ColtMcAsskick posted:you will fall on your rear end and look like an idiot in front of 8 year olds on the beginners slope. Embrace it. Counterpoint: even with years of experience with me every once in a while my edge catches on a bad ice patch, one particular incident had it in a real nasty area. My (poorly sharpened) edge hooked the ice hard, bit it and basically threw all my forward motion into a 90º pivot where my ribs landed right on a rock. after about 30 minutes of dry heaving and snot everywhere i managed to ride down and after dinner I had it looked at – 2 broken ribs. poo poo happens, but fear is more likely to get you hurt since you'll get real stiff in your motions and overthink things. so, relax and just accept that you're going to be terrible at first and probably get your rear end kicked by the slope – it's happened to everyone who does it. don't even worry about riding goofy until you can ride in your preferred stance well enough to go down an easy slope at-speed. remember that your back foot is your rudder, but basically as long as you listen to your instructor you'll be fine. no one is good at snowboarding when they start. no one. oh, and  wear a loving helmet, all the cool kids do it and it's stupid not to outside of a few very limited circumstances.for reference, I was taught to snowboard years after learning to ice skate and ski (which I started at around ~2-3), and my sister taught me by having me try to chase her down a black diamond. don't learn that way.
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Being a good skier did literally nothing for me when learning to snowboard, they have practically nothing in common except for snow
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