[TheBlueMonster]

I've never been skiing and I've been snowboarding once. I have good balance so after a few tries I was able to stay up and manuever myself pretty well. Speed and balance were no trouble for me (I even looked like I'd done it before), but stopping was a big problem (ever seen someone do a full cartwheel on a snowboard? I'm pretty sure I did [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] )
I think with even a limited background in skateboarding you should take to snowboarding pretty quickly.

Just be prepared for some bruises.