I can not beleive that is almost Snowboard season again! I needed some new gear this year so I did a little shopping online at BoardCorner.com they have all the latest new gear including brands I love like Salomon, Burton, K2, Ride, Gnu, Forum and Lib tech. It has been a while since I have purchased some new gear and it was long over due! I am so excited because I got a new snowboard along with some great snowboard bindings. Now I am ready to hit the Mountain! I hope it is a good season this year, since last year my season was cut short! I am looking forward to a lot of snow and good times. Last year I had a pretty rough fall and ended up breaking my wrist, so this year I am going to start out very slow.
My fiancé loves to snowboard as well and he is all ready to go with his season pass. Every year he gets a season pass to Mount Hood Meadows and this year is no different. He has a lot of friends that go up with him every weekend and sometime during the week. I go with him as often as I can, but he goes a lot more then I ever have time for. This year I am going to try to get to the mountain more often, but we will see what happens!
I first learned to Snowboard about 5 years ago. It was hard at first but since I had previous wake boarding experience I think that made it a lot easier to learn. I really enjoyed it once I got the hang of it but it took me a good couple of years to feel like I had finally gotten the sport down.
Last winter everything changed for me! I was up snowboarding with my fiancé and I took a bad fall! For some reason I just could not get the hang of feeling comfortable on the board, I was toe side to the mountain and I flipped backwards, when I landed I could not move my arm! My fiancé immediately called for help and the next thing I knew I was riding on a sled to the ER at the mountain.
After multiple ex rays they determined that my wrist was broken in multiple places. They also told me that I had to have emergency surgery that evening to put all the bones back into place! Now I have never broken any bones and I have never had surgery before so this was a very scary experience for me!
I am happy to say now that everything is said and done my wrist is pretty much back to normal. I do have a 3 inch scare up my wrist and a new addition to my body of 8 screws, 2 pins and a metal plate! That is what you get for loving a sport like snowboarding.