Blog #3

Standing at the top of the double black run off of curry bowl at Fernie, all eight of us just waiting to jump in. It was a powder day something all of us were not used to, being from the Nakiska ski team. Our coach wanted to do a few training runs, so he headed down first and began motioning for us to come down one at a time s he could give us feedback. As the group at the top began deteriorating it came closer and closer to the moment when I could rip down the hill to the rest of the group. Soon there were only four of us left, my friends Paige, Evan, Jackson and I. It was Jackson’s turn to go and we were all getting impatient, so as he was talking to us my friend Paige pushed him over the edge. All you could see was a ball of snow forming around Jackson and then a ski flying out of the ball of snow, then the other ski, poles, his goggles, and last but not least his helmet came flying off, on his trip down the hill. All of us were terrified that he had broken his arm, his leg or his neck. We all stood staring at Paige, as we waited for the cloud of snow to settle down. Then we looked back down the hill, he was sitting on the ground laughing, he popped up still laughing, gave us the thumbs up, and proceeding to pick up his gear. That is my most memorable snow moment.