You’ve really got to give Louie Vito some credit. With no dance experience and having never watched an episode of Dancing With The Stars in the past, to trade in his Nike snowboard boots for ballroom shoes and perform a dance for millions of viewers—plus the entire snowboarding industry (which is a massive feat in its own right)—really takes some serious balls.

And like ABC initially alluded to in their pre-amble to last night’s premiere episode, we finally got to “watch this champion pro boarder shuffle down from the slopes to the floor of the Dancing with the Stars set in Season 9.”

Now, I’m no Patrick Swayze, but aside from being called “little dancing hobbit” by one of the judges, Vito and his partner really seemed to be cutting a rug with their foxtrot routine.