If timing was better, and it may be in the future, I would love to take you up on this. BUt my niece is coming in from town and the whole family is getting together for a ski day. My dad took my kids sledding at snowtrails 2 years ago and he enjoyed it. Once he make sup his mind on a place, thats it. Change scares old people lol. It will be my 15 and 11 year olds first time on snowboards, however they have both skateboarded for years and I think that should help a little. I am sure the boards that snowtrails has will be good enough for first timers and if in the future they enjoy it, I will look into getting them their own stuff. Thanks for the input guys.