The first time I tried snowboarding, two years ago, I almost died. Well, okay, not quite, but I hurt like hell afterwards. Let’s just say it was not my most coordinated, graceful try at ANYTHING.

It took two years and about an inch of dust on my board before I got up the nerve to try again. This time, we made good use of the hills on the golf course behind our house.

At the end, I did indeed utter: “Oh man! I didn’t go fast enough!”

Patrick just stood there, shook his head, and laughed.

Photo set here.