Snow Boarding

I Learned to snowboard...at least I tried.

Went down this week with the youth and young adults with the church and fell over quite a few times and bailed hard even more.

I got the hang of it in the end and learned a few things along the way. I am taking a step outside my own culture(I'm more of a snow-baller than a boarder) here but the few things that I figured out in boarding have helped me process a few things.

1. If at first you fall flat on the icy ground and bruise your but...you are not alone. Everyone has done not matter how much they paid for their jacket.

2. If you are scared of falling over good...take a risk and maybe you will enjoy it.

3. If the path is slippery it's OK to take it easy and feel your way...you don't have to plunge head first every time.

4. By following the path that others have traveled you can see where to go and hopefully not fall off the cliff. The trouble is that staying in the same path can cause you to follow someone else off the cliff.

6. God makes it snow. Enjoying his creation for us is great.

5. Snowboarding or Skiing?????? Can't we just all get along.

The biggest thing that I took away from the weekend is this. Be prepared with good waterproof gear(ice down butt is not the most comfortable feeling), learn the basic things you need to know(how to stop, so you don't bail and take out anyone on the slopes), then try it out.(falling is part of learning too)
Anyway if you haven't done it before it is a lot of fun...just like life.

Two days on the snow and I'm already giving advice...who is this guy?
I'll hopefully get back into the mall soon and talk about culture I understand.