Our instructor took it easy on us today. We did have video analysis of our technique in the morning. That afternoon was a day of messin' around with snow skates. I actually have never heard of snow skates until now. Just imagine a skateboard deck with a mini snowboard underneath. It takes a while to get used to, but once you get it, it is pretty fun. Eventually we skated on kickers and rails. Hamish (one of the Scotts) took a nice bounce off the rail. Too bad I don't have a movie of that wipe out. Anyway, the weekend is here and we are going to practice some more. The skiers are really stressed out about the exam. I don't think the snowboarders feel the same way. We are all fairly advanced. The pass/fail metric should be focused on the teaching aspect instead of how well we ride. The BASI instructors are coming next week, so it will be a weeks worth of exams.
Pictures are of Patrick (our instructor) hitting a rail, Hamish and Ollie trying on the snow skates, me at the top of the Blauherd quad, and the entire snowboard class.
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