(Eugene Miya) wrote in news:443d4314$1@darkstar:

In article .com,
liv wrote:
sure skiing is a good time. but snowboarding is where it's at. ...
again i haven't really been skiing before, i mean, i attempted it once
when i was ten and cried the whole time. any suggestions on making a
transition from boarding to skiing?

Yes.
Try boarding up hill.


This seems to be fairly popular in the Wasatch (not alot of undulating
terrain, you're goin' straight up):

http://www.voile-usa.com/splthdr01.html

It's the "AT" of snowboarding, although they have a freeheel. If I was
going to snowboard (hah!), I'd git me one of them there Voile Swallowtails.

-K