Another Post on Snowboarding!

You'd think it was winter or something with all these posts about snowboarding!  Well it is still winter up here in Rexburg and we just went snowboarding again today so why not a post about it!  We made sure to take a bunch of videos and pictures of our adventure up at Targhee today so we'll share them with you guys too.  There hasn't been much snow this entire week so we were a little worried about that but figured it'd be a fun "groomed run day", which it turned out to be.  Luckily the visibility was actually really good.  Barely any clouds and 34 degree temperature made today a real fun and fast day.  So I have an app on my phone called "My Tracks" and it uses my gps to record where i've been (if i activate it) and how fast and the elevation, etc.  Well I used it today to see how fast I got going and my max speed today was 44.7 mph.  Nice huh!

We made it to our favorite run, which is called Chief Joseph Bowl (or Joe Bowl for short), and the run didnt disappoint!  We love it because there is a natural half pipe that is built up by the groomers so either side has a little bit of an incline and a lip which makes it perfect for dink around jumps.  We have been learning how to do spins, which until now has kinda been a scary thing for both of us.  Today Sommer started trying 360's and I kept doing them, I even ended up doing a perrrrfect 540 and when I looked up to see if Sommer got it on video I realized that she had missed it, bummmmer!  But I totally did it!

So we found this cool Japanese Sand Garden thing made out of the powder by the lift.  I guess the poor lift operator had A LOT OF TIME to kill.  It looked way cool though.

So here's all the videos!

Here I go, I did a backside 360 between two trees and got scared so i decided "hey a tree hurts more than snow" so i fell on my face.  Probably not the best choice since on the next jump i fell BACK onto my face, but I almost had a 540 on the second jump.

Me again, I pulled a nice 360 right in front of Sommer.  I guess the nose of my board got stuck in the powder at the end.  I think this was the only powder in all of Targhee today though, thats why we enjoyed this run so much!

Sommer's turn.  I swear my life flashed before my eyes on this one though.  She did a clean 180 but as she landed i saw some sort of rage in her eyes as she nearly ran the sharp metal edge into my thigh.  Just kidding, there was no rage but I think she was thinking "payback for getting tickled".  Sommer says at the end that she didnt want this one on the blog.  Guess that didnt work out for her.

I decided to take the camera for a whirl.  I mean, it is an Olympus Tough camera and doesn't mind getting wet.  So I did a 360, it may get you a little dizzy but I landed it FYI.

Long shot of me falling from a 360 attempt.  But did you see that wierdo with the skis on his poles?  I finished up with a good 360 though.

Sommer!  Boom 180.

Me riding with the camera. It is a little disorienting but I didn't land that.  Thus the "ow" at the end.

Round 2 - Riding with the camera again...thats all that happened.  Then my finger covered the camera.  I actually forgot to turn it off.  Whoops!

Sommer pulls a nice 180.  BACKSIDE!  woo.

That big black thing is actually an alien ship.  Or its my finger...Oh well.  I did two 360's with the camera though, so that was fun!  Then what?  a backside?  Nope, I fell.

Sommer burning up the mountain.  I want to say that was a 360 but it was like a 320 slide into a 360.  The second one was a nice 180, woop woop.

This one i popped up for a 360 and fell.  I dont know what happened but it turned into a butt pop.

We sure had fun, I hope you enjoyed watching our videos.