Finding Joy Among Black Skiers at ‘50 Years of Soul on Snow’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 28, 2023
As I looked down at the small slope, I pointed myself forward and started to descend, picking up speed as I went. I was terrified. All I pictured was myself crashing into a tree. I felt myself going too fast, afraid I would miss where my instructor had told me to stop, so I turned my snowboard sideways and pushed my heels down like I’d been taught—and fell. Covered in snow, I sat on the side of
