Narrative Rough Draft

“Whoosh” was the sound as the wind blew towards us. We were slowly going down the mountain until one of us fell. For the four whole weeks we were up there it got harder and harder. They pushed us as far as we could go. The pain was like a deer getting hit by a truck. I am still sore from all of the work that I put into the four weeks. The instructor was getting angry. We all were frustrated, for it was difficult. At the end it was easier, but we still were in pain. My last fall was the worst.

When I found out that I could go with my program, I was excited. I had everything planned out. We had to start the new group which I thought would be easy. I was very wrong. I started to snowboard on March 4, 2009. I only had to pay $150.00 for four times plus all of my gear. I kept falling, but I kept on getting up because I didn’t want to quit. I thought to myself, “Well if Aireal can do it, then so can I.” That day the goal for all of us kids we had to focus on patience. I thought I was doing well, until I fell and hurt my knee. I ended up at the end of the day going on the lift for my first time! I was so happy about that. I also ended up learning my J turns which was fun.

The second time that we went up there we immediately got on the lift and went straight up. This time we ended up going down the whole mountain which was way cool. The second lesson for our group was persistence. The meaning to me is when you don’t succeed try, try again. Those words to me say a lot. I thought that it got a lot harder the second week because we had to strap both feet in and actually work on out toe and heel turns. I thought I was going to break my leg or something as bad as that.

The last couple times that we went were easy, then hard. The third time I went down the hill three times and I ended up getting hit by Rachel’s brother Jeffery. That hurt really bad. He didn’t just hit me once, but he hit me twice. It was funny after though. The lesson for the third one was responsibility. The fourth lesson was pride. The last day was actually the worst because I went on two runs I have never been on and I crashed and burned really hard.

So, in conclusion snowboarding was way fun, but it was also hard. I learned a lot, but I also got hurt. I had a lot of fun. Too bad I can’t go next year. I think when I have a chance to go again. The only thing I will tell people is to wear a helmet because I think if I didn’t have one I could have been really hurt or even dead.



Dani