Exhausted!
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Kat Miller in All, Photos, Snowboarding
Tail Press
It’s been an insane week, or should I say last week was insane, since it’s now Monday again? Anyway, things are busy with work and play and I’m starting to feel a bit drained and exhausted. Nothing a lay in and some early nights wouldn’t cure I’m sure but with 5:30am starts, 4 client visits, a Programme Board to prep for and attend and numerous project updates I have a feeling I’ll be feeling pretty frazzled all week.
Last Wednesday I headed up to MK SNO!zone for a Maverix One Trick Pony session, these are more focused than the full day sessions, aiming to give you 3 hours if coaching on one trick, or variation of one trick. This session was presses (nose & tail) and side ons. I was looking forward to my second session on my new Forum Manual and headed up to the slope in plenty of time to get warmed up. It soon became apparent that I’m more of a “tweaker” than a “presser” when I comes to rails, and I need to commit a bit more to shifting my centre of balance to get a really good flex to the tricks I was trying. I did manage a couple of passable attempts though and luckily Jools did get some photographic proof. We also worked on some side on tricks on the gas pipes, firstly static stuff at the bottom of the slope to get used to jumping on to a small pipe and getting the landing position centred and nicely balanced before heading up to the main gas pipe. The kickers on to it felt spot on to ride (well done to Jack from the Maverix park crew) giving me enough air without feeling too off balance. After my first attempt where I was pretty nervous, I settled into it a bit more and managed to get some nice 5-0s and even something that could have been called a tail press. What really pleased me was when I saw the video and photos afterwards and found that my arms were below shoulder height, so I’m definitely improving!
Side on 5-0
We had a chilled, shred free weekend as there was a ski only comp on and after Wednesday’s late night we wanted to take Friday off as well. Instead we went to Bluewater for a bit of shopping (which failed as all I bought was a pair of socks), and breakfast at Carluccio’s which was lovely. After that it was back home for weekend nappage and laziness. It was nice and relaxed, and it’s a shame we’re back to Monday already as it would have been even better to be lazy at home today as well rather than visiting two different NHS Trusts to talk about electronic CRB checking. Still, work pays the bills and means I can go shredding so I can’t complain too much. So here’s to a busy productive week ending in a few hours of snow!
