Personal Narrative: The Darkness Of Snowboarding

The darkness of snowboarding
My alarm sounds as I jump out of bed filled with such enthusiasm. The darkness of the winter morning also made me fearful of what I was about to get myself into. Despite the fear,This was probably the only time I have ever been excited to get out of bed. There was a good reason for it: I am going snowboarding for the first time today. My mom and I are making a trip over to Shawnee Ski resort today. I have been waiting for this day all year, however, I wasn’t only feeling excitement, I was also very nervous. I was scared because with every sport comes risks that everyone must accept if they may happen to you. My girlfriend was terrified of the idea of me getting hurt and begged me to be safe almost like she knew …show more content…
But now the real challenge is here right in front of my face and before I know the ground starts to gradually get steeper. My board starts to pick up speed and I feel powerless. I attempt my first turn and then the next thing I know everything turned to darkness. It felt like the life was just taken out of me and the darkness just smothered me and I was full of fear of what just happened. I finally opened my and my goggles were all covered in snow. I tried to wipe them but I couldn’t really move. I felt weak and helpless as I layed in the snow and I was also having a hard time breathing from the impact of my torso hitting the hard icy surface. My back was in so much pain and finally my mom made it to me freaking out but I tried to calm her down and tell her I was fine but I knew I wasn’t. I tried to push myself up and ride it off but my leg and back hurt way too bad for me to move. My mom now had to ski and find a staff member or first aid. Then when someone finally got to me and put me on the stretcher I closed my eyes and the darkness of the back of my eyelids engulfed me with the sense of danger. The trip down the mountain in the stretcher was terrible and bumpy the whole way down making everything even more uncomfortable. Once I got to the first aid I called my girlfriend to tell her what happened and of course she flipped out because she was so worried to make sure I was alright. She also wanted me to update her and tell her everything that was going