One step away from death

Once my family and I went on vacation to the mountains to try snowboarding. When you are on holiday, you hope to relax and have a lot of fun. But when you relax with an extreme sport, there are risks of getting hurt or even worse.
We had booked a room at the hotel before we arrived. But on the day of our arrival it was snowing, so in order to avoid problems, we spent that day in the room. The following day we met with our instructor. He taught us basic snowboarding techniques and showed us how to balance. ‘The main thing is to concentrate and not to be distracted’, he said.
It was not as easy as expected, but I quickly mastered the balance control. Then the instructor showed us how to turn. The rest of the day I tried to ride on my own. When I reached maximum speed, I noticed that I was approaching a tree. Before I remembered how to turn, I got really scared. At the very last moment I dodged, but after a couple of minutes I was lying face down in the snow.
Luckily I didn’t hurt myself, but next time I should definitely be more careful.