Getting Ready For Sochi, 2014!!

What's a boy to do?  It's a 'warm' winters day, roughly 45 degrees out, you've been given a new snowboard and your arm is well healed up from a football wound suffered earlier this Fall.

A boy snowboards, that's what he does.

Well tries anyway.  He only went down the hill about 15 times total and was markedly better after several runs.  Too much snow has melted now for redos, although we did get another 1 - 1.5 inches this morning. 

Ready for Sochi?  Not yet, but be warned world, he's on his way!

Early run after a couple of trials on the "bunny hill" in the front yard.

Doing better...

...and he's down!

Down again!  This was my favorite wipe-out. The front of the board kind of dug in so he went over that way.  Very exciting!

And, sad small Chinese boy wishing he could get a run at it.  Not til he's closer to the 12 week mark after his surgery.  Hopefully we'll still have some good snow around Valentines day and the boy can tear it up.