Of Boards, Butts and Bruises - II

We arrived at the resort at 11 AM and the experts and the newbies went towards their respective ski-lifts. There were those who were skiing down double black diamond slopes ( yeah.. google and find out for those who dont know ) and then there were those who were skiing down that same slopes , with beer in their hands!!
INSANE in the membrane!!!
INSANE in the brain!
Really, it was BigG going down the hillside, really proving Newton's laws of Momentum!! Almost 35 to 40 miles an hour downhill on double black with a can of beer ??? Lets just say he is fond of his drink and move on shall we ?

My group snowboarding class was a little distance away from this insanity. Kids from the ages of 3 to 40 were there lined up for their lessons.
I rented my snowboarding equipment and went to the lessons area. The temperature suddenly dropped, the sun behind the clouds and my extremities were freezing. It didnt take long to get the blood flowing though, boy! Casey, my instructor, the slave driver and really cute boarder-chick was shouting at me .. yelling at me .. to get to the Toe edge and the heel edge. and stand up and let go .. but no!!! My butt had other plans .. it took to the snow like fish to the water. It wouldnt get up from the snow at all! It was like I was fighting too many things! And when I did manage to take it a few feet into the air. it took me down so hard that I bruised badly! My snow magnet was in full form. It did not help either that the snowshoes that I had on were a size bigger than necessary. Hence, the my heel kept lifting but the snoboard did not, which was manna for the snow-magnet.
I wanted to try snowboarding once, I did it, and Thats that!
And I got the bruises on my Butt to show for it.
Bruise Color of the day: Purple.