I picked it up very quickly. Swapping edge and linking turns in a few runs and jumping baby kickers and doing small board slides on day 2.
The only hard part by far is using T-bars. I still fall on them 😞 Even in the kids area lol. And yet I just did a few runs of my first black and only went down on that twice.
The thing that clicked for me was to look further ahead, keep up pace, and stop thinking. Kind of clicked in minutes after that.
I started skiing when I was very young and I was always bad at it. Never really improved, but golly I was really good at super pie-ing my way down difficult stuff.
I switched to snowboarding and it just clicked for me. It felt so much better and made way more sense.
Not to say it’s easy, but give it a try. You might really enjoy yourself.
On a side note, I’ve since learned that I just suck at motion that has me with my feet facing forward. I can’t roller skate or ice skate to save my life, but long boarding or skate boarding are find. I’m a little shaky on scopters, but it’s not as bad as skates
My skiing days are done I think. But ya anything that moves that puts itself betweeny feet and the ground has never worked out well for me. Skating , roller skates, skiing snow and water
Snowboarding, even without any tricks or anything fancy. Just cruising down the snow is also very difficult.
I picked it up very quickly. Swapping edge and linking turns in a few runs and jumping baby kickers and doing small board slides on day 2.
The only hard part by far is using T-bars. I still fall on them 😞 Even in the kids area lol. And yet I just did a few runs of my first black and only went down on that twice.
The thing that clicked for me was to look further ahead, keep up pace, and stop thinking. Kind of clicked in minutes after that.
I’ve only ever skied and I was awful at it. Snowboarding has always looked easier
I started skiing when I was very young and I was always bad at it. Never really improved, but golly I was really good at super pie-ing my way down difficult stuff.
I switched to snowboarding and it just clicked for me. It felt so much better and made way more sense.
Not to say it’s easy, but give it a try. You might really enjoy yourself.
On a side note, I’ve since learned that I just suck at motion that has me with my feet facing forward. I can’t roller skate or ice skate to save my life, but long boarding or skate boarding are find. I’m a little shaky on scopters, but it’s not as bad as skates
My skiing days are done I think. But ya anything that moves that puts itself betweeny feet and the ground has never worked out well for me. Skating , roller skates, skiing snow and water
Pro tip: It’s not.
Consider this: unlike skiing, you don’t have anything in your hands. You have to completely control the board by your legs.
I’m not a skier but I don’t think you’re supposed to control the skies with your hands either.