This is another post where I want to start off with a quick disclaimer that I am not good at this sport, but I do enjoy it. I first gave Brazilian jiu-jitsu a try when I was visiting my brother in Vancouver, and in pre-COVID times, I had trained on and off in Edmonton as well. This past weekend I had the chance to roll again for the first time in over a year, and it felt really, really nice.

Thinking about skiing and snowboarding in last week’s post also made me think about other winter sports. While my brothers all played hockey growing up, I chose to play ringette!

The last time I went snowboarding was actually exactly a year and a day ago, so I thought this would be a nice way for me to relive some memories. I’m definitely not a good snowboarder, but I love being in the mountains and spending time with my friends there.

It’s now been just about a month since I said a (temporary) good-bye to my babysitting families, but I wanted to honour some of the fun memories we made together. One of our highlights was the creation of our very own sport!