any snowboarders?

I ate hard crap the first time I went....like faceplant at full speed style ....like big white cloud of snow style....like everyone laughing style....its all good though cause I am a clown anyways! My dumb friend who was supposedly "teaching" me just said 4 simple words...."use your back foot" and took off down the mtn hauling ass and carving it up....I was left thinking....back foot?....what do I do with it? Haha next thing I knew I was headed straight down the hill with no brakes and no ideer how to turn....simple braking system=eat crap so thats what I did and damn was I good at it....all day long in fact