Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Charging Snow
Another weekend up in Tahoe. Ahh mountains.
I decided this weekend to work on my charge. When my life feels out of control, I hold back when I surf. I get scared of steep waves, I don’t like speed. I have more experience skiing than surfing and took the opportunity to get my charge back. I took my runs with lots more speed, worked on tightening up my form, even got more air and more tree time than before. It’s nice to get a little oomf back.
Now if the surf will just cooperate, I can throw some charge into the waves!
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
More Snow!
Surf: Still stormy and angry. But it’s 50 and sunny in Tahoe! Go Snow!
While everyone else was watching Mavericks, I was off skiing. The weather was pretty beautiful. I spent the weekend trying to work on my technique and get my comfort level for speed back up. I figure if I can get more comfortable going fast on skis, maybe facing a head high drop on a short board won’t be so intimidating. Having learned to ski when I was a little kid, it’s coming back pretty easy. I wish I had those skills to apply to surfing. Too bad I didn’t get the chance to learn when I was a little grom. 
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Rain here means snow there!
SURF: UNNNG.
SNOW: 4-6ft.
It’s been raining and raining and raining. The surf is jumbled, big, messy, not to mention the sewer overflows. Eww.
But when it rains, it snows.
Laura, Sahana and I booked it to Tahoe to pick off some snow. After a month of barely surfing, it felt so great to get on skis and go. I haven’t skied in years (I can’t remember the last time I went) but it all came back pretty quickly and I had a blast. Tahoe is really beautiful.
Big fluffy snowflakes are a good thing to keep in mind when it’s shin deep puddles and slopsurf. It’s gotta be snowing somewhere!