Andorra

Andorra...

(Vallnord Ski Resort, Andorra)

A few weeks ago, a group of my friends and i went to the french/spanish pyrenees for a weekend of snowboarding.

(side note: officially the Principality of Andorra (Catalan: Principat d'Andorra) is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain (Catalonia) and France (Northern Catalonia and old Occitania). Once isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. The people of Andorra are currently listed as having the highest human life expectancies on Earth at an average of 83.52 years) thanks wiki

right, so, for those who are aware of my athletic history and childhood, this will be obvious to you, for those who don´t, well i´ll explain very briefly....i haven´t been snowboarding or skiing for, hmmm probably 7 or 8 years. 8 years ago, i wouldve died to be a snowboarder like the rest of my peers, but i had to follow strict rules, because 8 years ago i probably weighed barely 100 lbs, a few inches shorter then i am now. i had no meat, no cushion on my body to make anyone comfortable with the thought of me flying down a mountain of ice and snow and trees, and not getting seriously injured... plus, i had already dedicated my life to basketball, so my father, also my coach for one of the teams i played for, double banned me going up to northstar on the weekends with my homies. ANYWAYS, back to the point of my athletic history, my last year of playing on an organized sports team was my senior year of highschool, 3 years ago. (whaaaaaa!!!???¿¿¿) sine then, the only exercise ive gotten is riding my bike to the beach a few times in the summer, and hiking around the yuba for the couple weeks i was home in the months of july. so, needless to say, it took about 30 min on the slopes to feel the pain in my thighs, calves, ankles, feet, shoulders, butt, arms, hands, wrists and back. but, since the trip was already paid for, i had to and wanted to stick it out the 2 days. i did. it wasn´t an easy transition back to finals and other stressful items on the agenda, but, totally worth it. the view was beautiful, (as you can see in the first pic) and it was neat to watch my boarder friends who could actually get off the ski lift without taking everyone else out like dominoes.(see, thats me, i´m alive!)