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Zaskoda’s Snowboarding Journal

I’m trapped in the airport in Austin. I came down for a mix of business and pleasure. I had a wonderful time; but my flight home was delayed by 4 hours due to mechanical failures. Way to go United! Ug!

One of the many highlights of my trip was a wakeboarding rail competition in the middle of town called The Grind. In addition to the main event, there was a wake skate compo and a skateboarding compo. Watching everyone play got my blood pumping. All I could think about was getting back on the mountain and riding.

On the up side of things, I have had a recent change in my career that will give me a small window of free time. Thus, I’m going to start hitting the mountain hard over the next couple of weeks. We’ll see how many days I can make up.

So, while watching the rail show, I was reminded of one down side of snowboarding. When we go surf the mountain, we typical wear a whole lot of gear. Other board sports like wakeboarding and surfing can be very different. Today I watched cute girls stroll by in string bikinis while I absorbed a fair amount of sun myself. It’s not just the eye candy, but a feeling of being comfortable and free. It’s a different state of mind. While I enjoy feeling like I’m wearing a suit of armor when I snowboard - I think I might prefer being comfortable wearing little more than a pair of trunks.

Maybe I’ll multipurpose my blog and spend a couple of years surfing and blogging about it. :)

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