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Concert in Burlington

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 30th December 2008 | 0 comments

We drove to Burlington with some of Travis’ friends for a concert! Mike Gordon from Phish was playing. The concert was nothing amazing but it was a nice bunch of people to hangout and talk silly with. The next morning Travis and I awoke in a hotel (we had separate beds) and we went and put our names on a waiting list to have breakfast at Penny Cluse, which is an extremely popular cafe for brunch. We waited 45 minutes. We spent the wait time window shopping in one of the indoor shopping cen...

Hiking Lye Brook Falls

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 28th December 2008 | 0 comments

The hike to Lye Brook Falls is a 2.5 mile uphill trek to a beautiful waterfall. The trail up to the waterfall in normal circumstances wouldn’t have been that challenging, however most of it was covered with ice making it very interesting, and on a few points along the trail, one of the scariest hikes I’ve ever been on! Having lived most of my life in 2 major cities in the UK, I admit I don’t have much hiking experience. But crossing streams by balancing...

�Twas the second day on the Mountain

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 21st December 2008 | 0 comments

‘Twas the second day on the Mountain and I did not want to go... my body was sore from the previous day. I sat the first few runs out at the bar. Travis wanted me to attempt riding the most basic rail on the mountain. A rail is literally a metal rail placed on the mountain. The aim is to slide your snowboard down the rail from the top to the bottom without falling. We got to the top of the mountain and aligned ourselves up to the rail. We slowly approached the rail and then ended ...

First few days snowboarding on Stratton Mountain

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 20th December 2008 | 0 comments

Our first day on the mountain I was still sore from the splitboarding, and it had been a year and a half since I had last been on a snowboard. We traveled up the gondola to the top of the mountain. As soon as we got off we were battered by wind and snow and it felt like a proper blizzard. I was nervous as Travis hadn’t yet seen me board and conditions like this were the worst since I would have all my senses bombarded by the weather which would make it hard for me to have a good feel ...

The first dawn

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 18th December 2008 | 0 comments

It hasn’t stopped snowing since I arrived in Vermont. I have a tough 4 months ahead of me during which I will be training full-time to prepare myself for competition. In the morning, the first thing Travis and I did was go to the local gym. We went for a small token workout and then retired to my favorite place: the hot-tub! It was nice and warm and I happened to meet my favorite person, the massage therapist! His name was Chip and I told him to be expect...

The journey to the land of the Green Mountains

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 17th December 2008 | 0 comments

My British Airways flight was cancelled so I had to kick around the airport for 3 hours before I got the next flight out. Due to bad weather the flight was an extra 2 hours in the air and 9 hours later landed in New York. Due to the delay Travis was circumambulating the airport in his pickup truck and by the time I got out he had done 17 laps of the place. I think he was pleased to see me. It was about a 3 hour drive from New York to Vermont and we pulled up outside the Red Fox Inn, the...

Introduction to my next challenge: Dreams to compete

Adil Latif | Snowboarding- Training to compete | ON 10th December 2008 | 0 comments

I thought myself a bit of a professional after completing my first heli-drop. The reality is that I’m far from it. I do have some potential though (that is what my mum tells me, anyway). So when I was approached by O’Neill to snowboard for them as a sponsored athlete I accepted their offer and thought I’d prove my mum right! I will be leaving my job in London and flying out to a little town called Bondville in Vermont in the USA. I will be living there for the ...