Whistler 2008 - Week 2 of 4 Week Course (Nov/Dec 08)

Snowboard Course Diary

WEEK 2: JUSTIN NORTH

Getting straight into Week 2, super cool instructor Rick, got us all stuck into the CASI Level 1 content, focussing on our own riding and teaching demonstrations. With some video analysis and sound advice from Rick, we all started to pin point the weak areas of our technique and what we had to work on for our CASI snowboard exam.

On Wednesday night we had an awesome time in Buffalo Bills club where numerous drunken antics took place. However, we all paid the price for the big night the next day. lets just say, Thursday's lessons had to be a little bit more mellow.

Friday was our day off. Some of us went up riding and others opted to rest in the chalet or head into the village. On Saturday and Sunday, we did the AST 1 Avalance Traing Course which was awesome!! On the first day, we went over the theory and the science of avalances and on the second day we snow shoed into the blackcomb backcountry to practice avalance rescue techniques. We also managed to get some fantastic powder turns and finished with building a kicker for a spot of freestyle too.