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Angel Diva
Hi ski divas,
Celebrating that I attained my Snowboard L2. Please join me in celebrating
In Nov 2022, a fellow snowboard instructor from Hunter said he'd go for L2 snowboard. We met up over Google Meet and Zoom in order to do MA early in the season. We then attended L2 Prep in Dec 2022 at Killington. Unfortunately we weren't in the same group. But there, we practiced riding tasks and taught lessons. It was valuable and helpful. Two people in my prep stayed in touch and said let's do L2 together and keep each other accountable. I agreed. It's easier to do when you have people who are working together toward the same goal.
I started training lots after the holiday season. The group I attended L2 snowboard prep were all going for Hunter Mtn in late Jan and rallied around those dates. I didn't feel it was enough time for me to train adequately but I said yes b/c Hunter is my home mtn and I knew the people I'd go with based on our time together at L2 prep.
The fellow snowboard instructor from Hunter had signed up... then dropped out last minute as did another person from the L2 prep group I was in. That left me and one other guy from the L2 prep, he was from Killington. He brought two other people he worked with to the exam.
We worked together for those 3 days, and 2 walked away with pins (2 Killington coaches, 1 of whom was the friend from the L2 prep), and another 2 of us (myself and a coach from Stratton) attained our MA and teaching but would have to do a ride retake.
I worked on my riding a lot with the trainers at my hill. On Friday, the two of us from the Hunter exam (me from Stowe, the coach from Stratton) -- we showed up for the riding retake as did 2 others, one from Mt Snow (a fellow mom! but to two young little ones) and one from Windham (a dad to 3 older kids). All four of us passed.
So I now have a silver pin for snowboard to match the silver pin for alpine skiing!
What's next? Enjoy skiing and enjoy snowboarding. Maybe think about CS 2 for next season. Help my spouse attain L3 (his skiing has improved a lot). But continue to work on skiing and snowboarding, enjoying the moment for now!
Celebrating that I attained my Snowboard L2. Please join me in celebrating
In Nov 2022, a fellow snowboard instructor from Hunter said he'd go for L2 snowboard. We met up over Google Meet and Zoom in order to do MA early in the season. We then attended L2 Prep in Dec 2022 at Killington. Unfortunately we weren't in the same group. But there, we practiced riding tasks and taught lessons. It was valuable and helpful. Two people in my prep stayed in touch and said let's do L2 together and keep each other accountable. I agreed. It's easier to do when you have people who are working together toward the same goal.
I started training lots after the holiday season. The group I attended L2 snowboard prep were all going for Hunter Mtn in late Jan and rallied around those dates. I didn't feel it was enough time for me to train adequately but I said yes b/c Hunter is my home mtn and I knew the people I'd go with based on our time together at L2 prep.
The fellow snowboard instructor from Hunter had signed up... then dropped out last minute as did another person from the L2 prep group I was in. That left me and one other guy from the L2 prep, he was from Killington. He brought two other people he worked with to the exam.
We worked together for those 3 days, and 2 walked away with pins (2 Killington coaches, 1 of whom was the friend from the L2 prep), and another 2 of us (myself and a coach from Stratton) attained our MA and teaching but would have to do a ride retake.
I worked on my riding a lot with the trainers at my hill. On Friday, the two of us from the Hunter exam (me from Stowe, the coach from Stratton) -- we showed up for the riding retake as did 2 others, one from Mt Snow (a fellow mom! but to two young little ones) and one from Windham (a dad to 3 older kids). All four of us passed.
So I now have a silver pin for snowboard to match the silver pin for alpine skiing!
What's next? Enjoy skiing and enjoy snowboarding. Maybe think about CS 2 for next season. Help my spouse attain L3 (his skiing has improved a lot). But continue to work on skiing and snowboarding, enjoying the moment for now!
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