Replying to Learning to ski on Hellbents?

A snowboard friend of mine is wanting to switch over to skiing. His board is getting trashed, boots worn out and is just captivated by the 'bents. He has been looking at prices online and is going to buy a pair if the price is right.

I told him the bents are basically a pure power ski and might be hard to learn on. He is a big kid though, about 6-5 and has size sixteen feet. So maybe a bigger ski would work for him, but I sure as hell wouldn't wanna learn on a beast of ski like that.

He is set on this ski though. I don't wanna talk him out of them, cause I know he'd love skiing. So, any other suggestions for skis or maybe the Hellbents wouldn't be THAT bad of a ski. I do live in the PNW by the way and we are just getting shit on with snow, so these babies would be nice. Haha I would be begging him to ride them except I don't have sasquatch feet.