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Yesterday I went out to Hyland snowboarding with my neighbor Andy. Andy is 8 1/2 years old... a good, smart kid who just started in the sport and really likes it. His mom had a set of free passes and invited me to go boarding with Andy and I couldn't pass it up. The weather was perfect, mid 20's and growing warmer all day, and the snow was in good condition. This was also my first time out this year - sad, eh? Usually I go far more often. Anyway, he took lessons before we really had much snow so I don't think he got the best instruction/experience, but he improved rapidly yesterday. The tow rope took at least an hour of trials alone, but he got it and was zipping down the hills pretty good by the time we called it quits. I wouldn't have thought that just hanging out with a kid learning to board could be such a workout... whew... it was.

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