A Zephyr Blows Through Hunter Mountain

The email from my nephew Drew told me the basics, “snow boarding is so much more fun, but make a massage appointment for after. A guy your age will need it”. It was obvious from the racks today that boarding is booming. There was a time when the racks would be overwhelmingly stacked with far more skis than boards, not any more.

I headed up to Hunter Mountain early today to check out Zephyr Adventure Snow Boarding Camp, I have secretly wanted to join the boarders for quite awhile. I was told many times before, that long time skiers have problems making the switch that new comers don’t. I got to pose that question to instructor Rich Roses while he was waiting for the eleven camp attendees. “Not with the way this class is designed”, he assured me.

Soon the class was assembled and putting on their gear. I managed to ask one woman who looked about my age why she came to camp. She told me that she went to Zephyr’s rollerblading camp in the Carolinas and loved it. She was also tired of hearing her niece rib her about old fashioned skis, peer pressure in the extreme.