Personal Narrative Essay: The Joy Of Snowboarding

Omg! I am going to have so much fun snowboarding! Today in my life I am at a super cool place. It’s in the UP and it’s called Ski Brule. It has all the snow hills you could possibly think about. I could never stop imagine me going down the hill and be so proud of me. But hopefully I don’t break any bones in my body. Because I still have basketball in the winter. But after I just took a soft energize nap. Then… We arrived. OM to the G! It was exactly what I imagined. The people gliding through the snow with their cool snowboards and their ski’s.

Falling over and over onto the dense sleet surface, with snow penetrating what’s left keeping you warm; your initial experience of snowboarding. Similar to other learning experiences, but perhaps not as harsh. Learning is a journey filled with challenges and sometimes failures. What determines the outcome is whether you can persevere and receive the everlasting reward of success. Learning is what you make of it, may it be learning to snowboard or applying it into the classroom setting. It will be an enriching skill you will be able to apply universally.

Throughout time, the progression and evolution of snowboarding has increased greatly. It has gone from non existence in the late 1970’s, to one of the most watched action sports in a matter of thirty-five years. The upward takeoff and popularity of snowboarding relies on two people, Jake Burton and Shaun White. Jake Burton back in 1977 had the vision for what snowboarding would be, but Shaun White had what it took to manifest that vision. Evidence has shown that time brings change in sports, history has repeated itself with snowboarding, this history reflects the time & changes that has occurred in America.

Snowboarding is a sport where you can just let yourself go and be with nature up on the snow-topped mountains. Banning snow is a crazy act but in 1992 on March 30 Syracuse, New York outlawed any more snowfall until December 24, 1992. Snowboarding brings many people together and is a really great way to take advantage of the snow. Even though snowboarding has not been around very long it has sparked a lot of debates and thrill for many people and come along way.

During the next season, everyone in the group from last year dropped out, I was the only one left. Since I loved snowboarding and I showed it, my parents bought me my own board. I’ll never forget my first board, a Burton Clash 2012

Let's start with one example, Tricks. There are so many more tricks you can do on a snowboard than on skis. Backflips, 360s, There is so many more. Next example is that it's way easier to turn in the air. When you only have one thing to move instead of two. Because when you're in the middle of a huge jump and you want to that 720 it's going to be easier than skis because with one board you can move easier. One of the coolest things done was Ulrik Badertscher doing a double backside rodeo 1260 mute. It was crazy! There are some pretty cool skiing tricks but never ones cooler than that one.

The athlete locks in his bindings on his Burton snowboard, adjusts his goggles, and peers down the mountain. He stares at the snow-covered trees, powdered slopes, and sapphire blue alpine lake in the distance. The young man remembers his skiing adventures through the trees as a small boy, rises to his feet, takes a deep breath and smiles. The crisp mountain air and the smell of pine trees fill his lungs as he glides down the blanket of snow on the groomed slopes of the mountain resort. The enjoyment of the sport of skiing and snowboarding, and the many other wonders of the Tahoe basin have been passed on to him from his family, and is like no other feeling in the world. Lake Tahoe is such a culturally and historically significant part of North

Snowboarding has came along was a was for how it was in 1960s and 1970s it was a skateboard with out wheels it was controlled by rope so you can turn with it and the snowboards did not have binding on it yet. As the snowboarding has been the fastest growing sport in the US there is over 7.2 million and rising. When people go snowboarding they should keep in mind that snowboarding is a risk. When the winter Olympic games snowboarding and skiing can go in the Olympic games and do all this can do to get a medal for doing nice tricks or flips in the air. Snowboarding has it own culture and it own language and its own style after all this years.

I heard a soft whooshing sound as my skis slid across the soft powdered snow, which glistened in the winter sun. I felt practically no wind and it was the perfect temperature to prevent both slush, all in all the conditions were perfect for a day of skiing with my family. I was accompanied by my mom, uncle, and about 8 cousins. We had all woken up at the crack of dawn and began the hour and a half journey to Mount Sunapee, which for us is the prime skiing location. About eight at the time i had only been skiing for about two years and i was still very weary of my skiing skills and i often fell. Today though was going well, i had not fallen once and i was getting into the groove. I had a few close calls but i began to grow confidence in myself

This year in the Winter Olympics there is a sport called snowboarding, in snowboarding, there is a lot of safety rules and gear, it also involves a lot of practice. The track that they snowboard on most of the time is a halfpipe shape made of slick snow. It’s steep when you go up, but fast to go down so you can gain momentum to go up the other side and do a trick. In the event, you need to beat the other team by doing more tricks and the tricks have their level of points as well, you need more points than the other team to win. You can do multiple tricks in the air and on the snow, most are done in the air. You get judged off of your performance and tricks if both teams do a cab (A switch frontside spin) but you land or perform it better you get more points. 60% of their score are on their tricks while the other 40% is an overall impression. They have a certain amount of time to complete their tricks.

When I started this writing journey, I decided to make my theme snowboarding because it ties into a large part of my life. It is a hobby of mine that I am adamant about. In my first paper, I compared a rail to becoming the student body president. In both situations it is something that a person has to be careful on and keep their balance. They need to keep their balance from the beginning to the end if the person plans to come off of the end of rail or the end of their tern smoothly.

When you think of snowboarding the first thing that comes to my mind is snow. However, with me living in Texas, it is very rare for it to ever snow. The humidity and crazy temperatures make it almost impossible for it to snow in Houston. For that reason alone, there are no snow parks in the surrounding area that I could practice snowboarding at. Also, I do not know any stores in the surrounding area that sell snowboards and other equipment I would need to go snowboarding with. My geographical location is the reason why I have never been able to get involved with

(Make more depressing,get number and jersey and go to chair lift, notice a child like you, have flashback of yourself and what snowboarding was about, Do competition win, promise to never do one again be you do what you love in life)

I find it difficult to believe that it has been 6 years since we hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It seems like only yesterday to me. I am and forever will be an “Olympic Junkie.” I simply can’t get enough of the Games, the athlete’s stories and this incredible display of excellence in sport. Every four year I find myself captivated by the Games. As my personal homage to the Winter Games, it seemed only fitting to visit Cypress Mountain to reflect upon those wonderful moments of 2010.

Imagine riding down a dirt hill on a bike flying through tight corners and hitting dirt jumps and then imagine doing the same thing but in the snow on a board. You have just witnessed the similarities and differences of mountain bike and snowboards. Snowboards and Mountain Bikes seem very different but if you look at them closely you can see very many similarities. In this essay I will be showing the similarities and differences of these extreme downhill sports.