Ski Recount D.L.O

Ski Recount

It was Rahina morning at ono am. I was sleepy and confused. What was going on? “Morning sweetie!” Mum blurted loudly “Time to get going!”.

“Errhh” I complained loudly but obliged. I got dressed and since we packed yesterday all I had to do was have breakfast and put the bags in the car.

We arrived at school at rua tekau to whetu. I was so relieved that we could go because there was a chance of wind and we might not have been able to go. “Brrhh!” I was shivering (it was super makariri). After a quick chat about the rules and conditions of the ski field we were off. Both Abby and Greanne were traveling with us to the ski field.

After only one stop(at a bridge because a truck traveling with the beams for the bridge) we arrived at the ski field. We got into our ski gear and headed to the place where hire your boots and ski’s. First we had to get our tickets. Then we got our boots and ski’s (some of us got poles). We then headed to the beginners slope because before we were allowed to go on to the intermediate slope we had to prove we could stay in control. We were given a password (Pounamu). Soon enough we were off to the intermediate slope and the chairlift straight after.

After a few runs down the chairlift the tane controlling it at the top told us to head straight down and not come up again. We were really confused because we knew our lesson wasn’t until twelve but we headed down anyway. At the bottom our instructor was waiting for us. Our lesson had been moved forward because the weather was windy and they didn’t know how long the lift would be open (the T’s had been closed already).  

The lesson was very interesting and we learnt a lot. The instructor watched each of us ski down and then gave us each something to work on. He told Mitchell and I to work on our movement. As we were both very stiff when we were skiing. We were told to straighten up as we were skiing and then bend as we were turning, the short amount of time we were facing down hill we had to straighten up and then bend again to finish the end of the turn. It was a great lesson and I learnt a lot.  

At the very end of the lesson we went over the box jump on the intermediate slope. Not many people landed it as we only had time to go over once. After the lesson though Poppy and I decided to have a go on our own. We both landed it and then we had a go at the others. By the end of the day we had both managed to land all of the jumps multiple times. We were just lining up for the tow on the intermediate slope when I saw someone heading for the jumps. He came off the chairlift slope he was going over the first jump when he lost control on the icey parts. He slipped and sat on the back of his ski’s and couldn’t get up but he couldn’t stop either. Over the second jump and the box jump then boom! He crashed straight into the fence. Ouch!

It was getting late and it was time to go home. I couldn’t wait my legs were tired and sore from my tight boots. And my face was red and numb with cold. It was time to go home. We packed up the car and got ready to go. I couldn’t wait to get home. The travel home was far from quiet we laughed the whole way back.

By Aleece