Winter sports
There are several winter sports like skiing, snowbording, skating. But of all the winter sports, I like snowbording the best. I’m going to talk about snowbording.
Last March, I went snowbording for the first time. I couldn’t slide well at that time, but I wanted to go snowbording. It was the beginning. Winter was already over, so I could go snowbording only two times last season.
This year, I’m more addicted to snowbording. Last December, I bought snowboarding gear. I bought a snowboard, boots, binding (which is the metal part on a snowbord that I step on so that my boot fastens to the board), gloves, goggles and so on. I spent much money on these things. This season, I already went snowboarding five times, and I am going to go five times more. Of course, as I go snowboarding, I think I have gradually become a good snowboarder. For all the progress I have made, however, I still leave many things to be desired, and I want to become better than now.
Next winter, I have a plan to go to Hokkaido to go snowboarding with someone. It will be one year before I go to Hokkaido, but I’m looking forward to the trip.
Do you like skiing or snowbording?
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Comments (2)
Rudolf
wrote on February 16, 2006:
Like everyone else where I’m from, I started skiing at a very early age, but I decided to quit when I was about sixteen or seventeen. And, if memory serves, that was before the first snowboards showed up on the slopes.
Maybe I’m going to ski again, but I don’t think I could get used to a snowboard—I’d feel constrained in my freedom of movement if I had both feet locked down on a single board.
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Yukiko
wrote on February 20, 2006:
Hi Daichi and Ruedi,
I went skiing at the very end of the last year for the first time in my life. I joined a skii tour and they had several trained skiiers to teach beginners. My instructor was really nice and I soon got to like skiing!
I have snowboarded twice, but I don’t think I’m a good snowboarder :-/ For me, it’s easier to ski than snowboard, but both are fun to do.
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