You ought to learn to snowboard. It’s cool. It’s fun and sometimes feels like surfing. Yeah, it’s that cool. But learning to snowboard is a steep learning curve. First attempts can wear you down and discourage you. Take heart though, I managed to scale this learning curve in three snowboarding days, and I had setbacks and found my first efforts rather draining. I was diligent, however, and managed to go from bunny slope to black-diamond in three snowboarding days (includes two rest days) at Lake Tahoe, Homewood resort. On the third day I entered into the fun that only the versatile snowboard can offer. So let my experience give you a taste of the challenges you’ll face as you make your attempt to scale that steep upward slope, and learn to ride the snowboard. What follows are several blogs describing each stage of my progression to the black-diamonds. And you’ll see the challenges I overcame as can only be fully appreciated and described from the perspective of a novice.
