Last weekend Otto, Vili and me headed towards Lahti to visit and take care of my mom ... we did also spend some 5 hours in Messilä skiing slopes on Saturday accidentally ;o).
I'm a "regular" snowboarder and I tried to learn to do a switch aka go goofy ;o) because that is a must when doing snowkiting. We had lots of fun with the boys (Vili had new skiis so he was _really_ happy to try them out and Otto learned some new tricks with his snowboard). Saturday evening I had rendez-vouz with my dear friend Pasi in Lahti's amazingly vibrant (?) pubs .... we had few beers which I have to admit reflected to my Sunday's willingness to consider going back to Messilä slopes again when the boys insisted in doing it on Sunday morning. There was also going to be the all time Olympic icehockey final Fin against Swe which also significantly reduced any kind of willingness to go back to the slopes.
Anyway, the day turned out to become drop dead gorgeous winter day and the boys were so very keen to go so I gave up - we went to Messilä for 3 hours.
After 1pm the slopes were practically empty - everybody prepering to watch the game - excellent !!! I used the whole time to learn to switch I finally got it ... I can now go goofy ;o)
They also played the game with full volume in the main loudspeakers so I did not really even miss the game.
Brilliant to feel to be able to overcome oneself, to overcome the mental barries/fears and learn new things.
fifty-sixty !
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