The Biggest Obstacle to Learning Snowboarding: Confidence on Skis

Recently I had a pleasant chairlift chat with a man who has four children. They’re all into snow sports (two riders, two skiers). He mentioned that he has thought of trying snowboarding, but he has yet to do it.

His biggest obstacle: he’s pretty good on skis. He doesn’t want go through the difficulty of being a beginner again. Or of falling down.

I assured him that he would fall down, a lot, while learning. One way to make the process easier is to go out on a powder day.

But in the end, to learn, you’ve got to be willing to start all over again. It will take a while for it to seem worthwhile, but if you stick with it, you may reach that point. I know I have.