Replying to Snowflex

this saturday me and a few friends are driving up to snow park niagra for some pre-season play time
i know that they have some snow there (man made of course) but i think the main sliding surface is gonna be snowflex.

ive never ridden snowflex before, and i was just curious as to how different its gonna feel from regular snow? should i sharpen my edges or anything? i dont usually wear gloves when i ride (even in the winter) but will this stuff fuck my hands up if im not wearing gloves?