1. SnowBoard Academy
The #1 freestyle coaching site in the world, Matt Belair's Snowboard Academy uses a revolutionary snowboard coaching system to transform riders, as they put it, into "confident, steezy, park-slaying snowboard prodigies"! Chances are, becoming a snowboard prodigy is going to come from spending lots of time carving up the powder on your local hill. If you want to kill it on the hill there's no magic bullet to replace balls and bruises.
That said, as snowboard lessons go, Snowboard Academy is one of the high-end pro choices. With kickin' production values in the 10 video lessons, 12 audio files (that you can take to the hill in your mp3 player), and 4 manuals, you get real techniques and strategies on all aspects of snowboarding from a pro snowboard instructor.
Matt Belair, founder of Snowboard Academy, is based in Whistler, BC. and has Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors certification as well as being a Canadian Snowboard Federation (CSF) freestyle coach.
2. Snow Board Addiction
Nev Lapwood at Snowboard Addiction offers free sample lessons and a multi-media training package with audio, video and user manuals.With a high level of certification, including Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) level 3, Canadian Snowboard Federation (CSF) freestyle coach and Freestyle Coach Certifier, Lapwood has serious hillside cred.
His snowboard training system is based on Focused, Physical and Mental Training and the system has four components, Learn to Snowboard, Jumping, Jibbing, and Pipe and Transitions.
3. Pro SnowBoarder
Learn how to jump, spin, ride rails, turn, carve, ride steep slopes, and ride powder with Anthony Crute and ProSnowboard Instructor. Freerider of the year in 2003, Crute is a CASI Certified Level 3 Instructor. This system includes audio files for you to take with you to the hills in your IPOD. ProSnowboarder offers a huge range of techniques such as how to ride in powder, how to work on the ground and in the air, and how to land blind. The audio also includes info on equipment, how to ride new boards, different types of board construction. Though limited to audio, the ProSnowboarder training system is all in.
4. Learn SnowBoarding
Unlike most of the offers out there, this is an actual book and Chris Kohut offers a complete money back guarantee. You get to keep the book but if you are not satisfied, he promises a full refund! This system also includes three bonuses: Terminology Report: Learn the Lingo, Web Resources on Snowboarding, and a Snowboarding Screensaver.
The learn to Snowboard book includes detailed instructions on how to take your snowboarding to the next level, step-by-step, from basic to intermediate to advanced, from bunny slope to full-on terrain park or gnarly backcountry. Plus, it has the full skinny on lids and skids and sweet, carving planks.
5. SnowBoarding Secrets
These guys offer tons of techniques and tricks to help your snowboarding style. It comes in an ebook format that you can access right after your purchase. Impatient? Go for Snowboarding Secrets. With tons of bonuses including a snowboarding glossary, a board waxing and maintenance video, an article on avalanche awareness, info on snowboarding safety, and reports on how to score sponsorship and 12 ways to save your money snowboarding. Nick Austin Snowboarding Secrets is a good choice.
