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/ 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
Freeride with instructors. Good chance to relax and enjoy shredding the pistes after the CASI Level 1 exam. General snowboard improvement.
week 7
Develop skills for off-piste and freestyle snowboarding CASI Level 2 Progression – riding and teaching
week 8
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 9
Riding improvement – Level 2 standard 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 we give every student a fantastic 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.
As with 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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