day 42. snowboarding. sunday river. 1/23.

today was kasmira's day off snow while it was my first day covering breaks on a board. i had had my board tuned and they had made me take my own bindings off and put them back on. all seemed to go well till i got off at the top of spruce and realized i had done it backwards so the long end side of the board was behind me instead of in front of me. it made for a weird ride down. i fixed it and headed up barker. from barker i actually hiked to the top of locke which saves time but was quite a work-out. i was very hot and sweaty and out of breath when i made it there. from there i rode down to the top of #9 and then down and around to catch #11 up. not all that much riding, really. from #11 it was down assumption and up to the top of white cap. coming in salvation and heat's off were scraped off as usual on a saturday and cascades wasn't much better. from the bottom of cascades i had to step out of my board and walk to easy street to get back to barker. after clocking out i thought i 'd ride some more since i had to wait for the safety meeting anyway, but after one run i felt uninspired and went in, even though conditions on south ridge were fine.