Conquering the Bunny Hill

Last weekend, my friend Becca and I went to Mt.Brighton to learn how to snowboard. I've been skiing practically my whole life, while my sister has tried to convince me that I should snowboard instead. Finally, I wanted to give snowboarding a try. It looked fun and exciting, and it seemed so different from skiing.

When we first arrived at Mt.Brighton, Becca and I put on all our warm snow clothes. My sister had used various snowboards in all her years on the slopes, and two of them happened to be perfect sizes for Becca and me. But boy, trying to put on the huge boots that fit into the snowboard bindings is really difficult!

Once we were finally ready, we stumbled over to what we thought was the bunny hill. It seemed too big to be for beginners, but we continued on anyway, and grabbed hold of the tow rope that took us up to the top of the hill. From there we slowly strapped our boots to our snowboards. It took me a little while to figure out how to do this, after all there are so many different little parts to the boots and snowboard!

I stood up with both feet tightened into the snowboard. I hopped forward and started sliding down the hill. Before I knew it, I was back on the ground. I fell almost right after I had started. It was then that I discovered snowboarding would not be as easy as it looked.

I got up and continued down the rest of the hill, falling quite a lot! It was very painful, but really funny at the same time. After getting used to the hill for a little while, Becca and I took a lesson. Our instructor laughed every time Becca or I fell. Of course, he was concerned for our safety, but our ridiculous lack of talent did happen to be very entertaining. Becca fell flat on her face more than once, as did I.

After the lesson was over we practiced some more, and by the end of the day, I was able to snowboard down the entire hill without falling, stopping successfully at the bottom. I am so proud of my accomplishment.

We went home, and the next day I woke up with a stiff back, sore neck, and arms that hurt every time I moved them. Yet the pain was all worth it, because learning how to snowboard is one of the best experiences I've ever had, and I hope to go back to Mt.Brighton to learn even more soon.