My wife and I went up Seymour today with Petey the insane mutt. It was cold, which is probably why we didn't get eaten alive by bugs. In fact, it was snowing lightly once we were above the parking lot. And there was snow a couple of inches deep at the first flat spot on the Manning Run (where Joel's Flight ends and Velvet Gully starts). Petey ran around insanely (no surprise) doing donuts and spinouts. And he's got four-wheel drive!

Anyway, it's nice to see the white stuff on the...

So, here's what I want to accomplish for this season:

- Ride Switch at will
- Ride moguls at something more than a crawl
- swap in and out of switch at speed
- Do some basic 180s
- be able to handle at least small ramps
- be able to go off-piste without cratering
- 50/50 a box -- even a small one.

In addition, there's this video Side hits on Vimeo that I've mentioned before. I'd love to be able to do at least some of...

I'm a pretty new snowboarder, and a late starter at 51. I started snowboarding in Feb/2009 after going up to Seymour with my daughter's class as a volunteer parent. I'd never seen snowboarders up close (hadn't been invented yet when I used to ski) and they looked like they were having a lot of fun.

So, I rented the equipment the next time out and gave it a try. I'm pretty sure I provided great entertainment that first day on the bunny slope. But hey, it was a lot of fun, so I kept...