Chapter 4 Snowboarding, from Beginner to Abandonment



There was a climax in the WeChat group.

The disciples said:

What the hell are we doing with PUA?

You're an egg!

Shan Chong was too lazy to pay attention to their chatter and put away his phone.

"Which is the active leg?" I still remember the fake ski resort coach who was taking orders for business raised his eyelids and asked the little girl squatting in front of him, "Left leg or right leg?"

"..." Weizhi hugged his knees and looked up and said, "How about I ask you a more advanced question, what is the active leg?"

Shan Chong: "How is this question advanced?"

Mamoru: "The Iron Man plot...Have you seen the Avengers?"

Shan Chong: "...I'm quite worried about you now."

Wei Zhi: "Coach, you are a bit mean."

"You just said I was considerate." Shan Chong said, "Stand up, turn your back to me, and stand still."

Wei Zhi didn't know what this coach was going to do, but based on the newbie's natural trust in the coach, she said "Oh", stepped on the heavy snowshoes, stood up slowly, and turned around quickly with a "crunch" "crunch" on the snow. Before she could turn around and ask "then what", she heard him say, "Stand firm."

Wei Zhi said "Oh" again.

The next second, I felt an unexpected push from behind.

My mind went blank at that moment.

His knees softened and he fell to his knees cleanly with a "bang" following the force.

Weizhi: “?”

The situation at that time was like this -

The noises from the bustling ski resort suddenly disappeared.

Several passers-by who were walking or sliding around in various postures turned their heads and looked at the newbie who suddenly knelt down in front of the vast sky and earth after a disagreement, with shocked faces.

The newbie knelt on the ground, his hands placed neatly on his legs, looking confused.

Behind the newbie, the big guy wearing a wrinkled coach armband, wearing an AK457 and dressed in black, had a silent look on his face.

Ten or so seconds passed.

Shan Chong: "Isn't it too early to wish you a happy new year now?"

Shan Chong: "What are you doing?"

Weizhi slowly twisted his head, maintaining a stiff kneeling posture, and turned his head to the person behind him, and asked faintly: "Don't you think that now I am more like someone who wants to ask this question?"

Shan Chong: “…”

Shan Chong: "The 'active leg' is your relatively flexible leg. In the early stages of skiing, it will also be the leg that you use to support your movement... One way to identify the 'active leg' is to stand there and someone pushes you from behind. The leg that you subconsciously move forward first is the active leg. This method may not be correct, but everyone does it this way."

Ignore the last sentence.

It turns out it’s academic research.

Okay then.

Wei Zhi climbed up calmly.

He bent down and brushed the snow off his knees.

While patting the snow, he casually asked, "So was it my left leg or my right leg that stepped out first? Did you see it clearly?"

Shan Chong: “No.”

Weizhi: “?”

Are you kidding me?

Shan Chong: "Just now you bent both legs and knelt at the same time, which was very neat and tidy."

Wei Zhi stopped patting the snow and looked at Shan Chong warily. She suddenly felt that this man might not be as kind and friendly as she imagined: "Are you kidding me about my uncoordinated limbs?"

Under her accusatory gaze, the latter remained very calm. His dark eyes swept over him like a pool of dead water: "No. Do you see that I am smiling?"

"You're wearing a face shield, covering it tightly, and I can't see anything." Wei Zhi wanted to argue.

"Then I took off my face protection?"

"No."

"?"

"You look like Kashiwabara Takashi when you wear a face mask."

"Who is that?"

"A handsome boy who is so handsome that I will listen to whatever he farts."

"I'm still a beautiful boy even without my face mask."

"Well, come on, come on."

I don't even want to bother with you.JPG.

Shan Chong didn't think he was that handsome, but the weird look of the girl in front of him was a bit provocative to him.

"...I wish your legs were as nimble as your lips."

"Look, you said you didn't attack my uncoordinated limbs."

"I am indeed attacking you now, but you attacked me first." Shan Chongbo said calmly, stretched out his hand to press the girl's shoulder, and with a strong hand, he easily turned her on the spot, "This time you stand firmly--"

Shan Chong gently pushed her again.

Then he watched the little girl flap her arms and jump more than a meter away on her right leg like a little frog.

Shan Chong's eyes followed the single footprint she left, and finally stopped at her face. The little girl stopped at this moment, turned her head and reported to him with a brilliant face, "It's the right leg! This time it's very obvious! It's the right leg! Coach, teach me! Did you see it!"

Shan Chong: “…”

I confirmed the active leg and felt as happy as if I had just jumped an 8-meter platform.

I wouldn't say it's clumsy, but it's not cute either. It looks a bit like a little bear or a little duck, but it doesn't look like a human with developed motor cells...

