WEBVTT 00:08.550 --> 00:10.272 I'm steve messenger , Garrison 00:10.272 --> 00:12.272 Commander at Fort McCoy Wisconsin . 00:12.272 --> 00:14.383 We're out here at Whitetail Ridge ski 00:14.383 --> 00:16.460 area and today we're gonna learn 00:16.460 --> 00:18.571 snowboarding with Marcy . If you have 00:18.571 --> 00:20.793 not been out here , there is so much to 00:20.793 --> 00:22.904 do skiing , snowboarding tubing . You 00:22.904 --> 00:25.071 have got to come out . But today we're 00:25.071 --> 00:27.071 gonna learn how to snowboard with a 00:27.071 --> 00:29.182 bunch of my friends and I hope to see 00:29.182 --> 00:28.980 you out here . Come on . 00:41.640 --> 00:43.950 Thanks for hosting me at the ski hill . 00:43.960 --> 00:46.293 Welcome ! Where are you from originally ? 00:46.293 --> 00:49.430 Actually , I'm about 10 miles as a crow 00:49.430 --> 00:52.330 flies . Bangor Wisconsin . Yeah . You 00:52.330 --> 00:54.274 ever been on Fort McCoy before you 00:54.274 --> 00:56.270 started working here ? I had not I 00:56.270 --> 00:58.270 didn't even know this place existed 00:58.270 --> 01:00.214 until I started working here . All 01:00.214 --> 01:02.326 right , so how long you been teaching 01:02.326 --> 01:04.603 snowboard ? Three years that I've been . 01:04.603 --> 01:06.826 What did you do before this Before this 01:06.826 --> 01:09.836 I worked at Mount Lacrosse taught there 01:09.836 --> 01:12.003 for a while and managed the ski school 01:12.003 --> 01:14.506 out at the rock in franklin . Wisconsin . 01:14.526 --> 01:17.256 What is the best thing about working 01:17.256 --> 01:20.446 here on Fort McCoy ? I love the twinkle 01:20.446 --> 01:22.796 in their eye when they learn something 01:22.796 --> 01:24.907 new and they finally get it . They go 01:24.907 --> 01:26.920 from being a little apprehensive to 01:27.472 --> 01:30.042 just blossoming with joy and excitement 01:30.042 --> 01:32.112 over the sport and it's not just the 01:32.112 --> 01:34.292 kids and adults that I'm teaching . 01:34.582 --> 01:36.638 It's going through that process with 01:36.638 --> 01:38.804 the volunteers that become instructors 01:38.804 --> 01:40.971 as well . That is really inspiring for 01:40.971 --> 01:43.082 me . All right , so now it's time for 01:43.082 --> 01:45.193 the lesson . What do you think ? Am I 01:45.193 --> 01:44.592 going to do good here out here on the 01:44.592 --> 01:47.932 hill . You are already for snowboard 01:47.932 --> 01:50.043 boot camp already ? I'm ready . Let's 01:50.043 --> 01:53.970 do it . All right . So 01:53.970 --> 01:57.220 today is an example of our boot camp 01:57.230 --> 01:59.610 that we offer every Saturday and Sunday 01:59.830 --> 02:03.300 from 12 until two the first 02:03.310 --> 02:06.730 hour is intense instruction . The 02:06.730 --> 02:09.090 second hour where we focus just on 02:09.090 --> 02:11.920 helping you with your individual needs 02:11.930 --> 02:14.270 along your learning curve and everybody 02:14.270 --> 02:16.050 learns at a different rate . 02:16.060 --> 02:18.780 Snowboarding can take up to four times 02:18.790 --> 02:21.270 of intense lessons before it actually 02:21.270 --> 02:23.492 clicks . If you pick it up quicker than 02:23.492 --> 02:27.450 that , you're phenomenal every snow 02:27.450 --> 02:29.620 sport you put your weight on your 02:29.630 --> 02:31.650 uphill edge . So that's what we're 02:31.650 --> 02:33.650 going to practice right now . We're 02:33.650 --> 02:36.100 gonna do what's called a toe side edge 02:36.130 --> 02:37.660 slide down the hill . 03:00.530 --> 03:00.980 Mhm . 03:08.280 --> 03:10.613 This was great out here . How do you do ? 03:10.613 --> 03:12.836 You did Fantastic . In fact , we have a 03:12.836 --> 03:14.780 little progression report that I'm 03:14.780 --> 03:16.836 sending home with you that goes with 03:16.836 --> 03:18.891 our lessons and if other people that 03:18.891 --> 03:21.002 your interests that are interested in 03:21.002 --> 03:23.113 this , they can go to M . W . Our our 03:23.113 --> 03:25.336 website and sign up for the boot camp , 03:25.336 --> 03:27.558 Saturdays and Sundays 12 until two . In 03:27.558 --> 03:29.613 the meantime , I'm going to send you 03:29.613 --> 03:31.780 home with a sticker that you earned in 03:31.780 --> 03:33.613 your progression . This has been 03:33.613 --> 03:35.780 fantastic . We're gonna hit the tubing 03:35.780 --> 03:37.836 hill . Thanks for being out here and 03:37.836 --> 03:40.002 teaching us . You're welcome . I'll be 03:40.002 --> 03:42.750 here next time . Me too . Great day at 03:42.750 --> 03:44.820 Whitetail Ridge . Come on out to ski 03:44.820 --> 03:47.330 snowboard tube hours are on our website 03:47.330 --> 03:49.441 below and if you want to work here on 03:49.441 --> 03:51.497 Fort McCoy , come on out . Check out 03:51.497 --> 03:53.663 usa jobs . Great place to work . Great 03:53.663 --> 03:55.663 people to work with . We'll see you 03:55.663 --> 03:55.990 next time behind the Trying .