| That most energizing and bold sport - | | | | |
| snowboarding! Have | | | | board. But if you're really new to the idea, |
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| you ever tried it?Take a mountain of snow, a | | | | |
| big flat curved board, step on, | | | | some information off web sites like |
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| and whoosh! Off you go! You're surfing the | | | | But what really works is watching the other |
| Earth! It's | | | | people on the |
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| exhilarating to the max.I really got into it | | | | slopes and then playing with the techniques |
| when I moved to Colorado. I used to | | | | yourself. |
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| live in Michigan. Yeah, there's some skiing | | | | Experiment. And definitely don't worry about |
| and | | | | it when you |
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| snowboarding in Michigan, and most of the | | | | crash. In fact, expect it. Wipeouts are |
| northern states. | | | | going to happen. |
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| But when you've got real mountains, there's | | | | It's inevitable. If you're not crashing, |
| just nothing | | | | you're not |
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| like it. Nothing I ever skiied in Michigan | | | | learning. Push your limits and test your |
| compared to the | | | | skills.Oh, and if it's the middle of summer |
| | | | and you're just |
| slopes of Colorado. Nothing.I'm pretty agile | | | | |
| and I've got the balance thing down, so | | | | craving that surfing feel, and you're like, |
| | | | totally bored |
| it was easy for me to get the knack of | | | | |
| moving my weight | | | | out of your gourd, you can go find some |
| | | | online snowboarding |
| from heel to toe and maneuvering the board | | | | |
| against the snow | | | | games. Yeah, I know. It's tough when there's |
| | | | no snow, but |
| and gravity. I fell off plenty of times | | | | |
| while I was | | | | if you're into games, you can do the moves |
| | | | in your head for |
| learning. And I still do it sometimes, but | | | | |
| then, that's | | | | a couple of months till it snows again.But |
| | | | right now, it's early in the season yet and |
| part of the fun.Just like any sport, you | | | | the snow |
| can't read about it and just do | | | | |
| | | | is just beginning, so get out there and |
| it. You have to get out there and strap your | | | | play!Kathryn Mosely has written extensively |
| feet onto the | | | | on subjects related to sports and fitness. |