Only then did Shan Chong realize that after all his careful selection today, he might have chosen a difficult person who would cause trouble for him.

Getting started with snowboarding is boring.

After completing a series of beginner's introductory moves, Wei finally got her little hill and began to practice the first proper skiing move: the back edge push.

To push the slope with the back edge, to put it simply, you need to maintain a squatting position, lift the front foot and bring the snowboard up with it, press the snow with the back edge, and the snowboard will naturally move down.

It sounds simple.

It's really exhausting to put it into practice.

After putting on the skates on both feet and vaguely listening to the theoretical knowledge, she shakily started to practice pushing down the slope. At the beginning, Shan Chong didn't even wear the skates, so he supported her and led her hand in hand, walking down little by little.

"Relax your shoulders."

"Don't shake your legs."

"Don't look around. Pay attention to your sight. When you push the slope with the back edge, look down the mountain. Remember, the snowboard follows your sight."

"Don't ask why, just ask the magic, the wonder of nature."

The nightmare began on the second trip up the hill when Shan Chong let go of her hand and put on his own board.

There was no more traction ahead of Weizhi, and the white snow was as desolate as her heart. She staggered and slid down, and from time to time, a steady voice floated from behind her, reminding her that her coach was still alive.

"Why are you shaking? Stop shaking."

The sound startled her, and then she shook violently, and "bang", she fell.

She sat there and looked back at the person following her. He stood with his hands behind his back like an old cadre. He jumped from behind, accelerated, and caught up with her in a "whoosh". He braked and turned in front of her, and stopped steadily in front of her with his back to the bottom of the mountain.

Weizhi opened his arms.

Shan Chong reached out and lifted her up from the ground.

"Does it hurt?"

"It's OK."

"Then continue."

It was so cold that even the condolences seemed to be just going through the motions.

Weizhi continued to push the slope, and the sound behind him never stopped.

"Don't shake your head, don't lower your head, look ahead! Where are you looking? What did I tell you? Wherever your eyes are looking, that's where the board will go. What are you looking around for? Well, just look around randomly. Wait, you're going to fall again."

Bang, fall again.

"See, I told you."

And say something cool.

Bang, fell again.

"Sit still, think about why you fell this time, and then continue."

Bang, and fell down.

"No need to summarize this time. I can see that you just want to fall."

Question: What is it like to have a coach who talks too much?

The answer was that he was wearing a face protector and looked very much like Kimura Takashi, otherwise he would have been beaten to death if he opened his mouth.

Finally, Weizhi felt that his butt was numb from falling, he was used to it, and his ears were also numb.

"Don't fall down," the chatterbox said as he pulled Weizhi up in the 800th chapter, "Don't you feel the pain from falling down?"

Wei Zhi thought this was nonsense. Did she want to fall? How could she not feel pain? She was in so much pain that she didn't even want to talk. She even began to wonder why she came to Chongli when she didn't have a sofa or air conditioner at home.

Snowboarding, from the beginning to the end, only takes one hour.

When class was over that day, Weizhi took off his snowboard and put his feet on the ground. He felt happier than ever before.

The last time she could remember this kind of happiness that went straight up from the soles of her feet to her head was on her first day of kindergarten. She saw her mother standing at the entrance of the kindergarten with a lollipop in her hand, carrying her schoolbag.

Holding the snowboard, Wei Zhi waved to Shan Chong: "Bye, coach."

No regrets.

No need to even say "goodbye".

In Japanese, it should be "Sayunara", which means farewell forever.

Shan Chong looked at the little girl in front of him, whose happy face said "liberation", and waved his hands with a wooden face.

Fortunately, he doesn't have many expressive expressions.

Finished a class that was forced to go by the duck on the shelf.

Shan Chong returned to the coaching lounge with no qualms in his mind.

I sat down and was silent for a while. I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt a little empty.

He took out his cell phone and found the group he had added +999 to without even checking it for a while.

[CK, Chong: On the first day of teaching a newbie, the newbie gave up. ]

Three seconds later.

[The horizon of Marrakech: That’s right, you don’t even know what kind of temper you have, and you still want to imitate others. 】

【Wangjing: That’s right, you don’t even look at your own temper, and you still want to imitate others. 】

【Ah Shen: That’s right, don’t you look at your own temper? You still want to imitate others and cultivate yourself.】

【Sakura Yan: That’s right, don’t you look at your own temper? You still want to imitate others and cultivate yourself. 】

Shan Chong: “…”

Right.

It’s really boring to teach newbies.

Tsk.

【CK, Chong: Who will come to the park tomorrow? 】

The mood in the group suddenly changed, and the traitors who were mocking their master a second ago suddenly signed up in a shameless manner.

The group was filled with a happy atmosphere. (@魯迅@孔乙己)


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