Snowboarding Season over

Today I had my last snowboarding session for this season. It was at Okutadami, where I started the season so there was a nice circularity to it. The weather was a little colder than it had been recently, so the snow was a little faster and icier than other Spring sessions. I met Ben, Amy and Chuck at the slope and we spent the morning riding around and the afternoon trying to break ourselves in the skate park. The award for worst crash of the day will go either to me (landing shoulder and face first from a kicker) or to Chuck (bashing his elbox on the trapezium box). Still, we both walked away from our respective injuries and were able to drive home.

So that's the end of my season. 28 sessions in five months (would have been more if I hadn't gone to Thailand, Cambodia and England). It's been a great season and I feel I've improved a lot. I've gone from simple riding to doing flat tricks and ride fakey. I'm now happy on deep powder or sheer ice. I have the confidence to take on halfpipes, kickers and boardercross. I'll admit I'm not brilliant (yet), but it's a massive step up from last season.

I can't wait to see what I can learn to do next season. In the meantime, I'm seriously considering buying a skateboard to practise those switches and ollies over summer!