Back in 2003, I spent a year in Colorado. Many weekends were spent in the Rocky Mountains snowboarding. The Loveland ski resort was the first and last place I boarded during my stay, and the difference in my ability was immense. Some of the credit for this has to go a friend I made over there – Roane.

This is the Loveland Pass, located near the Loveland ski resort on the continental divide at 11,990 feet above sea level.