[mredskins]

i skied most of my childhood and my early twenties when i lived in New England. I suggest starting with skiing then snowboarding. Let me be clear l skied for awhile then learn to snowboard. To me unlike saden1 i found snowboarding tough maybe because i was so use to skiing, also back in the day I skated really well, I was dropping into half pikes and everything and still didn't really take to snowboarding.

Also your first day of either skiing or snowboarding is going be a long day but stick with it. You will love it in time. also the only thing worst then the 1st day is the second you are going be really sore. I remember being sore my 2nd day really bad and I was 6 i could only imagine what my body feel like today if i tried skiing for the first time.Lots of falling on your first day!