We had a day of snow today and for those who told me snowboarding is easier than skiing – you serious bro?
We arrived at the bus area in downtown Queenstown ready to board our bus. Away we went on an enormous bus up the mountain to The Remarkables ski centre.
The trip took about 45mins, 30 of which consisted of traversing the steep mountains on a dirt road. I can see why so many people own 4wds in this part of the world. If it was wet, it’d be treacherous.
At the top we piled out of the bus and headed off to the rental area to grab our boots + boards and meet in the area for our learners class.
After a basic bit of instruction from Mic, an Australian from the home of snowboarding – Alice Springs, we clip one foot in and learn some very basic stuff which was surprisingly difficult. The first lesson went for about 2hrs and then broke for lunch. It’s fair to say we were already hurting both physically and our pride. This should be easier than we made it look.
During the lunch break though we had more of a play and it started to make a bit more sense to some of us. The girls found more fun in tabogganing down on the snowboard.
After lunch we kicked on and learnt some more stuff and started to go faster and crash harder. Ben and I kept going while the others tried some of the mulled wine and pondered over which “action” photos to purchase.
At just before 4pm we called it a day. We were all pretty much stuffed by then, so returned the gear and rode the bus home.
We kicked on after showering and hit the town. Good nightlife as you’d expect from a predominantly younger crowd at this time of year.
A thoroughly enjoyable day and we all have the bruised and sore muscles / heads to show for it.