Snowboarding in South Korea
One good thing about being in Korea during the winter was being able to go snowboarding. Aside from sledding and falling on ice I had never done any snow activities before. It's no secret I'm more of a beach and sunshine type of person, but when the opportunity to try snowboarding presented itself I couldn't say no.
•
I booked my snowboarding trip at YongPyong Resort through a travel company in Korea called Enjoy Korea (link below). The trip was about 280USD and transportation as well as accommodations were all included. I paid an extra 15USD to rent the gear and then I was all set. Or so I thought...
•
Due to the Panasonic the beginners lessons were cancelled so I was on my own. First, I had to figure out how to strap my feet into the board. I reached deep into my engineering background and figured out what was going on. Then it was time to start. I have no idea what I was doing and you can guess what happened next. Ass to snow. Head to snow. Back to snow. Knees to snow. Hands to snow. And so on.
•
I was relying solely on trial and error and trying to see what others around me were doing. Each time I fell, unstrapped my board and dragged it back up the hill to try again. Once I got over the fear of falling and developed a technique to fall strategically everything was a go. I was stilling hitting the snow, but now it was with purpose.
•
Now for the resort. It was giving airport prices. Regular degular meals were more expensive, but the portions were the same. For example, a regular mango smoothie is ~3USD in my city, but they were changing more than double that. It's only a couple dollars, but it's the principle... I paid it though 🙃
•
Food aside, the real kicker was the rooms. I thought I was going to have a nice, comfortable bed, but instead I walked in to a traditional Korean bed (click here to read more about the beds: https://www.iamjashley.com/post/the-truth-about-traditional-korean-beds). Although, they were really spacious and clean, the bed is what I needed the most especially after a day of falling on the hard snow. My body was sore and I'm pretty sure I had a bruised tailbone. Sleeping on a hard "bed" was NOT the move.
•
All in all I regret nothing. I got to experience snowboarding and in South Korea of all places. Yes, that was a flex.
•
Have you ever been snowboarding? How did you deal with falling? 😂
•
EnjoyKorea website: http://www.enjoykorea.asia
•
Comments