BEGINNERS - LEARN SNOWBOARDING IN NEW ZEALAND

Our snowboard trips are open to snowboarders of all abilities with some previous experience. Beginners who want to learn snowboarding in New Zealand should try it out for a few days before you join us on our trip. But once you've decided that the sport is for you and you can ride a pretty basic slope, we'd love to have you join us to snowboard in New Zealand. We offer a systematic learning program for beginners to ensure that you learn how to snowboard correctly. Relative to other board sports, it is quite easy to learn how to snowboard, but it is also easy to pick up bad habits if you do not receive proper instruction from the start. Bad habits can significantly affect your progression as a snowboarder and can lead to frustration later on. It is thus essential that you learn how to snowboard with the right technique from the start. Our snowboarding instructors in New Zealand are experienced in teaching beginners how to snowboard. They will teach you at your own pace, in a relaxed and non-intimidating way. After a week with our instructors, you'll not only be amazed by how much you progress, but also by how hooked you'll become on snowboarding.

Our Beginner Snowboarding Instruction Program

Our beginners program is tailored to clients who have snowboarded a few times before and can ride a basic slope. Depending on your ability, our beginner's program will work on getting you comfortable on your board by sideslipping on the heelside & toeside edges of your board, linking basic turns, and performing 360 slides on the slopes. We will also work with you to ensure you develop correct body-positioning. As your snowboarding time with us in New Zealand progresses we will teach you to how to snowboard with increasing speed and smoother turns. If you are ready we may also work on carving and introduce you to basic freestyle elements and/or powder riding. One of the most powerful tools for learning how to snowboard is seeing yourself in action, so we will film you during the day and analyze the footage with you in the evening to provide you with additional snowboarding tips. In addition, we will provide you with workshops on how to wax, tune and care for your board. We start each day with warm-up exercises to minimize your chance of injury.

To learn more about our snowboarding in New Zealand coaching system, please see our instruction section.