Sports & Adventure: Adrenaline

Why do you want to do this?

It may seem silly that I have snowboarding on my life list because it is an easy to accomplish task, but I am yet to do it. I used to ski almost every weekend when I was younger and I loved it. I have not been in probably 10 years though. Its not because I don't want to, I just never got around to it. I have several friends that are pretty avid snowboarders and I have been dying to try it. I know that any one of them would teach me how to do it if I wanted them to, but for some reason I can't let them. I think it has something to do with my competitive spirit. I think that may also be why I have not actually tried snowboarding yet. I don't want to fail.

What three things will you need to make this happen?

I didn't own any outerwear that I could use for my snowboarding experience. Believe it or not, I didn't even own a pair of gloves and a hat. I shelled out some cash and got myself outfitted though. It was not cheap, but at least this might motivate me to get out there.

I have a really cute pair of snowboarding pants, a great jacket, mittens, a hat and even some snowboarding socks. I also found a place in town that has small hills, snowboard rentals and even gives free beginners lessons.

Now that I have the outerwear, a place to go and lessons available I have no excuse not to just go out there and do it. But.... I have had all of this for about 2 weeks now and I still haven't gone.

What is the biggest barrier to your achieving this?

I don't know why I haven't tried snowboarding yet. I have all of the tools in place and the weather has been good. It was a little bit cold but nothing that I couldn't handle and we have had some great snowfall. For some reason I just keep finding dumb excuses why I should put this off until the next weekend. Hopefully by the end of February I can say that I have completed my goal and that I am now a snowboarder.