"Skiing was fun when I was just a beginner." (1) My first day of skiing
"Skiing was fun when I was just a beginner."
In the morning just after I entered the office building, I thought to myself.
I began skiing 20 years ago when I go to university in Hokkaido.
The first skiing was not Hokkaido but Iwate, although Hokkaido has a lot of famous skiing areas.
My brother took me my first skiing. It was January 2.
At first I didn't feel like skiing and I missed the TV broadcast of Hakone Ekiden.
My brother had skis and skiwear for me, so I rented only a pair of ski boots.
The size of boots was 28 cm. I selected much bigger size than suitable because I felt smaller size too tight for me. Now my boots size was 26 cm.
First I learned how to wear skis. Dealing with bindings wasn't easy at first. It was especially hard to wear skies if snow stuck on the ski boots.
Then I learned to how to walk with my skis on, on a flat ground, how to fall safely, and how to stand up sometimes coping with intertwined skis.
On the first day even the smallest incline cause me sliding forward, which was really slow but fast enough to scare me.
I had to learn how to stop with wedge.
It was not until I glided down the mildest slope dozen times, after climbing up as many times by myself, that I finally ride on a lift and learn how to ski.
Skiing after having a lift for the first time wasn't easy, but making in on the very first day made me feel that perhaps I may be cut out for skiing.
In the morning just after I entered the office building, I thought to myself.
I began skiing 20 years ago when I go to university in Hokkaido.
The first skiing was not Hokkaido but Iwate, although Hokkaido has a lot of famous skiing areas.
My brother took me my first skiing. It was January 2.
At first I didn't feel like skiing and I missed the TV broadcast of Hakone Ekiden.
My brother had skis and skiwear for me, so I rented only a pair of ski boots.
The size of boots was 28 cm. I selected much bigger size than suitable because I felt smaller size too tight for me. Now my boots size was 26 cm.
First I learned how to wear skis. Dealing with bindings wasn't easy at first. It was especially hard to wear skies if snow stuck on the ski boots.
Then I learned to how to walk with my skis on, on a flat ground, how to fall safely, and how to stand up sometimes coping with intertwined skis.
On the first day even the smallest incline cause me sliding forward, which was really slow but fast enough to scare me.
I had to learn how to stop with wedge.
It was not until I glided down the mildest slope dozen times, after climbing up as many times by myself, that I finally ride on a lift and learn how to ski.
Skiing after having a lift for the first time wasn't easy, but making in on the very first day made me feel that perhaps I may be cut out for skiing.
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