Snowboarding Put Me in Debt but Gave Me Something Priceless

A sport I thought was for ‘White boys’ helped me finally experience the outdoors

My cousin and me in more than a stack’s worth of gear each. Photos courtesy of the author

Winter mornings in Vermont hit different — always have.

At 6 a.m., the sun is but a whisper on the peak of the mountain. The towers of pine are weighed down beneath a midnight silhouette. The cold — the…