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Originally Posted by speeder
Still want to learn to snowboard. It really looks fun. I sat next to a guy on chairlift yesterday who was a local and does both, skis/boards. He said that snowboarding was easy but you have to surrender to one bad day of learning, you'll fall a lot on first day. "The second day, you're an expert", is how he put it. I'd probably take a lesson.
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Give boarding a try and you won't regret it. As your lift buddy described, the learning curve is much easier for snowboarding. I skied exclusively until my early twenties and never had a desire to snowboard until the (2) snowboard instructors at the ski school I taught quit. Our director had everyone get boots and a board from the rental shop the next morning and told us to have at it. That first day was terrible--ate lots of snow and had some hard slams, but managed to learn to stop, turn right and left. The next day things got better and by the end of the week I was carving my turns. Me and another instructor stuck with it and were teaching boarding the following week. I was amazed at the progress that many students showed--they all got better faster than with skiing.
I still prefer skiing, but boarding definately has it's place and is nice for a change up and in certain conditions.
My advice:
Wear wrist guards and a helmet
learn to fall on your forearms
Be prepared to be on the snow alot
take a lesson
have fun--it is quite the experience.