【How-to】How to Become a Snowboard Instructor

How much does a snowboard instructor make?

Snowboard instructors in the United States make an average salary of $26,870 per year or $12.92 per hour. People on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $14,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $50,000. As most things go, location can be critical.

What qualifications do you need to be a snowboard instructor?

A level 2 qualification is internationally recognised and will enable you to teach in most countries around the world. Achieving level 2 is the aim for most people looking to kick-start a career as an instructor. Level 3 + 4. The next stages are level 3, and then the pinnacle, level 4.

How much does a snowboard instructor make an hour?

A Level 1 instructor should expect to start on a little around $12 per hour and a Level 2 instructor should expect $15 to $17 per hour. One big factor of working in Canada is the North American tipping culture which can double seasonal income!

How old do you have to be to become a snowboard instructor?

Is it hard to become a snowboard instructor?

You can become a snowboard instructor at 16, depending on the route you take. A 16 year old can take the CASI and SBINZ level 1 and 2 exams and can teach once certified so long as you have a work permit, or citizenship for the country where you want to teach.

Is it hard to be a ski instructor?

The hard work doesn’t stop on your journey to becoming a snowboard instructor – the training course itself will be tough and then when you’re qualified you’ll work hard all season. You have to be committed to attend all of your course lessons and all of your ski classes.

How old do you have to be to teach skiing?

The Level 3 ski instructor qualification is usually attempted after a couple of seasons teaching and riding experience. Level 4 is by far the most challenging and only for the most experienced ski instructors. It takes years to qualify. At this point, snowsports is probably your fully-fledged career choice.

How do I become a snowboard instructor in France?

Age 3, consensus seems to be, is a good start for kids and skiing—that’s the starting age for many ski schools. For snowboarding, kids younger than 5 often have trouble getting the mechanics of standing sideways on a board, and the recommend starting age is 7.

How do I become a ski instructor UK?

In France, you must either:

Pass the ‘Test Technique’ as a BASI Level 2 or BASI Level 3 instructor. This enables you to teach at a French ski school as a trainee for 4 years.
Have already gained your BASI Level 4 ISTD. If achieved, you will then be allowed to teach within France with no time constraint.

Can a 2 year old go skiing?

To become a Snowsports instructor at an indoor or dry slope, you’ll need a Level 1 instructor qualification. If you would like to teach on the mountains, you may be able to do this in some ski resorts with a BASI or IASI Level 1 qualification, but you will mostly be required to have a Level 2 qualification.

Can a 2 year old ski?

Can a 1 year old ski?

Some larger resorts will accept children as young as 3 as long as they are potty-trained. If there are no ski resorts in your area that will accept younger toddlers, inquire about a short private lesson. Some ski resorts will take younger children with their parents in a private session.

How do I teach my 2 year old to ski?

Can you take a 3 year old skiing?

A child can wear skis from the age of 3 upwards…

There are even some schools that give private lessons to children from the age of 2 and 3 and a half for group lessons. It depends a lot on the child, what he wants, how active he is and, more specifically his feet which need to be big enough to fit children’s ski boots.

Can a 3 year old snowboard?

How do you teach a child to snowplow?

Can a one-year-old really learn how to ski? Yes, but only a little (we’ve had an 18 month old skiing with us many times – 4 of our kids learned to ski at age 1).

How do you teach a beginner skier?

Can an 18 month old ski?

5 tips for teaching your toddler to ski

Start them young. If you yourself enjoy being on the mountain take your kids with you.
Start at home. Let the fun already begin at home and have them walk around in their ski boots on safe ground, as well as trying on their skis.
Come well Equipped. Ski Boots.
Tools.
Have fun.

Can a 4 year old ski?

While you can learn at any age, kids have the advantage of being flexible, nimble and relatively fearless. Most ski schools will teach children as young as age 3. With good instruction, many kids can ski independently on a beginner slope in just a few days.

How do I teach my 7 year old to ski?

As long as a child has feet big enough to fit in snowboard boots, they can snowboard, says Boliba. Once youve seen a toddler sliding over fun boxes and jibbing in mini halfpipes in a beginner terrain park, youll know the notion that 3 year old cant learn to snowboard is fast becoming apocryphal.

How do you do parallel turns?

Drag a pole in the snow and tell him to wipe out the pole mark with his “snowplow eraser.” To make the progression from a steady snowplow to parallel turning, encourage your child to bring his skis parallel to each other (or make them look like two frenchfries) in between snowplow turns.