[Matt D.]

I skied for 5+ years before I got on a snowboard so I had learned how to use edges and everything. My philosophy is if you can ski, you can snowboard. I believe it is easier to learn to snowboard if you can ski, and not the other way around... Learning to snowboard before skiing is probably quite difficult.

When I first snowboarded I just learned to slide, toe side and heel side... Slide slide slide, all the way down the hill. In there you'll learn how to control the board from turning, but that also teaches you how to turn. When you turn all you do is keep your weight on your forward leg and lean the way you want to turn and the board will do the work for you. Obviously sounds easier than it is, but it takes practice just like anything else.