Snowboarding

We have now had 2 snowboarding lessons at Ski Dubai. The lessons last 1 and a 1/2 hours and include 2 hours entry onto the ski slope. The first lesson was very basic, just managing the snowboard strapped on to our feet and going down the beginers slope.

In the second lesson our instructor took us onto the main slope, where we took the ski lift to 'Mid-Way Point'.

You can see the mid-way cafe and the lift in the background of this pic. The first lesson was very difficult, neither of us felt comfortable on the board and I fell flat on my face a number of times.

The second lesson we found much easier, however the crashes became even more plentiful and obviously more painful as our speed increased!

We are now ready to head along for a level 1 lesson this afternoon. They say they are going to teach us how to make linked turns then in level 2 we will do our first trick... I did a trick last lesson, crashed into the safety barrier and ripped it down the slope... I don't think they are talking about that sort of trick!

Here we are before our last assult on the 'mountain', tired, hurting, aware of muscles we didn't know we had, but still feeling rather pleased with ourselves.