So this weekend was a beautiful, blue skies, weekend – the first since April that I wasn’t at the dropzone.

That’s right. This weekend, I spent my time enjoying the sun on the slopes. It was my first weekend trying out snowboarding.

Thankfully, there’s no beer rule for this first!

Just like my first AFF skydive, I spent a large amount of time learning from my “instructors” and even more time falling. And, just like my first skydive, the after effects of snowboarding include bruises and significant soreness.

But let me tell you, it was totally worth it. I spent time learning from both my freefly partner and my good friend Nick. And even though I feel like a little slow to pick it up, I feel like I’m getting the hang of it.

Hopefully with a couple more outings I’ll be able to comfortably be making turns and spending more time on my board than on my ass.

It’s definitely not skydiving – the rush is incredibly different – and I certainly don’t see myself turning snowboarding into the skydiving of the winter, if you will, but it’s definitely a fun wintertime sport that I’ll be practicing every now and again.

Hopefully the next blue skies day we see will be a little warmer so I can get back up in the air.

Blue skies!

Ashley