Good luck with the boarding
Stick at it but get yourself on some real snow. There's no comparison to the indoor stuff. The mountains is where its at.
Actually a good analogy from being a car enthusiast is to pay for some decent boots straight away.
The difference your own set of fitted boots can make is like night and day. It's the second best investment you'll make after buying a helmet. Its actually gone to being not cool to not have one now.
Can't beat the first run of the day or the first beer afterwards somewhere in the Alps....
Baby this year means it will be my first year not going since I started, oh well, maybe next year