11-Week Snowboard Instructor Courses

Qualifications

NONSTOP Snowboard provides the opportunity to gain Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) qualifications. CASI qualifications are internationally recognised throughout the snowsports industry.

About the qualifications

All CASI qualifications are split into two sections - your riding and your teaching. For the full qualification you need to successfully pass both parts. NONSTOP Snowboard instructors are also course conductors for public instructor exams, so in the event that one of our clients fails to pass both parts of the qualification there will be another opportunity to re-test for that section as soon as they are prepared.

CASI Level 1

CASI Level 1 is the first level of four snowboard instructor certifications. The Level 1 course covers instructing techniques for teaching beginners to novice snowboarders. You need to demonstrate good lesson planning, class management and teaching skills as well as appropriate analysis and improvement. Your own riding will be assessed on intermediate terrain (blue runs) and will need to demonstrate that you have a thorough understanding of the five fundamental riding skills: Stance and Balance, Pivoting, Edging, Pressure control and Timing and Coordination.
We expect each of our seasonaires to gain their Level 1 qualification and to date we have an impressive 100% pass rate.

CSIA Level 2

CASI Level 2 covers more advanced instructing and riding skills. Techniques for teaching intermediate to advanced snowboarders are learnt including switch riding, basic - intermediate carving turns and intermediate to advanced sliding turns. The course requires a considerably higher level of snowboarding than the Level 1 qualification. You’ll need to demonstrate good terrain adaptation (strong and smooth in bumps and crud) as well as basic freestyle manouvers and advanced carving ability.

11-Week Course Pass Rates

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CASI Freestyle Coach Level 1

CASI Freestyle Coach Level 1 will improve your park and pipe skills whilst teaching you how to instruct beginner to intermediate freestyle skills, from a rider’s first ollie to perfecting their backside 360’s. You’ll be assessed on both your teaching and your riding skills and need to smoothly and consistently perform all the basic freestyle moves - straight airs, a variety of grabs, frontside and backside 180’s and 360’s and pipe riding.

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AMP (All Mountain Pro)

At NONSTOP Snowboard our primary goal is to massively improve your snowboarding. We want you to leave Canada being able to rip the whole mountain, whatever the conditions, in control, in style, and having fun.
We recognise that some people who choose an 11-week snowboard instructor course are unlikely to ever actually work as an instructor and are doing the course as a structured, enjoyable way of spending a season. Therefore we realise the importance of offering more than just instructor training. So for those who are more interested in their personal performance (as opposed to the CSIA level 2 qualification) the All Mountain Pro certification is the perfect solution. AMP offers a structured development programme with set standards and defined goals so that after the level 1 instructor exam (which everyone does) you can make the most of the snow conditions while pushing your snowboarding progression right through to the end of the course.

AMP - What you'll learn...

You will be taught different skills each week culminating in an assessment at the end of the course. The modules you will focus on and be assessed on are: