Category Archives: Enjoying Life (and snow)

What happens in Summer

Now that the end of the school year is here (and obviously with the absence of snow) I have to find new things to occupy my time. What I like doing in Summer is surfing. Same thing as snowboarding, right? … Continue reading

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A good, old-fashioned snowball fight.

July 4th, 2010 was a very hot day. I was at a friends independence day party and was trying to stay cool. My friend was digging through his deep freezer, and pulled out a big cooler container. He opened it … Continue reading

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Making a board

In the early days of snowboarding, people would carve a piece of wood from a tree trunk and attach a rope to it. The first modern-like snowboard came from an adventurous father welding two skis together and attaching ropes to … Continue reading

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Frozen’s snow physics

Source: cgmeetup Instead of talking about an out-of-season snow sport today, I would like to express the awesomeness of Disney Animation Studios. They were the animators behind the new movie Frozen. This Image below is a photo of snow in … Continue reading

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Spring

Image Source: blog.playoutdoors.com Spring is finally here! Spring to me is kind of a bitter-sweet season (more sweet than bitter). The bitterness to the warmth, flowers, and sun is the inevitable melting of the snow. Snowboarding season is nearly over now … Continue reading

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Ice

              Image Source: snowrepublic This past Friday, the Mount Nittany resort, “Tussey moutain,” had their annual 5 dollar per ski pass day. This attracts a lot of people, most of which being either new … Continue reading

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The day after Christmas

        Image source: miriadna A few Christmases ago, my brother bought me and my mom new cell phones. It was the first smartphone that I had ever owned and it was so amazing to me. The day after … Continue reading

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Riding a new way

Image Source: The Flight Deal In the winter of my 11th grade year, I went snowboarding every free day that I had. My friends and I had season passes to a ski resort that was local. Day after day we … Continue reading

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The Sochi Olympics

  Image source: gstatic.com Have you watched the Sochi winter Olympics this year? I love watching them mainly because of the snowboarding and skiing events. The things the Olympians can do are almost superhuman, and I aspire to be able to … Continue reading

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Learning to Snowboard

Image Source: Techbeat Have you ever tried snowboarding? If you have, you would agree that it is quite tricky to learn. I have been doing it for a couple years, and thought that I would teach my friend Amanda to … Continue reading

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