much muscle movement. So yesterday was my second time up on the mountain and also placed in the Level 2 snowboarding lesson.
I originally wanted to do Level 1 over again but the girls wouldn’t let me. They placed me into Level 2 and I am totally thankful for it. I would of been so board in Level 1 lessons and the Level 2 lessons helped me work on my technique for turns. Carving is so much fun on a snowboard!
After the lessons were over (I improved quite a bit), I took to the bunny hill by myself and managed to go all the way down without bailing once. I meet up with Robyn and her friends and Robyn wanted me to try a Green hill. So we did, sort of.
Going up one of the chairs the top only had two runs: Freestyle and Blue. No green here for me! But I manged to go down the Blue run with no problems (falling twice) but recovered nicely. I did enjoy it even if the run was a bit icy. After making it down the hill (working on my turning technique and not bailing) we headed to the next chair that really lead up to the green run (Collins). This was an interesting run and fairly long too. I really enjoyed it (again bailing a couple of times and at which point I was getting pretty tried) and now I think I am hooked on snowboarding!
Snowboarding has a pretty easy learning curve to it I think. The initial starts is a bit different but once you get the hand of it and your muscles learn then its pretty fun. Skiing has a much larger learning curve to it but I didn’t take to skiing as well as I took to snowboarding. Both are really physically demanding though, but a lot of fun.
We will be trying to get another run in after our trip to the Dominican Republic and before the end of the season (April 14th or something). After that it will be on to the summer activities and getting into better shape so that I can attempt Whistler/Blackcomb!!
So who out there is into winter sports?
Very cool to hear that you got out snowboarding. I’ve only been skiing once in my life and absolutely loved it. Snowboarding would probably be a blast as well, but none of my family or friends are into the winter sports and there isn’t anything close to home where I can go solo.
I’m also looking forward to feedback on your DR trip as that is somewhere I would like to go. I’ve been a long time fan of cigars and would love to sample some of the local product.
I will be reporting back on my Dominican trip. Only 4 work days left! Though not sure about the internet while I am down there, but we’ll see what can be done. Though I’m going to try and stay away from computers while I am there
Have a fun and safe trip! And enjoy the time away, we’ll wait for updates when you get back.
I haven’t gone once this year…but the board is waxed and my jacket and pants are all cleaned and waterproofed
I might head up to Whistler and do some boarding during the Whistler Snowboard Festival.
The girlfriend might be going up to whistler this Thursday. She has 1 more day on her edge card left and wants to use it before end of season of course. I hope I can get another run in though, definitely fun. I plan on going to Whistler’s outlet store to see what deals they have on boards/bindings/boots.
Good thing dude! Nice one. Enjoy riding. I love snowboarding too. Snowboarding rocks!
-Macky Bugay