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Don't worry, snowboarding gets really easy really quick. If you'd snowboard for a week straight, you'd already be able to go really quick without falling and looking pretty cool along the way. The issue is most people only do it at most 3-4 days a year for just a couple hours, so it looks like it took them "years" to snowboard decently.

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This. Its like learning how to do anything else using edges like surfing, ice skating, skiing. First you learn how to balance and then you learn how to turn. After that, you can basically ski 50% of most mountains (that is in bounds terrain). Just keep falling and watching how other people transition between edges and you'll figure it out pretty quick.

I believe I've read somewhere that it takes about 100 hours of deliberate practice to become proficient at something and 10,000 hours to master it. A week of snowboarding for eight hours a day would get you halfway to that 100 hour point and definitely put you above the beginner so this definitely makes sense.

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