Hey there,
I'm Kreiver >> And I'm Anna.
>> And we're here in New Hampshire
to do some snowboarding.
>> We're here today with the view
snowboarding teams,
they're gonna teach us a little bit
about snowboarding.
Just a disclaimer, Kreiver's never
snowboarded before and
I've done it once.
So we're gonna see how this goes.
>> It'll look very pretty.
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>> All right.
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Okay, nice.
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>> Okay, we just busted up our
knees and butts.
>> So now we're gonna see how
the pros do it.
>> Let's go find out.
>> You too.
>> Woohoo.
>> Lord.
>> How did y'all get started with
snowboarding?
>> I'm from New Hampshire, so
we had a ski program.
Started skiing for a year.
I think I got a hairline fracture
and then I never went back.
So I started boarding when I was in
fifth grade.
>> This is Kate.
She's the president of the
snowboarding team, and she's gonna
tell us a little bit more about
snowboarding and her experience on
the team throughout college.
>> I think most people know what
snowboarding is, but
what is a snowboarding team?
>> A snowboarding team is basically
just a group of us snowboarders
that are aiming to compete.
So we compete in
the United States Collegiate Ski
and Snowboard Association and
our goal for the end of the season
is to hopefully make nationals.
So my team competes in men's and
women's slalom which is racing,
giant slalom,
which is also racing but
a longer course, and
then also men's and
women's slopestyle.
The top of the course
will typically have either boxes or
rails, usually had those features
and at the bottom, there's
typically jumps that you go off of.
So there's kind of two
opportunities to show your style.
Since we do compete,
we do have trials.
Usually, we have about 30
people show up at the beginning of
the year, but this year,
we had 150 people sign up.
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I feel like the most appealing
thing about snowboarding is just
being in an environment that
completely clears your mind and
just connects you with the world
around you.
I'd say the biggest way that our
passion's reflected is we're always
looking to snowboard.
We will take our homework and
we will do it in the van.
We are just desperate to get on
the snow, because I feel
like that's the thing that we look
forward to the most in our week is
being able to take the weekend and
just clear our minds and
just go ride together.
>> Although the team makes it
look easy,
snowboarding actually requires
a lot of balance and skill.
It's really scary going down a hill
with both feet attached to a board.
>> Even if you're good,
you will still find yourself
falling down a lot.
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I mean, our team is definitely
a family more than it is a team.
I know every single other sports
team in the world is gonna say
that, but the dynamic and
just the relationships that we have
with each other is honestly
the best part.
We don't even have to
be snowboarding, we could just be
out to to eat, we could just be
chilling in our living room, and
we would still have just as much
fun as if we were on the slope.
So I think that's a really
important part of our team.
>> And if someone was gonna
join the club,
how would they go about that?
>> Go to Splash.
If you wanna join, go to Splash,
meet the people.
It's a good time.
>> Well,
we've had a great season so far.
My teammates have worked very hard,
so we're on the way to nationals in
Mammoth Lakes, California.
So we'll see you then.
>> I am hooked right now and
I can definitely see why
the snowboarding club- >> Yeah.
>> Loves going out- >> Yeah.
>> Every single weekend when
they can to snowboard.
Thank you guys for
watching and- >> We'll- >> Catch
you on the next one.
>> Catch us later, all right.