Lake Tahoe Snowboarding

Last weekend my girlfriend and I headed up to Lake Tahoe to go snowboarding at Squaw Valley. I have been skiing since I was really young and am pretty good at it, but this time I decided to try snowboarding. I have been meaning to try it for a long time but after seeing the film First Decent I really knew it was time to give it a shot. I started off slow, learning how to turn and stop going down the super easy green circle bunny slope. After mastering that slope I decided to go ahead and hit the blue square chair. I got going pretty fast but I was totally out of control. I kept on catching the edge of my board in the snow as I rocked back and fourth and the verge of falling and my face and then my ass. This did not keep up long and I quickly fell hard on a sheet of ice. The weight of my fall was all absorbed by my right wrist bending backwards. I was pretty sure I had broken my wrist... on my second run. It hurt really bad and I could barely move it so I decided to get it checked out at the ski clinic. They took x-rays and determined it was not broken but was sprained in 2 places. The doctor gave me a wrist brace and sent me on my way. I was able to finish off the weekend wearing the brace and a new pair of wrist guards highly recommended for beginning snowbaorders. I love the simplicity of snowboarding over skiing, one board instead of 2 skis and 2 poles. Snowboarding boots are also much more comfortable than the robot like ski boots. I'd snowboard again for sure.