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I'll be snowboarding for the first time today. If this post isn't updated later on this evening, well ...

I'm told that my mad wooden plank skillz0rz will be of no use to me out there today. If anything, the feeling is at least not going to be a total shocker the first time ass meets hard packed snow

Update:

It turns out, snowboarding is hella cool. Some observations about the day ...

1. A background hailing from the wooden plank helps in some respects. I at least know how my body is going to move and how I can move to change direction on the board.
2. Snowboards are heavy-ish. At least, I learned after the first lift ride that it helps to take your free foot and prop it under the board so that the board isn't dangling and weighing down your front leg.
3. On exiting the ski lift, place your back foot right in front of the back binding. You can leave part of your foot partially off the board for more traction. You do not want to exit the ski lift on one leg!
4. A little weight goes a long way. Snowboarding seems like there's a fair amount of knowing how shifting your weight around will make the board react. And of course that depends on the terrain as well. You can really maneuver when you need to.
5. As a first time snowboarder, I think I'd want to start out, if I had to do it over again, with snowboarding. It was simple enough to get started. You strap into the bindings and aside from some rudimentary lessons on leaning back to slow your speed, you can go. Skiing, at least what I observed today, requires more precision to manipulate two planks instead of one in conjunction with manipulating the ski poles. However, at some point I'll probably try skiing.
6. Leaning toe-wise required more thought and more balance.

All in all, it was a blast.