Last winter friend of mine took me to snowboarding at Mission Ridge Winter Park at Fort Qu'appelle. Mark MaMorris started snowboarding at this place and won bronze at Olympic Games in Sochi on 2014. This park is not very big but it is the best one in South Saskatchewan.
My friend had some experience but me and my wife had none. We rented all equipment and bought learner package that include one hour of group instruction. While we were waiting for instructor we learned to how stay and how to walk with snowboard by yourself. The instruction was very basic about how to walk, how to turn and get up with the snowboard after falling.
After that we spend all day on bunny hill with kids and other learners. Only after couple hours of training I was able to slide from bunny hill without falling.
Overall I liked my first snowboarding experience despite of a lot of falls and body sore next day.
My friend had some experience but me and my wife had none. We rented all equipment and bought learner package that include one hour of group instruction. While we were waiting for instructor we learned to how stay and how to walk with snowboard by yourself. The instruction was very basic about how to walk, how to turn and get up with the snowboard after falling.
After that we spend all day on bunny hill with kids and other learners. Only after couple hours of training I was able to slide from bunny hill without falling.
Overall I liked my first snowboarding experience despite of a lot of falls and body sore next day.
My First Snowboarding Experience
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My friend had some experience, but my wife and I had none. We rented all our equipment and bought a learner package that included one hour of group instruction. While we were waiting for the instructor, we learned how to balance and slide along on a snowboard. The instruction was very basic about how to walk and get back up on the snowboard after falling.
After that we spent all day on the bunny hill with other learners. After only a couple hours of training I was able to slide down the bunny hill without falling.
Overall, I liked my first snowboarding experience despite having a lot of falls and a sore body the next day.