Never Stop Learning- Lessons for all skill levels

Posted in Ski School
by Lisa on January 11, 2013

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I am a self-taught snowboarder who made the switch from skiing to snowboarding 20 years ago as a teen and have never looked back. I doubt they were teaching snowboard lessons back then, in fact, most resorts were banning boarders.  After years of practice, I am comfortable with most terrain and have developed a real love for the whole mountain experience.  The better I get, the more fun I have.  

However, as I watch my children develop quickly through snowboard lessons, I realize my hit-or-miss method is less than ideal.  Lessons are the fast track to acquiring good skills and avoiding bad habits.  My eleven-year-old son has beautiful form and is almost as good as his mom, having spent only a quarter of the amount of time on the mountain.

A few years ago, after noticing how quickly my kids were advancing while my own skill level hit a plateau, I signed up for lessons.  My first day of advanced lessons was humbling.  An instructor observed me for a few runs and recommended minor adjustments to the rotation of my shoulders, shifting more weight to my front foot and putting more hip into my toeside edge carve.  I felt skeptical.  Embarrassing to admit, I was distrustful of the small tweaks recommended to me.

 After a few hours of practicing with my instructor, I noticed a significant difference in my riding.  The lessons helped me to develop a stronger skill set and try things I felt were out of reach before.  I even talked my reluctant husband into a day of lessons designed to improve snowboarding in the park.  He was excited with what advanced lessons did for him.

Snowboarding is a rapidly-changing sport where riders like Torah Bright and Sean White are always pushing the boundaries of what people think is possible on a board.  The challenge of snowboarding and the thrill of progressing is something I love.  Already this season, I have taken an advanced lesson to make sure I keep improving.  I look forward to being that old lady rockin’ it down the hill with my kids and grandkids in my wake.

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To guarantee you never stop learning, sign up for one of Park City Mountain Resort's advanced workshops.  Park City Mountain Resort offers 3-hour workshops for both the advanced-to-expert snowboarder and intermediate-to-expert skier.

The two snowboard workshops will focus on freestyle in the terrain park and halfpipe and all-mountain riding focusing on off-piste riding, bumps, trees, steeps.

There are two types of skier workshop: Parallel and Beyond and all-mountain covering everything from steeps, powder, crusted, groomed and more.

Highlights:

    3-hour group workshop
    Small class size (5 students per instructor)
    Advanced to expert, level 6 and up
    Snowboard lessons only
    Times: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Meet across the Skiway from the PayDay steps

To make a reservation call 1-800-227-2754.