course-schedule

week 1

Welcome brief with SnowSkool snowboard instructors. Hill Orientation/ Warm Up. Good chance to get to know the hill and your new riding mates. Group split. There is no big assessment in front of everyone else! General ride improvement.

week 2

General riding improvement. This week is aimed at getting all SnowSkool candidates up to scratch in terms of their snowboarding ability. You will be primarily based on-piste but will be introduced to easier off-piste terrain and basic freestyle elements. CASI 5 skills concept/planes of balance. Introduction to teaching

week 3

Specific riding improvement - sliding turns. Pushing candidates further and onto tougher terrain. Develop and increase understanding of CASI 5 skills concepts. Teaching practice

week 4

Riding improvement – carving. Ironing out the specific difficulties of each individual candidate and ensuring they are snowboarding at the standard of a CASI Level 1 snowboard instructor. Development of snowboard teaching. Candidates will lead snowboard lessons amongst group members

week 5

EXAM: CASI Level 1 Snowboard Instructor

Party Time!

week 6

General snowboard improvement.

week 7

Freeride General snowboard improvement and Backcountry Course (optional).

week 8

Develop skills for off-piste and freestyle snowboarding CASI Level 2 Progression – riding and teaching

week 9

Personal riding improvement and development of basic freestyle skills in the terrain park. Further development of teaching. Candidates will lead snowboard lessons amongst group members

week 10

Riding improvement – Level 2 standard Teaching improvement – Level 2 standard

week 11

EXAM: CASI Level 2 Snowboard Instructor

Party Time!

week 12

Freeride

EXAM: CASI Level 2 Snowpark Certificate

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Become a snowboard instructor in Banff

If a beer company was allowed to design an instructor course…they would base it on the SnowSkool twelve-week Banff snowboard instructor course - the most popular of the most popular of the most popular! SnowSkool has been operating snowboard instructor courses in Banff since 2004 and we employ many of the same snowboard instructors today that we did all those years ago. Why mess with success, huh?!?

All snowboard instructors assigned to teach the SnowSkool snowboard instructor course are either seasoned CASI Level 3 or Level 4 snowboard instructors. And, given you will spend 20+ hours per week under their supervision, we are confident of maintaining our 100% pass rate for the CASI Level 1 snowboard instructor qualification.

Although you will spend most of your time snowboarding, students of the Banff snowboard instructor course will soon learn there is even more fun to be had after ripping up the slopes. Banff is the ideal location for a SnowSkool snowboard instructor course and SnowSkool posts a number of reps in Banff to ensure all students make the most of their time in Banff. Off-slope activities include trips to the hot springs, basketball and football tournaments, jam sessions in the on-site pub, fancy dress parties, ice-hockey matches, quiz nights, bingo nights DVD nights, ice-climbing, bar crawls, 10-pin bowling, casino nights and much, much more.

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Become a Snowboard Instructor in Banff

Who goes on this course?

Who wants to become a snowboard instructor

This is the course for the young, free and single ... typically we have lots of University grads and school leavers. The course has a great community-feel: we’re a big group that rides, socialises and eats together in a Lodge.

If you'd like to become a snowboard instructor in Banff, we would recommend a minimum of three weeks on-snow experience. This may not seem like a lot but the course is 12 weeks in length, so you'll get lots of on-snow time to build up your riding skills. On top of this, because of the numbers on the course, we can split riders into experience-related groups. In a typical year there will be a range of experience from those with a number of seasons under their belt to those with only three weeks’ on-snow experience.

Banff's for you - right? If not, check out one of our other snowboard instructor courses.

Snowboard Instructor Exams

CASI Level 1 & Level 2 Snowboard Instructor

Become a CASI certified Snowboard Instructor

In Banff, snowboarders train for the CASI (Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors) snowboard instructor qualifications. SnowSkool provides Level 1 & Level 2 training - and with a Level 2 qualification you can work internationally as a snowboard instructor.

As well as the snowboard instructor qualifications, SnowSkool can also provide training in freestyle ... leading to the CASI Snowpark Certificate which enables you to teach freestyle to beginners.

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SnowSkool Case Study

Nick Coates, 22, SnowSkool Banff, 2008

“After Uni I knew I wanted to gain my snowboard instructor qualifications and the SnowSkool Banff course particularly appealed because of the sick riding at Sunshine and the kicking nightlife in and around Banff - these were the two main points on my checklist! My season with SnowSkool was unbelievable – fun & laughter, so much snow, new friends and a spot of romance! Since completing my course I've worked as a rep for SnowSkool in Banff and in France."