[apples]

You're going to slow people down more on a snowboard than you would on skis. Waiting for boarders to strap in at the top of every run blows and if there's a lot of traversing/flat areas at the resort you're going to they'll hate you even more.

The best thing you could do is take a lot of lessons. Then your wife and kids get to go ski how they want and you improve much faster.

Also stick with skiing it's more fun imo.