Saturday in the park, think it was a bad idea.

Ok, after Friday with both me and Dean injuring our stomachs, it was slow getting up/out on Saturday. Conrad, Dean and I needed to get money out from the post office in Hasuike, but with Dean being a sook (:P), it was Whitney, Conrad and Me who caught the bus over there. It's only about 5km there, but when the bus driver drives slowly, and stops regularly, it took us nearly an hour to get there and back. But it was ok, because I was still a bit sore and was not sure if I really felt like going out. So after an early lunch at Rocky's Cafe, Conrad and I headed out to Yakebitai-yama. He had his camera on him and we were going to check out the terrain park we didn't get to the day before.

I would like to say that I was awesome at it, but the truth is much more dull. With a big steep slopes and jumps, the possibility of injuring myself quite badly and still nursing an injury that affects your movement, I chickened out on all but on jump, and even then I didn't really jump, just did 360 spin on the top of the funbox.

We decided we'd leave that and we did a few more runs before heading back to my favourite Terakoya/Higashidate run. It was a Saturday, so there wouldn't be any/many ski schoolers, so we started off really well. I got to where it starts getting twisty, and like Dean mentioned in his blog, it was well worn with the corners having concaved sections that made your board bite. I was going fairly well, til it did though, but as per yesterday, I fell and hurt my stomach a bit more. That was it, I couldn't take much more, and with my energy levels on the decline, I suggested we get the gondola back to the top of Higashi then head back to the hotel, via the green and red runs at Ichinose. We did that and it was just as well. I got to "Family St" where all the more expensive hotels (closer to the lifts) are and felt like falling in a heap. A quick walk back to the hotel, where I had a bath to soak my sore body.

Everyone didn't really feel like going out for dinner, so it was cup of noodles night (not for me). We sat around and watched some japanese TV for a while, before everyone piked about 8pm. That was fine by me, because my body was already ready to shut down.