FUNdamentals Ski & Snowboard Progression
As children progress through the FUNdamentals they receive their card or cards that have specific skills for them to progress through. There are six cards for ski and six cards for snowboard. The cards are colour coded to match the terrain and level that they will most likely be skiing or riding. The cards are also numbered in te reo Māori (the Māori language) and have other cultural aspects that will be discussed in the next topic.
Ski Cards
Snowboard Cards
Managing cards & assessing skills
You can get a supply of the cards you need from your snow school manager or supervisor.
After the lesson or programme
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- Tick the boxes on each child’s card to indicate the skills that they have achieved.
Make sure you write their name in the space provided.
- Give children the relevant ski or snowboard card or cards (There is no need to give children the cards that are not relevant to their development.)
- Encourage children and parents to bring the cards back to the next lesson.
It should be noted that children may be progressing through more than one card at a time. For example, they may not have completed all of one card, but have started to tick off skills in the next.
Basic ski and snowboard progressions are outlined in the tabs below. More detailed information around learning outcomes can be found on the FUNdamentals page of our website.
Ski FUNdamentals progression
- Safely carry equipment and know how it works
- Put on and take off skis
- Move around on skis in balance
- Side step and/or duck walk and/or skate
- Ski down short hill balancing on both skis
- Practice making a wedge, making it bigger to stop
- Ride the Beginner lift and get on and off safely
- Get up independently if fallen over
- Ski maintaining good balance
- Practice gliding in a wedge
- Change direction by pointing the wedge left and right
- Control speed with big S shape turns
- Use turns to stop
- Hop whilst skiing
- Link turns on green runs
- Know how to ride the li and get on and off
- Know which ski is the outside ski on each turn
- Balance on outside ski when turning
- Steer skis parallel at the end of turns
- Control speed by making round turns on easy blue terrain
- Change turns to slow down around other people
- Keep arms out to the side & in front slightly to help balance
- Glide backwards in a wedge on a beginner run
- Start to learn park safety etiquette & ski over a box
- Link turns and control speed on blue runs
- Ski with parallel skis all the me on green and easy blues
- Ski with skis mostly parallel on medium blues
- Ski some easy off trail terrain and absorb bumps
- Ski with poles, practice carrying them on/off chairlift safely
- Sideslip on each side
- Ski backwards in a wedge and make small direction changes
- Small jump on a natural and/or manmade feature
- Link small, medium, and large turn sizes
- Started to pole touch and carry them on the lift
- Use turn size to control speed on easy black runs
- Ski parallel on all blue and groomed black runs
- Ski off trail making turns on blue and some black runs
- Hockey stops on both sides
- Flatland 180’s in both directions
- Link turns in switch (wedge parallel) on green terrain
- Ski parallel on all black runs (on and off piste)
- Use pole touch to help rhythm and flow
- Adjust turns to suit terrain and snow conditons
- Make good line choices when skiing off piste runs
- Make carved turns on blue runs
- Make some railroad turns on easy/flat terrain
- Jump and land centred over a small park jump
- Flat land 360’s
Snowboard FUNdamentals progression
- Safely carry equipment and know how it works
- Basic stance and the four ways to move
- Skate, glide, climb with the front foot strapped in
- One-foot straight run and a J-turn left and right
- Strap in both feet and stand up independently
- Heel side control, side slip and floating leaf
- Toe side control, side slip and floating leaf
- Ride the Beginner li and get on and off safely
- Skidded traverse on both edges
- Steered traverses (garlands) on both edges
- Heel side C-turn
- Toe side C-turn
- Link skidded turns on the beginner slope Ride with a balanced stance
- Hop while moving and land balanced Know how to ride the lift getting on and off
- Change the size of turns, small, medium and large
- Change the shape of turns, closed and open
- Change turns to ride all green terrain
- Change turns to slow down around other people
- Hop on toe both edges between turns and stay in balance
- Lift the nose and tail off the snow while riding with a flat base
- Ollie while riding down hill
- Ride in a switch traverse on both edges
- Change the size and shape of turns on all blue terrain
- Carve the last part of both turns on a green run
- Turn on easy off trail terrain and move over the bumps
- Flat land 360’s in both directions
- Link switch skidded turns on an easy green run Hopped 180 from a traverse
- Straight air on a small natural feature
- 50/50 on a flat ride on box
- Use turn size to control speed on black groomed runs
- Switch turns on a blue groomed run
- Carve turns on green terrain changing edges across the hill
- Ride off trail making turns on bumpy and variable blue terrain
- Hopped frontside and backside 180 from a traverse
- 180 over a natural feature
- Straight air over a small park jump Slide sideways on a flat ride on box
- Ride black runs adjusng to any snow condion
- Carve turns on blue terrain changing edges across the hill
- Switch turns on black runs and easy green off trail conditions
- Ride off trail with good line choice in most snow conditions
- Perform a variety of butters and ground tricks
- Straight air with a grab on a small park jump or natural feature
- Two different 180’s over a small park jump or natural feature
- Boardslide on a flat box