snowboarding season

So far, this snowboarding season has been quite terrible. I mean when we got our first big snowfall in November, I assumed that this winter would be the best one in awhile. I was wrong however. I mean even though we have gotten a good amount of snow, it never lasts long enough. For example, whenever we have a big snowfall, the next day it rains or it's 50 degrees outside. Some people might like this because they don't like the snow, but for us snowboarders who like to go to the mountain it sucks! Since I only live 20 minutes away from Windham Mountain, I usually go every weekend but since I have been at college I have only been able to go over winter break. It kind of sucks too because we had only one good snowfall while I was home and then it melted away.

I also tore some ligaments in my back over break from snowboarding. It was about 60 degrees outside one day and my friend asked me if I wanted to go riding. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to go because I was pretty tired, but I decided to go anyway. It was really nice riding in the warm weather, but there were a bunch of grass spots as well as slippery spots. We decided to go to the park because we heard there was a jump open. The jump looked kind of sketchy but we figured it couldnt be too bad. I went first and hit the jump fine, no problem. The jump was probably like 25 feet, so I figured even if I did fall it wouldn't hurt that much. Anyway, my friend hits the jump next and does fine also. After that we start to ride down this part of the mountain where it drops suddenly. I always do this no problem but as I was riding my board kicked out from underneath me and I fell onto my stomach and my legs went over my head. As this happened I felt something pop in my back and I suddently couldnt breathe. Instead of waiting for the saftey patrol to come I rode down the rest of the mountain and right into first aid. There, they strapped me down and took me to the ambulance. It kind of sucks too because when I think about it I wasn't even planning on going riding that day.