as much as i love being at the beach being at the mountains is incredible. i love richmond, but getting out of the city is really nice sometimes. i think i love it a lot more when i'm not here all the time. its nice to have somewhere to come back to. the first time i went snowboarding must've been four years ago. i took a lesson and thomas helped me, but i stopped and sat down in the middle of the slope and started crying. my body was exhausted and i was incredibly frustrated. thankfully i've gotten a lot better. philip is amazing at park. i really think he should be on the park team at wintergreen and compete cause he could be so good. there's something about being younger when you learn how to do something. i think younger people are a lot more fearless. i suppose i still am pretty fearless, but not as much when it involves getting physically hurt. yesterday thomas, philip and i went up to wintergreen and it was snowing for a while in the morning. it was so beautiful and it made a fresh layer of powder on the mountain. so beautiful.