A bit small but when has size mattered

Adil Latif | Snowboarding-Mont Blanc glacier Descent | ON 24th June 2006 | 0 comments

The indoor slope was good for my technique building. The SnoZone in Milton Keynes allowed me access. So who was my instructor? Daniel Lloyd, an investment banker from the city. I didn’t tell him though I didn’t like bankers as I personally feel they can at times exploit the financially illiterate.

He was no ordinary banker though, he was a BASI qualified snowboarding instructor!

Daniel stayed calm during my falls and struggles. I thought I was quite good up to the point we began to hit little sections of ice as straight after that my performance went down a crevice and I began committing all the mistakes which were taking place in Chamonix.

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Description of me going over ice:
Riding reasonably comfortablly with my legs bent before the ice section. However as soon as I hit the ice…I hit the ice! Its like something out of a cartoon when the person slips on a banana skin… my whole body straightens and I instantly fall back.

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There were 2 Main Slopes - 170 M Long with real Snow Surface and a Poma Lift for Each Slope and 1 Nursery Slope.

Not only possessing a funky house and car, Daniel was cool and collective throughout the evening including my close encounter with a pillar and the usual falls which take place. However I would like to see his calm disposition in a number of months time when he is to be a father!

I will be going with Daniel in the next 2 weeks again.

Big thank you to the Xcape for letting us ride for free.