It's Sébastien speaking, since I passed the ski test and obtained the 3rd star, I decided to take snowboard lesson. I asked my parents that I am very interested to try snowboarding. Papa called the L'ESF (Ecole du Ski Français) and inquire. According to them snowboarding lesson starts at the age of 10. They have asked my father if I am an independent child and could follow instructions easily. He answered yes and that I am very sports-minded child. We have spent 1 week in the Alps and on the first day I started to take group lessons with other kids . The thing is, I was with kids of 10 yrs. old and up. I am independent but not as independent as of a 10 yrs. old child. I've found myself catching up with big kids and always on my knees honestly it was tough and quite tiring. The next day, my parents decided to take private lesson and so I have my own snowboard monitor all by myself from 5PM to 6PM for 4 days. I don't care if it's cold because I am very interested to learn snowboarding. After 4 days of hardwork I had my 1st level in snowboarding and got my medal. My Monitor named Kevin is proud of me as I have easily learned the techniques. He even talks about me with his colleagues, and I am happy because it's a compliment ! Here's the video of me just to share that I made it even if it was tough 
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