TSA Shred Week Snowboard Camp

Give kids the choice – whether they want to ski or snowboard doesn’t matter as long as they are enjoying time on the snow.

Don’t try and get them to learn both – trying to pick up both skiing and snowboarding at the same time will only be confusing, tiring and dramatically reduce progression in either one or both sports.

Give them slope time in small doses – keep it short and sweet and don’t tire them out (hot chocolate breaks always go down well!).

Don’t teach your kids yourself – it’s well worth the investment in lessons from an expert to speed up progression, keep them safe, make sure they have fun and (most of all) avoid any family arguments!

Give kids an emergency snack – something to carry in their pockets for times of need (treat-size chocolate bars or boxes of raisins provide a pocket-friendly sugar hit).

Mittens not gloves – they are way easier to get on and off, and usually warmer too. Invest in a good pair of mittens as your kids will have their hands in the snow a lot!

You are already an good intermediate / advanced level rider, but no longer progressing and not sure how to? Why take further tuition?

There are loads of reasons to carry on with lessons and coaching, but one of the most important is to keep it fun and never stop progressing. Maybe a cliché, but it’s true ‘there is always more to learn’. Whether it be: taking advantage of the construction of your snowboard in order to carve a clean track around turns rather than skidding the board, stopping the back of your board skidding out at the end of turns on more challenging terrain, learning to do frontside rail slides on the nose or tail of your board, doing backflips on the airbag and then taking it to the jumps, making controlled, fluid turns on tricky off piste terrain rather than constantly stopping and starting, linking butters to nose presses to reverts to 180s…

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All of our snowboard camps are designed with solo-travellers in mind or those travelling in a small group. They are a great way to spend a week progressing your snowboarding, with others of the same level… you are guaranteed to end the week with a bunch of new snowboard friends having had a ton of laughs along the way! The vast majority joining our snowboard camps are booking alone.

There are so many benefits of taking private snowboard lessons. Firstly, private lessons will allow you to progress at your own pace which you can dictate. If you have specific the areas of your snowboarding which you are wanting to progress, then a lesson on your own with a professional instructor will allow you to target these goals. Compared to group lessons, you are able to have more 1-on-1 time with your instructor and the lesson is tailored more closely to your skills. Private lessons are also the ultimate way to build confidence on the slopes, ideal for anyone needing a confidence boost.