I agree totally with travz//”seeing as your florida boy, you associate falling with extreme pain (thanks ice!).”Once you get into some powder snow, like 6+ inches or so, you will begin to feel like it is more like surfing. You will be “pointing it” more, getting more of a floating sensation, and doing little to no speed checks (except on hardpacked busy trails or steeper groomers).I think as you become more experienced you will see that the difficulty and sensation of snowboarding changes so much with snow conditions.Also, have a shop tune the board. They will one-on-one clue you in to how often it needs to be waxed / tuned.
