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Zaskoda’s Snowboarding Journal

Yesterday, I booked my airfare to Pucon, Chile for August. This will be my first trip (any kind of trip) off of the North American continent. There are four of us going, all from DallasSnowboarders.com. None of us speak particularly good Spanish. We’re going to be very out of our element. Even with our tid-bits of broken spanish, Spanish in Chile is a lot different from the Mexican Spanish we’re used to in Texas.

The mountain seems interesting. In fact, it happens to be a volcano named Villarrica. It’s all alpine, there are no trees. There are supposed to be a lot of interesting natural features, such as half pipes, along with killer lake views. I’ll be sure and get a few photos and videos.

It looks like my first full season of snowboarding will be 07/08. I accepted the job offer near Denver and will be moving this Sunday. I may get wordy about the job opportunity and adventures in the future, but for now I’ll just say it’s related to community development.

I should be less than 2 hours from Winter Park with other slopes even closer. I expect my stay in the area to last around a year and a half - at most three years. I’m excited to see how much my riding will improve during this phase of my life. I expect that, at some point, I will finally get my fill of snowboarding and be ready to pour my energy into something new. I’m sure I will always snowboard, but I think that a few seasons will cure my obsession.