Planned days over the week did not go as planned, so the Saturday morning before Christmas, when we should all get some sleep and be rested for the next day, my body wanted its party at 5 in the morning.
Taking the opportunity for myself, I also made it an easy morning as I wanted to go on the road with a takeaway coffee available only from 6 onwards.
Roadtrip with freshly baked croissants and warm coffee, with a Tolkien third LOTR book in the background, was done in like 10 min.
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Ski slopes again, remembering all the fun and relaxed feeling I had during prev season, the smile on my face that did not go away even if I wanted. I almost ran towards the area, where I finished gearing up and stepped into the board. "Take it easy," I said, and skipped the first slope and took the easy path to see how the board behaved.
No turning, gripping the snow at the edges, slow motion, and the first fall after just a couple of meters. "This is gonna be a fun season" rang in my mind, which continued with walking towards the chairlift, as the "easy path" was not connected to the desired destination.
Man, it took me two or three rides to properly handle the carvings where my body and gravitation started to do their work instead of my clumsy forcing the rotation.
After that, the day became as beautiful as I remember it from the last season. Even the scare of speed became manageable fun, and the freedom feeling I was craving was back again.
With each lift, I looked at small bumps where I could make my first jump of the season and begin my trip towards proper jumps and 180 that I set for myself. Each ride brought more fun of riding, and another missed opportunity to do the first jump. A couple of hours later, it finally happened.
I stopped before a bump and released the break in a strange cramp of doing "the thing" I was shocked that the snow was not soft as expected but icy hard, which my body confirmed a second later.
And that is how my first jump became a fall.
I called it a successful day anyway, so I continued my day with LOTR in the background and more coffee for the next road trip I had planned for that day.
Till next time, stay sexy and hydrated.
