Ugh. Hate it when people try to break down a feel into physics. Adrenaline doesn't translate! Teaching my little bro to snowboard is tough enough, and he knows heelside from toeside and nose from tail. Knowing you have to twist and lift doesn't mean you can make a smooth turn, and trying to analyze all the physics involved isn't going to make it happen any easier.
Just this weekend I saw a dad
yelling at his kid on the slope. The dad is on skis and the poor kid is trying to snowboard on horrible cross slope ripple. Kid couldn't have been more than 7 and it looked like his second time on a mountain. I wanted to run the old man over- only way to learn is by getting a feel and a lot of practice. Someone bitching "Turn it around, that's the front!! Now come HERE!!!" will not help. Kid should have been on the bunny slope- the mains were far too crowded for that shit. I can't believe that dad even knew the kid might ride goofy.