I uses to live in Cali and BigBear mountain was one of the places I went snowboarding as a regular. With your child it must be fun right? I have still yet to try out together so I am having him train a bit first. Here's some advice~ if snowboarding for first time then get the butt cushion/wrist brace/and helmet. When I was a beginning snowboarding I kept falling on my ass and kept using my hands to land the fall which for several days my ass and wrist hurt like hell. Thanks for visiting man!