Beginners board night

I attended the beginners board night at Tamworth tonight, with a mixture of success, failure & pain! :)
First off I wasn't overly impressed with the setup of the slope, there was only the kicker, box & gas pipe that are usually out during the day anyway but with a lot more people using them there was quite a queue for them.
That said, the instructors & fellow boarders were all very friendly offering advice every time I hit the deck!

So my experiences of the box weren't quite as great this time as last, I slipped off it numerous times either backwards which was ok or once was forwards which hurt/scraped my knees! I managed to land it several times though so that was ok.

I also had a breakthrough with the ollie, or more technically the pop, I managed after a couple of tips from my mate to pop off the flat ledge - next step is to work on larger pops and then eventually popping off the kicker.

Another benefit of last night was that my mate realised my board was set up wrong making it off-balanced and therefore less stable. We adjusted it and the difference was obvious straight away!

Looking forward to my next session now, may invest in some knee pads though!

Box!

Another session at the Snowdome today, I have identified an area I need improvement - I cannot olie! When I try to jump I end up pushing my feet out a bit and risk losing balance. Definitely something to work on.

This session did bring some advances though, I finally got to 50-50 a box. I'd been planning to try it, all accounts were that it is very straight forward, and I have to say, it is! I just straightened up shortly above it and rode straight over it, came off the side but that's no problem as you just ride off.

Next week I'm going to the beginners ramp night so I'll report back either with broken limbs or some success!