The learning curve is different for a snowboard, it's hell the first 2 days as it's all based on balance and without balance you'll just fall. With skis you can

The learning curve is different for a snowboard, it's hell the first 2 days as it's all based on balance and without balance you'll just fall. With skis you can basically go down most slopes the first day just by plowing and advancing from there. This is not going to work with a snowboard, you can't really take the lift to the top of the hill and proceed learning on your way down. In my experience most people learn the snowboard after 3-4 days, but it takes a bit more to feel confident. For me, I was just an average skier but I felt much more confident on the board than on the skis after the first week or maybe second week. So in my experience the learning curve for the board was slower at first but after a week I increased in skill much faster than I had on the skis previously. I dislike snowboarding the less steep "transportation" routes though, they are usually narrow, heavily bumpy and you have skiers to the right and left of you who don't understand that on a snowboard you can't speed check or fix your balance without turning the board..