Last night was the shred for the cup series' first event: Big Air. App Ski hosted it and I thought it took place between 4-7. Apparently that was preregistration and the event began at 7. I went around the slopes a few times, trying out the jumps and FS 180s. I am so much more comfortable landing a FS buttered pretzel going 270* and landing regular than an ollie to switch. I just dont feel rigth about it yet which means I need to practice more. I hit the jumps fine but the landing zones were pretty...

So I've been boarding for about three weeks now total, not counting the one outing I had when I was a wee lad of about seven. The first few days were a complete disaster, and I went home feeling like an inmate at county. I decided just going out on the slopes and hoping for the best wouldn't cut it, and spent my days outside of class researching into riding and the physics of it in general. Being a physics major, I like to know the specifics of things in an out. I also signed up for the snowboarding...