I’m halfway through my snowboarding season, and, in stark contrast to opening day, we’ve had tonnes of snow here. When I arrived back after Christmas the resort looked just as it had last year, with plenty of snow around, and it just kept on coming. Powder day after powder day, sometimes with up to 45cm of light, champagne powder which is a joy to ride. Even last week we got a metre of new snow.

The fun times had to end at some stage, and the last couple of days have been snow-less. A little bit fell today, but it seems that we’ll have to wait until next week for some proper snow.

My riding has slowly been getting better and I can now ride switch properly down steep semi-groomed runs. Next step is to start riding switch in powder and see how that goes. I’m jumping a bit more too, though nothing huge, and have managed a few more 180s, so I’ll have to find somewhere on the hill where I can try a 360 without ricking too much injury if I screw it up.

We’ve got a good crew riding around this year. Myself, Nathan and Floody are up most days, Tom, Dave & Rob are around as well, and Dave & Aaron, who did the course with me last year are also here for two weeks. There’s plenty of others who show up now and again, depending on what days they’re working etc. so there’s always someone to go riding with.

Update: that ‘little bit’ had turned in to 27cm by this morning. Happy days!