Snowboarding Intermediate I Class, Lesson 4 and 5

I progressed and was excited to book my 1st Intermediate I class. Nana has loaned me her sweats for the Taiwan trip and I worn them to class. This is the teenager in style now. 

Nana commented that I got no butt! That is my lacking asset and apparently the ten thousands of squats and lunges that I had done over the years didn’t help. Lol.

I thought it would be nice to have classmates and opted for a Saturday 9am class. I was the 3rd student. The other 2 students were a couple, with there 8 yo son, who was taking lesson at 10am. 

Since I got ready 1st, I also started warm up 1st. Then I realised that I have suddenly totally forgotten how to snowboard. I lost my both my toe side and heel side and fell multiple times just during the warm up. I duno why. At least I was fully decked in the protective gears.

After about 10 mins of struggling with my warm up, it was the couple’s turn. It didn’t help that they were so much better. I duno what they were doing but look like they would already be good snowboarders on the mountain. 

The lesson went on this way, I struggled a huge part and by the end of the class, I was still wondering if I still remembered my basic heel and toe side. After class, I stayed on to chit chat a little and watch their 8 yo’s lesson. Zaky would have been the same at that age - playful, monkeying, not listening to instructions. It was cute watching the boy. That was when I found out that the couple is supposed to be in Intermediate II class but took this, so that their boy could have lesson next. They have also gone onto the mountains several times and planing to go Shenzhen indoor ski resort soon, before chasing the snow in Australia in the middle of the year. 

I now realised that having classmates isn’t such a great thing after all. What I did bring back were not new skills but new muscle aches. I always discover places that I didn’t know I have muscles after snowboarding class. On Sunday, I woke up with muscle ache in my left arm, bcos I was desperately grabbing the bar during class and then at  the back of my neck!!! I bet it was my neck trying to brace the multiple falls. 

I was contemplating another class on Sunday. I have 1 more lesson credit to use up by mid April, which could be passed to Nana. She is finally free now to take classes. I had a busy Sunday and it was a challenge to squeeze in a class. 

It all started with a 6km jog. Jogging never get easier for me, regardless of how physically active I am. 

Then I visit Auntie TL’s church. We did the Chinese service this time. I understand. My Chinese is powerful. It was again Nana’s sweats, annd also her socks and shoes. Hoho. 

We then met the Aunties for lunch and coffee. The usual catch up sessions, without kids.

There was a class at 4pm with 1 other student but I couldn’t make it in time. I was contemplating the Intermediate II class at 8pm and 9pm. Apparently, if there is only 1 or 2 students in the class, the instructor could customise to the students’ standard, regardless what the actual class is for. Thankfully, it is the off peak season and most of the classes are empty, until the 2nd half of the year.

I eventually signed up for the 9pm class bcos I would be the only student and Daddy Lim nicely sent me. I told the instructor of my sad plight. He was very kind and started with me on my basics, reminding me on how to bend knees and sit back for the heel side. I got my heel and toe side back after a while. Yay! I fell a couple of times but at least for new things that I was learning. 

I learnt how to do the Torsional twisting and I will be putting it here so that I can review before my next class - from heelside, step down right toes, then lean in to toe side. From toe side, step down right heel, then lean back to heel side. I feel fully satisfied. My next class would be more than a week later and I really hope that I would remember my basics. 

Nana would be taking her intro class this Thursday. I am sure she can skip level or progress in leaps. 

Mummy Lim