SnowSkool Courses
Long Courses
- Banff 13 Weeks»
- Big White 11 Weeks»
- Three Valleys 11 Weeks»
- Cardrona 10 Weeks»
Short Courses
- Banff 3 Weeks»
- Banff 5 Weeks»
- Big White 5 Weeks»
course-schedule
11 Week Snowboard Course
week 1
Welcome brief with SnowSkool snowboard instructors. Hill orientation and warm up - get to know the hill and your new riding mates. Group split - no big assessment in front of everyone else! General ride improvement lessons.
week 2
General riding improvement lessons aimed at getting all SnowSkool candidates up to scratch. While primarily based on-piste, 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. Challenge candidates further, move onto tougher terrain. Develop and increase understanding of CASI 5 skills concepts. Teaching practice.
week 4
Riding improvement - carving. Iron out specific difficulties for each individual candidate, ensure all are snowboarding at the standard of a CASI Level 1 snowboard instructor. Development of snowboard teaching, lead snowboard lessons among group members.
week 5
EXAM: CASI Level 1 Snowboard Instructor
Party time!week 6
Freeride with instructors - relax and enjoy shredding the pistes after the CASI Level 1 exam. General snowboard improvement lessons.
week 7
Develop skills for off-piste and freestyle snowboarding. CASI Level 2 progression - riding and teaching.
week 8
Personal riding improvement, development of basic freestyle skills in the terrain park. Further development of teaching - lead snowboard lessons among group members.
week 9
Riding and teaching improvement - Level 2 standard.
week 10
EXAM: CASI Level 2 Snowboard Instructor
Party time!week 11
EXAM: CASI Level 2 Snowpark Certificate
Party time!
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Snowboard Instructor Courses - Big White
11 Week Snowboard Course
Eleven Week Snowboard Instructor Course
For the SnowSkool snowboard instructor course in Big White, we employ a small team of the most experienced snowboard instructors from the Big White Snowboard School. These guys and girls are all seasoned CASI Level 3 snowboard instructors or CASI Level 4 snowboard instructors. The snowboard instructors rotate between the different SnowSkool snowboard groups on a weekly basis in an attempt to ensure every student receives a broad learning perspective from fantastic snowboard instructors. Snowboard instructor training lessons take place for five hours per day, five days per week. This is more tuition than is offered by any other snowboard instructor course giving you the best chance at passing your CASI Level 1 and CASI Level 2 Snowboard Instructor qualifications and going on to work as a snowboard instructor. Indeed many graduates of the SnowSkool snowboard instructor course have gone on to work the slopes at Big White.
In all snowboard courses in Canada, there is a lot of off-piste and freestyle training and Big White is the perfect location for this with some of the best tree-riding in Canada and awesome freestyle park facilities.
Yet another thing that sets the SnowSkool Big White snowboard instructor course apart is the accommodation - you will live in a very swanky apartments with private hot-tub, swimming pool, gym and genuine ski-in / ski-out access!
Snowboard Instructor Courses in Big White
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