In fact, I was one of the youngest in the group. I wasn't the only one surprised. It's kind of cool actually, that it's a diverse group. As I surveyed the folks standing around the ski school meeting area, we appeared to be a fairly fit bunch. Surely we were destined to take to this sport like naturals.
People talk about how easy snowboarding is to learn.
The most crotchety of skiers, wearing their years on the slopes like Purple Hearts, love to joke about the fact that the difference between a beginning snowboarder and a snowboard instructor is three days. The learning curve may climb quickly through the advanced beginner and intermediate levels, but, as we soon found out, the first day can definitely be a challenge. Having both feet strapped to the same board does make it, at first blush, tough to fall gracefully. So while some claim to sail through their snowboard initiation like Venus on a half shell, I had packed my Advil. Learning to fall correctly is one of the points emphasized in a beginner lesson.