[Jims5543]

+1 on the helmet. Be prepared to get whiplash, when you make a mistake on a snowboard you dont just fall, you slam into the ground. I hot so hard a few times my goggle shot off my head and flying away and I smashed my noggin pretty good too.

It would not be a bad idea to wear some wrist guards too, there is a high incidence of broken wrists from the slamming falls.

I tried it for 4 hours and returned the rental gear and got back on skis and never looked back.

I can basically ski anywhere I want to and never fall all week long. With the snowboard I was stuck on a begginers slope flailing around getting beat up. I felt like I was wasting my money, and not seeing the mountain thats why I switched back.

I was in Vail at the time and the cost to ski per day was staggering. Next year in snowshoe I might give it a try again, with lessons.