From your first run to park tricks. A structured snowboard progression across 5 levels, from first turns to advanced park laps.

1.First Day

• Snowboard Gear Basics I can choose the right snowboard gear
• Strapping In I can strap into your snowboard securely
• Skating & One-Foot Pushing I can move on flat ground with one foot strapped in
• Mountain Safety for Beginners I can follow essential safety rules on the slopes
• How to Fall I can know how to reduce risk of injury on crashes
• Getting Up From a Fall I can stand back up after falling
• Loading & Unloading Magic Carpet I can load and unload from a magic carpet safely and smoothly
• Sideslip & Falling Leaf I can control descent on a single edge

2.First Turns

• Heelside Sliding & Stopping I can slide and stop on a snowboard
• J-Turns & Toeside Stops I can stop on your toe edge with a J-turn
• Reading the trail map I can navigate a ski resort using a trail map and understand terrain difficulty
• T-Bar and Button Lift I can ride a T-bar or button lift without falling
• Riding the Chairlift I can load and unload from a chairlift
• Garlands I can arc partial turns on a single edge without changing edges
• Heel-Edge Turns I can make heel-edge turns
• Toe-Edge Turns I can make toe-edge turns

3.Upper Beginner

• Linking Turns I can link turns down a slope
• Avoiding Edge Catches I can avoid catching an edge and falling unexpectedly
• Hockey Stops I can do a hard hockey stop on both edges
• Dynamic Short-Radius Turns I can make quick, rhythmic, dynamic turns on varied pitch
• Ground spins / pivots I can do ground spins on a snowboard
• Riding Flat Narrow Runs
• Popping / jumping on a snowboard I can do jumps on the slope while riding
• Riding in deep powder
• Tail Press I can press the tail of the board while riding

4.Intermediate Slope

• Riding Variable Snow I can ride chop, slush, and wind-affected snow in control
• Ollie I can ollie on flat ground
• Flat Ground 180 I can do a flat ground 180
• Nose Press I can press the nose of the board while riding
• Riding Switch I can ride switch down a blue slope
• Penguin Walk I can move across flat ground by hopping tail to nose
• Standing 180 Nose Roll I can do a standing 180 nose roll
• Flatground backside 180 I can do a backside 180 on the slope
• Backside 180 noseroll I can do a backside 180 noseroll on the slope
• Your First Carved Turns I can make basic carved turns on a gentle slope

5.Intermediate Park

• Snow Park Safety I can Ride the park without putting yourself or anyone else in danger
• Straight Air I can land a straight air off a kicker
• Indy Grab I can land a straight air with an Indy grab
• 50/50 (Box) I can do a 50/50 on a box
• Frontside Shifty I can do a frontside shifty
• Backside shifty I can do a backside shifty
• Tail tap I can do a tail tap out of a feature
• Melon Grab I can land a stalefish grab off a jump
• Nose Grab I can land a straight air with a Nose grab

6.Upper Intermediate Slope

• Carving on Steeper Terrain I can control speed with turn shape on steeper slopes
• Tripod I can do a tripod
• Nollie I can nollie on flat ground
• Dolphin Turns I can ollie from edge to edge with an ollie
• Slash pop I can do a slash pop
• Ninja Vanish I can Disappear into a cloud of snow and ride out of it
• Reverse Eurocarve I can hold a deep carve with the upper body counter-rotated against the turn
• Riding Black Slopes I can ride a black slope top to bottom
• Layback I can do a layback

7.Upper Intermediate Park

• Frontside 180 I can land a frontside 180 off a kicker
• Gorilla grab I can land a gorilla grab off a kicker
• Switch Straight Air I can land a straight air riding switch
• Backside 180 I can land a backside 180 off a kicker
• Backside Boardslide I can do a backside boardslide on a box
• Tailblock I can do a tailblock
• Tail Grab I can land a straight air with a Tail grab
• Frontside Boardslide I can do a frontside boardslide on a box
• Handplant Turn I can Do a handplant turn in steep terrain

8.Advanced

• Advanced Carving I can carve clean tracks on black slopes
• Switch Carving I can carve clean turns riding switch
• Method Grab I can land a method grab off a kicker
• Disaster Rail I can gap onto the end of a rail
• Frontside 360 I can land a frontside 360 off a kicker
• Backside 360 I can land a backside 360 off a kicker
• Heelside Eurocarve I can hold a deep heelside eurocarve
• Butter Pretzel I can do a butter pretzel
• Tame Dog I can do a tame dog
• FS 360 nose roll I can do a butter FS 360 Nose-Roll
• Miller flip I can do a miller flip
• Caballerial

9.Mastery

• BS 360 nose roll I can do a butter BS 360 Nose-Roll
• Double Shifty I can Do a Double Shifty
• The Japan I can land a tweaked Japan grab off a kicker
• MFM butter I can do a MFM butter
• Frontside 540 I can land a frontside 540 off a kicker
• Wildcat I can do a wildcat

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