Doing Things With Friend

             No matter what, friends are always there for you. Even though my friend doesn’t snowboard, he is always up to learn something new. Even though my friend was getting frustrated at snowboard I was there to help teach him. It was a perfect day for snowboard. Fresh snow from the night before. Snow day which means nobody on the mountain fast lifts at Wachusett just my friend and I. I’ve been snowboarding my whole life. I’ve been sponsored sense I was 11. My friend on the other hand, never snowboarded or skied his whole life. I knew how hard learning to snowboard really is, but he didn’t. On the first lift up he wouldn’t shut up about how good he will be and how easy it will be to learn, “It just like skateboarding, just stand on a board and have good balance.” He said as he was about to get off the lift. To make matters better/worse he got off the lift perfectly, it really brought his hopes up and confidence up, but it also brought his confidence up. He has all on his high horses and talking about how easy it is and how it not hard at all. I laughed and just simply said “Okay, if you say so.” I did his bindings and everything to teach him. After that I stood him up and held him so he could feel the board under him. As soon as I let go he fell. All I could say was “I thought it was easy.” As the day went on he was learning pretty well but also falling a lot. He got sick and tired of falling and decided he was done. He took his board off and walked down the mountain. After a hour or so I talked him back into going up again. On the way down he fell twice. All the other times he was falling at least ten times. He was pumped. For the rest of the day he was staying under five. In the end he learned that I was there for him to help him learn and help him get back up.