It wasn't quite the awesome turning point that I was hoping for. I mean I know it's only my second lesson and I can't hope for miracles but I expected more of myself. This is exactly what happened when I had my skiing lessons, I get to a point where I am just frustrated and then just start messing up the simple things that I could do previously.
I've got the hang of stopping on my heel edge now I think, that's fine. Toe edge though is a completely different story, I just cannot figure that out. I can't get the stance at all. I don't understand why it is so difficult to bend you knees and lift your hips forward. I just don't understand it, but apparently it is that difficult. I tried and tried and tried and just kept stacking it. Dear God does it hurt when you try to stop on your toe edge, catch your heel edge and fly back. Oh my God it hurts and I definitely need to get a new helmet. Falling on a snowboard with a helmet two sizes too big just isn't a good idea. Early Christmas present pour moi I think.
So yeah, more practice is definitely required, but I feel like I need to let Will off the hook and go do that on my own. He has been an awesome teacher, explained things so so well and been really patient with me, I just need to go off and put everything I've learnt into practice until I've got it. One of my friends is pretty new to snowboarding too so I think a few days up the hill with her will do me the world of good. And some more snow, we definitely need a big dump of snow in the next week. We shall see.
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