Level One exam in Minikami, Japan

18 Apr, 2010 | Snowboard News

A few weeks back we ran the first SBINZ exam at Houdaigi ski resort in Minikami, Japan. Until now we’ve been running our exams solely in Niseko, but with the help of Mike at Canyons we’re now running exams in the Honshu island as well. It was a great four...

Snowboard Level One now 5 days long

22 Mar, 2010 | Snowboard News

2010 will see the Snowboard Level One qualification move to a 5-day length, as opposed to 4 days. The purpose of this is to extend the teaching element of the qualification up to linking basic skidded turns. The previous 4-day Level One required candidates to...

Re-sit rules for Level Three and Trainers Cert.

10 Mar, 2010 | Snowboard News

We had some new rules come in last year for the re-sit process in both Level Three and Trainers Certification. Here’s how it has changed… You have to attend a Level Three Workshop (previously called ‘pre-course’) before you attempt the Level...