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
10 Week Snowboard Course
week 1
Introduction of the course and exam procedures. Discussion of exam outlines, expectations and standards. Introduction of movements. Free-riding.
week 2
Free-riding - focus on basic stance and fore and aft movement. Progression from '1st time '. Practice demo of basic stance and presenting for adults and children, especially class handling and safety.
week 3
Free-riding - focus on turn shape. Introduction of rotation movements. Progression. Practice presenting for adults and children, especially fun, movement and enthusiasm.
week 4
Free-riding - focus on lateral balance. Introduction of lateral movements. Progression. Demonstrations and practice presenting for adults and children, especially progression and pacing.
week 5
EXAM: SBINZ Level 1 Snowboard Instructor
Party time!week 6
Level 1 exam debrief. Free-ride - focus on performance and all terrain. Progression. Practice demonstrations and teaching. Introduction to movement analysis.
week 7
Free-ride - focus on performance and changing radius. Progression. Practice demonstrations, teaching and movement analysis.
week 8
Free-ride all terrain. Progression. Practice demonstrations, teaching and movement analysis.
week 9
SBINZ Level 2 Snowboard Instructor exam preparation.
week 10
EXAM: SBINZ Level 2 Snowboard Instructor
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Snowboard Instructor Courses - New Zealand
10 Week Snowboard Course
Ten Week Snowboard Instructor Course
For the New Zealand snowboard instructor course, SnowSkool works with the Instructor Training Centre at Cardrona Alpine Resort. This specialist body had been training people to become snowboard instructors since 1996 and employs many of New Zealand’s most highly-qualified and experienced snowboard instructors to do the job. Most of these guys are Senior Examiners of the SBINZ. Indeed the Cardrona’s Instructor Training Centre boasts three-quarters of all the SBINZ Senior Examiners in New Zealand, which means you know your snowboard training is in good hands!
Your snowboard instructor course in New Zealand is very intense and will see you pushing your snowboarding skills to the limit. Technically and physically, this is a tough course but if you want to become a snowboard instructor with the SBINZ, you have to be an excellent, all-round snowboarder. The SBINZ has a reputation for producing excellent snowboard instructors and many graduates of the SnowSkool New Zealand snowboard instructor course can be found plying their trade in resorts throughout Canada, Europe, Japan and USA.
Wanaka is where the SnowSkool snowboard instructor students live for the duration of the course. If you have not been there before, you simply must visit - it is the most picture-postcard perfect place on earth with a local population that will make you never want to leave!
