Swan 45 World Championships

Well, it has been a challenging event.  The weather gave us everything...a good medium air day of practice.  Light air sailing days...a day without sailing because of no air.  Followed by a morning without sailing becuase of no air...which turned into an afternoon cancelled sailing because of too much air!!!!  Crazy!!!

More later....

First long day of snowboarding

My buddy Jake and his son wanted to riding this weekend, so I made it up with them yesterday. We went to Keystone with the promise of great weather and decent snow. We didn't get that-- we got decent weather and good snow...so that worked out well!

I had taken my nephew up the week before but didn't get to ride much since I was sticking with him. I had a little pain in my knee, so I switched some settings around on my bindings.

Got on the slopes-- no problem, headed to the Santiago and Outback and spent the day there!

Really windy day most of the day, but it was around 30 deg so it was pretty easy to stay warm. First few runs were groomers. Then we hit a mogul run while Colin was taking a break to fix his boots. After that-- a few more non-stop long runs before lunch.

I changed my bindings to help my knees. The change seemed to help the knees but introduced some other problems. During front side ride, the back of the board wanted to push downhill (turn uphill). A little weight shift fixed this, but caused my glutes to flex way more than they should-- so the outside of my left butt is SORE! I'll take my board down to John at Blindside to help me adjust them.
Stopped and had a good lunch in a CROWDED lodge. Jake and Colin seemed to be having fun. After lunch we took Colin into the trees..."I don't do blacks" he said...well, he not only did blacks, he did black trees...well! Rock on Colin! Did a lot of trees before everyone started getting tired!

By the end of the day, the outside of my calf muscles were locked up tight...ouch...we worked our way back to the front side and did the last run to the River Run. Jake went up on the side of the run through a gully and missed a set of whoops...Yard Sale...big. Fortunately he was fine and picked up his gear, put it on and finished the run. That last run had AWESOME snow. I wish my legs weren't cramped so that I could enjoy it!

Maybe Beavercreek with Linda and Brian next week.

New Years Resolution

So, probably get a bunch of "I'm gonna do this all year" type blogs, so I'll join in.
Plans:
Fix the body-- like to play hard...getting too old for some things, I'll throttle back a little (right...)
Fix the mind-- always room for improvement, 4th step next...soon...
Fix the cash flow-- like to spend...now just do it smartly...

Maintain all the good stuff, and there is plenty of that!!!

At least for #1, I need to ramp up the exercise. Found some fun videos on youtube to get on the trainer and enjoy the ride, so I'll keep that up.
Talked to the mentor tonight for #2, redouble efforts on that front.
right now-- I need to work on #3 tonight...so off I go.