Advanced Snowboard Ski Course

Target Audience

Suitable for students who have mastered basic snowboarding and turning, with a foundation from beginner courses or equivalent experience. Ideal for those hoping to improve fluency and challenge intermediate slopes.

Course Objectives

Enhance riding stability and turning skills, enabling students to ride smoothly on slopes of varying gradients. Strengthen control and rhythm, introducing advanced movements to prepare for expert-level courses.

Course Focus

Emphasize continuous turns and speed control, practicing adaptation to changing snow conditions. Introduce simple jumps and terrain variations to help students transition from basics to more challenging riding styles.

Skills List

Improve riding fluency and stability.
Learn continuous turns (S-shaped) and body weight shifting.
Master advanced control on Heel Side and Toe Side.
Develop riding techniques for different gradients and snow conditions.
Initial introduction to simple jumps (e.g., Ollie).
Practice basic experiences in terrain parks (Park).
Enhance rhythm and snowboarding control.
Advanced C Turn and S Turn techniques.
Basic parallel turning practice.
Initial introduction to freestyle moves like Frontside 180 and Backside 180.

Advanced Ski Ski Course

Target Audience

Suitable for students who have mastered basic skiing and turning on twin boards, with a foundation from beginner courses or equivalent experience. Ideal for skiers who wish to improve fluency and challenge intermediate slopes.

Course Objectives

Enhance skiing stability and turning techniques, enabling students to ski fluently on slopes of varying gradients. Strengthen control and rhythm, introducing advanced movements to prepare for expert-level courses.

Course Focus

Focus on transitioning from snowplow to parallel turns, practicing adaptation to changing snow conditions. Emphasize edge control and upper body stability, helping students shift from basics to more challenging skiing styles.

Skills List

Improve skiing fluency and stability.
Transition from snowplow to parallel turns (Stem Christie).
Focus on edge control: the role of inside and outside edges.
Skiing techniques for different gradients and snow conditions.
Learn half-snowplow turns and hockey stop.
Practice pole planting and upper body stability techniques.
Strengthen rhythm and skiing control.
Practice continuous turns on intermediate slopes (Blue Slope).
Introduction to basic freestyle techniques.
Learn gentle slope emergency stops and sideslip braking.