Snowboarding

Stephen LOVES to snowboard!  When he was at college he took a ski class for a semester.  Then he bought a cheap snowboard and would go night boarding every weekend.  After doing that sooo many times on ice and a cheap board, he got REALLY good.  Now snowboarding in fluffy powder with a nice, waxed board - he is AMAZING. 

He is also determined to teach all of our kids to snowboard.  So we took a little trip to Copper Mountain, which is HUGE!!!  It was Kaylee's first time snowboarding and she was awesome.  She is such a Tom boy and just doesn't have any fear.  Stephen does his "own" school with the kids.  He took her up to literally the top of the mountain and had her board down on her very first time.  That meant taking three lifts to get to the top. 

He does this cute little thing that he calls "the dance".  I wish I would have gotten a picture of them.  She holds his hands and with their boards together and facing each other they go down on certain trails.  This means Stephen going backwards and yes this means some pretty big crashes at times, but she learned.  AND I think Stephen was quite happy seeing how much the boys have progressed and seeing his little Kaylee going strong.

The boys are fun to watch.  I enjoy listening to their conversations.

The day was perfect.  No wind AND fresh falling snow.  It meant some serious powder.  I liked how the flakes would stick in Kaylee's eyelashes.  They were like little tufts of cotton.  Some of the flakes you could even see the pretty designs in.

SOOO, girlfriend had her game on there at Copper Mountain.  Move over Shawn White - there is a NEW tomato in town!!!!

 

Thanks for the fun day Stephen!  You are such an amazing teacher, maybe you need to take on a second job as a snowboard instructor!