On: Snowboarding for Geeks: An Ultimate Guide (2018)

[gwbas1c]

Like you I'm an expert skier. The most difficult thing about learning to snowboard is that I see the awesome ski trail in front of me, and if I try to go, I'll just painfully fall.

It stinks to go back to being a beginner.

[stephencanon → gwbas1c]

I learned to snowboard in my 20s as an expert skier, and the only reason that I did it was that I had moved to California and so was skiing with a bunch of beginners, so being a beginner with them was a lot more enjoyable. Once they got good enough to ski blacks, I put away my board and haven't taken it out since.

[awb → gwbas1c]

Yeah skiing is so expensive and time consuming it’s hard for me to justify hitting greens and blues on the board when I can ski the whole mountain.

When I need a change of pace blade skis can be a ton of fun or spending the day in the terrain park.

[emilecantin → gwbas1c]

I basically had the opposite experience last time I tried skiing. After snowboarding at least weekly for most of my teens, just going down the slope facing it triggers my reflexes and I keep trying to lift my toes.

[blunte → gwbas1c]

Maybe that's it. You know the runs, and you have the expectation of being good. But on a board, it's like physics are no longer the same.