I used to be a snowboard instructor at Park City Mountain Resort. I am very familiar with teaching a first-time lesson. While obviously the best way to learn how to snowboard is to go snowboard, there is a lot to understand about snowboarding before ever getting on a chairlift. In fact, as part of an official first time lesson at PCMR, we often spent the first hour talking, not snowboarding. This class is to help facilitate students who would like to learn to snowboard, but don't have access to on-mountain lessons. It is essentially what I would teach to my first time students before sliding down the snow for the first time.