■ Have riders practice flexing down while simultaneously putting the lead hand in contact with the back knee; then extend and unwind until they are in alignment with shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles.
■ Repeat, adding more torque to unwind and strengthen the core muscles and stop the rotation when aligned.
Simple ■ Now it’s time for lift-off while traversing at a slow speed by keeping the timing of
the horizontal wind-up, and flexing and unwinding with the extension. Encourage students to think of it as two springs; one spring builds up energy vertically for the pop and the other builds up energy horizontally for the spin.
■ Tis time when they extend the legs, riders should push off the snow by planting the toes through opening the ankles. Te edge release should happen when the body comes into alignment and the core muscles are tight. If the timing is in sync, they will use the built-up energy to complete the 180 off the toes in the air.
Complex ■ Continue to try some 180s across the hill with more speed; then try some down the fall line on a mellow pitch.
■ Play with the pivot point of the body and board by extending the trailing leg more to pivot around the front leg, similar to a nollie or nose roll.
■ Extend both legs simultaneously to establish a central pivot point. ■ Try the same concept switch.
Freeride ■ It’s time to lift-off on a roller, mogul, or push pile. Riders should be sure to pick a small transition for landing to help it be smoother.
■ Find a toeside sidehill or bank/wall and try a jump, ready to absorb the landing with the knees whenever landing more on the heels.
■ Have riders challenge themselves with a 270 while carving across the hill. ■ Find playful natural features all over the mountain, including small logs and snow chunks.
■ After the 180 is complete in the air, extend the now-trailing leg to bonk or tap an obstacle.
■ Take it to the halfpipe, if available.
PIPE ■ Student objective: To be able to comfortably ride up the wall and change edges in the halfpipe.
■ Student profile: Te student is comfortable linking turns on blue runs and can shape their turns to close them, or can carve turns on green terrain.
■ Tese students ride like this: Tey like to go into the park and play on the beginner features but are apprehensive and unsure about how to ride the halfpipe.
■ Tey would like to ride like this: Tese students want to be comfortable riding the halfpipe.
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