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

Big White Snowboard & Ski Instructor Course - Course Book

Snowboarding Instructor Training - Big White

Short, Sharp and Lots of Fun

If you are unable to take 11 weeks out of your life to perfect your snowboarding, first of all...shame on you (!) and, secondly, why not join SnowSkool for five weeks of snowboarding training that leads to the CASI Level 1 snowboard instructor qualification? The five-weeker is held in Big White where the words “powder”, “luxury”, “trees”, “ski-in/ ski-out”, “hot tubs” etc are never far from one’s lips! The course takes place through January and the first two weeks of February where a whole ton of snow is almost guaranteed!

This snowboard course will see your riding improve dramatically in the British Columbian powder and for many it will be your first taste of deep powder. Others may use this as the stepping stone to a career in snowboarding instruction or in a phased approached to getting the CASI Level 2 qualification over two seasons.

Pics! Pics! Pics!

Images from the Big White course

Photos from our Snowboarding Instructor Training

Who chooses this course?

Short Snowboarding Instructor Training Courses - Stats

Ideal for those looking for an extended holiday in which to become a snowboard instructor or general sick rider! Also an option for those looking to do their CASI Level 1 and CASI Level 2 over two seasons.

Blue/ red-runners with at least four or five weeks’ on-snow experience should have sufficient skills to enable our snowboard trainers to take you to instructor level.

Still thinking it might be cooler to do a long course? Check out another snowboard instructors course with SnowSkool.

CASI Instructor Qualifications

Level 1 Snowboard Instructor

CASI Snowboard Instructor Qualifications

On the Big White five-weeker, you will sit the CASI Level 1 snowboard instructor qualification. The first of four levels of snowboarding instructor in Canada, this qualification will permit you to work in various countries in the northern and southern hemisphere and so can act as the springboard to a career in snowboarding.

The snowboarding qualification will, by its very nature, lead to dramatic improvements in your technique both during the course and after as you begin to self-analyse your riding.

A message from ryan via facebook

Ryan Cooper, 25, Big White 2011

"Hey Snowskool. Just wanted to put a huge thankyou up here & say that I had the best 5 weeks of my life with you! There was snow, drunkness, friendship in bucket loads (even a bit of romance for me), a new found love of pop tarts, pow pow, dogs with socks on, immense scenery & so much more I can't possibly mention. Mainly because of huge content, but some for decency issues! OOH and a CASI 1 cert."