Wuzaracer aka ITACivic

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Before racing I was already snowboarding. 

Before I started racing, while I was racing I was snowboarding.  Now that I have retired from racing I am still snowboarding.  I take some comfort in the fact that I started before snowboarding became as huge as it is now.  My first board shows how long ago that was.  All the new kids that show up and rip up the mountain are pretty good.  They push the sport towards new limits. 
 
Just a quick update (2006 Feb)
I still have not returned to racing.  I currently do not have any plans to enter any open track or karting events for 2006.

Hokkaido, Japan
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Rusutsu Resort

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Snowboarding has been a gift to me.  It has brought me so much fun joy and excitment.  I enjoy the winter weather, rainy, snowy, or clear and cold.  As long as the snow is good, I can be very happy. 
 
One down side to loving snowboarding is the mere natural occurring fact of spring and summer.  The weather starts to warm up and the snow starts to melt.  During my racing days, this signaled a shift in activities.  I would start to decrease my snowboarding related expenditures and time and gradually increase my efforts in preparing for some of the spring time races.  Snowboarding is a sport that demands a level of physical fitness, which in turn complimented my racing.  Getting in shape for the rigors and punishement of falling prepared me for the demands of driving my car.  In both activities, I would be required to work a whole day at having fun.
 
One great thing about Japan is the fact that I can snowbaord almost anytime of the year.  Indoor snowboarding is fun, despite the small and compact facility.  Thanks to Snova246 in Kawasaki City, I have improved my ability to jump.  I have even been known to do a simple trick or two. 

Tochigi, Japan
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Hunter Mountain

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Minimally updated Augus 2006