I've been to the longboarder get-togethers and I've tried a longboard, and I definitely like it. If I had to come up with a metaphor about the difference between longboarding and skateboarding, it'd be like the difference between park/pipe and freeriding. You don't do tricks on a longboard -- it's more about flat/downhill. And it does feel a lot like snowboarding. One of the club members has offered to sell me a pretty good longboard for good $. Weather's been pretty crappy this Juneuary so I haven't...

Timmytard posted an item about a regular get-together in Coquitlam by longboarders. Every Saturday around 11am in Town Centre park. I missed it this weekend, but I'll check it out next weekend. Might end up with a longboard after all.

OK, I've had a few days to get over my snit about the end of a lousy season. Been doing some thinking, and now it's time to get my thoughts for next season down on, uh, paper.

First, as I mentioned in a previous post, I have to just go for it a lot more. Can't continue to be overcautious about trying things. So, with that in mind, here's what I want to accomplish next season.

1) Spend more time exploring and less time bombing. This especially applies to finding those...

... to a crappy season, frankly. I know March is supposed to have had a record amount of snowfall, but it wasn't enough to make up for the previous 3 months. The bottom of Lodge never filled up to the point where they could take down the ropes. Even last season it eventually filled up.

I went up this morning at 9am for the final day, and ended up leaving at 11am. It was ice crust where the cats hadn't run, and crushed ice where they had. Add fog and occasional rain, and you've got...

Wife and I registered for private lessons today. With discounts and coupons and other stuff, we both got lessons for total $118 including taxes. Amazing!

On my lesson, we worked mainly on handling steeps. I learned a lot just by following the instructor the first time. Turns out my C turns are too open and too long. He also pointed out to me that A) I'm slightly open at the shoulders on my toeside turns, and B) I haven't been using flexion and extension. Once I started doing those...