12.1.13 First day of SNOWBOARDING SEASON

It has been a long 10 months that i haven't been able to snowboard but luckily it has been that long since i had actually injured myself the last day of the season. I needed the rest to heal my leg and the first day back it feels great. I spent the day with one of my friends at Liberty Mountain Resort which is only about 55 minutes away from where I live so it is a timely commute. We left our houses at 8:30 am and got there at about 9:30 am ready to snowboard to our hearts content. I had actually expected the terrain to be very slushy and not packed considering it was supposed to be a warm day and the sun was out. It was however a GREAT day out. We spent the bulk of the early morning on getting re acclimated to snowboarding since we haven't done so in a while and most of the day really just riding the lifts.

We started out on Sneaky Pete and Nova for some time because my friend had just got his new gear this year and wanted to test it out.We then headed over to a slightly harder trail called Dipsy Doodle and spent some good times there blasting through the first parts of the trail. After a while that got tiring because of the straight away that they have mid way through the trail where it is almost flat and you spend the bulk of your time straining your back leg to keep yourself from catching a bump or sliding. So instead a few runs after we still took Dipsy Doodle but we transitioned into a shortcut toward Whitneys way which is a Blue trail. We had some fun throughout the high speeds you catch riding these trails. My friend ended up not being able to go many runs because his bindings were slightly loosened so he took a break while i went for my final run. I went through Upper Heavenly and went through Whiteneys Way which was a blast. In the end however i realized my boots were not fitting me well since whenever i try to make turns my heel would move and slowly slide out. So i need to get that fixed ASAP so i can go through the rest of the season comfortably. If you guys haven't ridden before or want to try Liberty their website is http://www.libertymountainresort.com/ and they offer lessons with rentals and a lift ticket for some lifts for only 39 dollars until Christmas rolls around. This offer is also good at the two other ski resorts affiliated with Liberty called WhiteTail and Roundtop. Try to get on the slopes and HAVE FUN