Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

An orientation session will be held at the college to collect fees, distribute tickets and answer questions. At the ski area, students will be placed in small classes with other students of similar ability. Classes will be conducted each of the five weeks on snow at the ski area. Lab/practice time will be available to supplement class time with the instructor, and independent practice is of the utmost importance. In addition to boarding skills, safety and snowboard skiing etiquette will also be emphasized. Students must provide appropriate clothing for winter weather in the mountain ski areas.

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate skills developed while snowboarding that improve physical conditioning. 
2. Demonstrate improvement of physical conditioning.
3. Demonstrate flexion/extension movements in the ankles, knees, and hips. 
4. Demonstrate pressure distribution through leg and foot actions.

1. Attendance
2. Active participation and effort in class
3. Demonstrate developed skills

SUBJECT MATTER: CONCEPTS, THEMES, ISSUES (TOPICAL AREAS)
 

1. Equipment Selection
2. Benefits of physically active lifestyle
3. Boarding at higher speed
4. Park Riding
5. Safety Considerations: weather, terrain, snow conditions
6. Competitive opportunities
7. Freestyle
8. Refinement of all snowboarding skills

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS:

1. Demonstrate advanced balance, rotary, edging and pressure control movements
2. Demonstrate level terrain turning
3. Demonstrate walking/climbing
4. Demonstrate skating/straight sliding
5. Demonstrate sideslipping/skidding, toe and heel side
6. Demonstrate skidded traverse, both directions
7. Demonstrate standing skidded stops, both directions
8. Demonstrate linked turns across the fall line, connected by a skidded traverse
9. Demonstrate linked turns with no connecting traverse