Lesson Placement Form

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Lesson Day

Lesson Type

Will you be renting equipment?

Have you ever skied/snowboarded before?

How long since you last skied or snowboarded?

Have you taken lessons before

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Instructors' Name(s)?

How many times a month do you ski or snowboard?

Which best describes your skiing/snowboarding?

Class description which is best suited for you to begin lessons.

As an athlete, rate your agressiveness.

What other sports do you participate in?

How often do you participate in other sports?

What do you want to change/enhance in your skiing/snowboarding?

What are you looking for to improve the fun factor?

Beginner

LEVEL 1 - Wedge Turns
Equipment orientation, learn to walk, climb, stop, turn and control speed. May ride the beginner lift.
LEVEL 2 – Regine Wedge Turn
Improve control with linked, round wedge turns and turning to a stop. Learning to ride the ski lift and the easiest beginner trails.
LEVEL 3 – Introduce Wedge Christy
Reduce size of the wedge and control speed by varying turn shape. Begin working on slight matching of the skis at the end of the turn.

Intermediate

LEVEL 4 – Refine Wedge Christy
Earlier matching of skis. Expanding comfort zone (higher speed, varying terrain/snow) Improved confidence and control on all green and easiest blue slopes.
PREREQUISITES: Be able to make skidded round Christy turns of various size and shape, control speed and stop.
LEVEL 5 – Wedge Christy II
Matching skis parallel prior to the fall-line. How to use poles. Adapting turn shape and speed to compliment terrain/snow. Introduction to skating. Exposure to more blue runs and different snow conditions.
PREREQUISITES:Making linked, round skidded turns: controlling speed.
LEVEL 6 – Beginning Parallel Turn
Beginning parallel turns with a pole plant on blue runs. Vary turn shape and speed control to become more comfortable on steeper terrain. Improve skating techniques.
PREREQUISITES:Round wedge chisty turns with pole touch. Skis parallel before fall-line.
LEVEL 7 – Refine Parallel Turns
Short radius parallel turns in the fall-line, medium and long radius carved parallel turns across the fall-line. Applied to a wide variety of trail amid snow conditions including groomed single black runs.
PREREQUISITES:Making round, parallel turns with a pole touch and speed control.

Advanced

LEVEL 8 – Dynamic Parallel
Dynamic parallel turns. Adapting skills, turn size and tactics to varying terrain and snow conditions. Introduction to bump skiing.
PREREQUISITES:Making short radius turns in the fall-line. Longer carved turns across the fall-line.
LEVEL 9 – All terrain, All conditions
Selecting tactics to enhance skiing in all snow and terrain conditions. Developing step turns and their applications. Powder and crud skiing.
PREREQUISITES:Dynamic parallel turns.
LEVEL 10 – Introduction to Racing
Introduction to racing. Proper line selection through the course. Racing turns and tactics.
PREREQUISITES:Completion of level 7 or greater.

Snowboarding

BEGINNER: Never snowboarded before or have some experience but desire to start as a beginner.
INTERMEDIATE: Able to use chairlift and ride easy terrain
ADVANCED: Able to ride most terrain, interested in refining technique.

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