Goofy or Regular?

Hey all, hope you’ve had a fantastic weekend. Thanks for contributing to the site and sorry I haven’t been around to comment. We’ve just got back from three days up in the sunny Alpines where I discovered some muscles I didn’t even know I had and also managed to master the art of falling on my arse!

Yes, you guessed it – we’ve been doin’ the snow scene at Falls Creek. Left Geelong Thursday morning and got to Mt Beauty that afternoon. We went with a bunch from Geelong including Tan from tennis, her boyfriend John, cousin Lee and friends Michelle and Amelia who were part of the group who went to Barham at Easter.

The weather was beautiful, unfortunately too beautiful for the snow season. Luckily I’m no professional, so the snow cover made no difference to me - except that it made the impact a helluva a lot harder. This is the first time I’ve been to the snow since High School, and the first time Blake’s been since he was an infant. Both of us were first time boarders.

Despite bein’ quite frustrated on the first day after the lesson, I slowly started to get the hang of it, I think. Blake picked it up pretty quick and encouraged me along, through the tantrums and the bruises. I did manage to make it down one run without any stacks on the second day. However, getting off the lifts without falling face first in the snow I have yet to achieve – maybe next year!

Also, for all you boarders out there I still don’t know if I’m goofy or regular and I think that’s because I’m a heel digger. I don’t do toe turns. I don’t know why, but I think it’s a balance thing. If I attempt to toe turn I land on my face. I know it’s ‘cause I lean too far forward, I just gotta figure out how to fix it. On the Saturday I started to rock backward and forward a little as I went down the slope, rather than just diggin’ in the heels whenever I started to pick up speed. Blake on the other hand, felt quite comfortable on his toes. I gotta say, for such a tall guy, he has pretty good balance.

Anyways, it was a fantastic weekend, although we are feeling the after effects of all the bumps and falls. Tomorrow will be a very interesting day at work, considering how my movements are restricted (it hurts just to put a jacket on, let alone undo and do up a bra!). Well it’s now 11pm, and I should hit the sack. Still got sleepin’ to catch up on. Make sure ya’all leave a comment when you drop by – lemme know what you’ve been up to.

Cheers, sweet dreams.