Grindelwald Freestyle Snowboard Course Advanced

The course takes place in the Snowpark First. After you have mastered the beginner park on Oberjoch, you will move on to the Pro Park Bärgelegg. Here bigger obstacles and kickers are waiting for you

Meeting point: 14:00 h First mountain station

An experienced ski instructor will show you many practical tips and tricks to improve your freestyle skills

Besides all the tricks you will learn the rules of conduct in the park and get an introduction in boxing. Thanks to the professional supervision, you will quickly make progress, which you can then try out yourself.

Practical Information:

• Requirement: advanced snowboarder (min. level Blue Star)
• Minimum number of participants: 3
• Maximum number per instructor: 8 people

• Slope Tricks: Fakie rides, ollie, slope spins, worm turn, nose tail turns, tail spin, slide out, terrain jumps, 180°, 360°
• Park / Rails: Rules of conduct park, fakie rides, introduction to riding boxes, 180°, slides on boxes, introduction to rails
• Park / Air: Rules of conduct park, basic air, fakie rides, 180°, grabs, switch jumps, jump variations, 360°

Blue Star:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years old
• Info on how to behave on slopes (FIS rules)
• swinging in mini - pole forest and parcours
• Wave and trough skiing
• switch skiing in V-position with change of direction
• Plough swinging on varied blue slope

Red Prince/Princess:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years old
• Info about warming up (warm-up)
• Braking parallel
• Bow treading on easy slope
• waltz
• Parallel swing (slid)

Red King/Queen:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years old
• Info on how to behave in the snowpark
• Short swinging on easy slope
• Skate step on the flat
• Basic Air (small kicker)
• Parallel swinging with different radii

Red Star:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years old
• Info about nature, forest and landscape
• Parallel swing in the pole couloir and parcours
• Parallel swing "Switch" (slid)
• Single leg swing on easy slope
• Short swing on medium difficult slope

Black Prince/Princess:

• Info about the material preparation
• Short swing with pole use on difficult slope
• Jumping straight and fifty-fifty over box
• Parallel turn in unprepared snow
• Carve turns (cut parallel turns) on wide, easy slope

Black Academy:

• Parallel turn "Race
• Short turn "Race
• turn variations
• Carve swing variations (at least one)
• short turn variations (at least one)
• Race technique in a given course
• squat jump
• giant slalom
• slalom

A must-do when staying in Grindelwald is to ride the Velogemel. This special vehicle is a mix of a bicycle and a Gemel, which is a dialect word for sled. The Velogemel is an original Grindelwald piece of sports equipment and is extremely fun on the slopes

• Bring along: Snowboard equipment, snowboard clothing, ski pass
• For children and adults from level Blue Star