Upcoming Events

Yukon Champs
Date: March 6 & 7, 2021
Location: Mt. Sima
Register Online: snowreg.com
Riders Camp – Dawson City
Date: March 16-18, 2021
Location: Moose Mountain
Register Online: snowreg.com
Riders Camp – Watson Lake
Date: March 20 & 21, 2021
Location: Mt. Maichen
Register Online: snowreg.com
Women’s Spring Shred Camp
Date: March 27 & 28, 2021
Location: Mt. Sima
Register Online: snowreg.com
About
about
Snowboard Yukon is Yukon’s snowboarding organization. We train athletes, coaches, judges, and officials, we form and administer teams for out-of-territory competitions, we organize and sanction events, and we represent Yukon riders in Canada~Snowboard, which is the national sports organization for snowboarding in Canada.
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contact
For questions about Snowboard Yukon, email us at info@snowboardyukon.com. Awesome!
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We’re Hiring Coaches!
All coaches must be minimum Comp Intro in training with active Coaching Membership and valid Criminal Record Check.
Contact mary@snowboardyukon.com to apply.
On-Snow Coach Courses
Comp Intro (Level 1)
The 3-day Comp Intro Workshop is the first step to take if you have never been trained to be a snowboard coach. The Comp Intro coach (or entry level coach) typically tends to work with competitors of all ages who are new to the competitive side of snowboarding.
Workshop content includes fundamental principles of:
- Biomechanics
- Air and speed
- Coaching
- Planning a session
- Analyzing performance
- Preparing athletes for training
- Preparing athletes for a competition
- Long-Term Athlete Development The Pathway
When:
2021/22 Season. If you are interested in taking this course sooner than that, please email mary@snowboardyukon.com.
Where:
TBD
Course Fees:
TBD
Additional Costs:
Coaching Membership
Lift Tickets
Minimum Age:
16 years old
For More Course Info:
www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/programs/technical/coaching/courses/comp-intro/
Questions?
Email mary@snowboardyukon.com
Comp Intro Advanced Freestyle (Level 2)
The 5-day Comp Intro Advanced Workshop is the first workshop to take after the Comp Intro Coach. This is also the first workshop for event specialization.
The Comp Intro Advanced coach typically tends to work with competitors of all ages who are building a career on the competitive side of snowboarding.
Workshop content includes specific principles of:
- Biomechanics
- Freestyle
- Coaching athletes in Training
- Analyzing performance
- Coaching athletes in competition
- Long-Term Athlete Development
When:
2021/22 Season. If you are interested in taking this course sooner than that, please email mary@snowboardyukon.com.
Where:
TBD
Course Fees:
TBD
Additional Costs:
Coaching Membership
Lift Tickets
Minimum Training:
Comp Intro including all NCCP Multisport Classroom courses.
For More Course Info:
https://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/programs/technical/coaching/courses/comp-intro-advanced/
Questions?
Email mary@snowboardyukon.com
NCCP Multisport Classroom Courses
National Canadian Coaching Program
In order for a coach to be considered ‘trained’ they must complete complimentary indoor multisport workshops.
For course schedule and to register:
sportyukon.com/programs/nccp/
Course requirements are as follows:
Judges’ Clinic
Freestyle snowboard judges are required to provide a very specific set of skills and abilities in order to effectively run freestyle snowboard events, and accurately produce competition results. In this clinic you will learn to evaluate the the performance of each competitor using a set of criteria, comparing each rider’s performance against the field of competition and produce a final ranking sorted from best to worst.
When:
Fall 2021
Where:
TBD
Course Fees:
TBD
For More Course Info:
www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/programs/technical/judges/
CASI Courses
Level 1 Snowboard Instructor
The Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) delivers snowboard instructor training. Snowboard instructors are employed by snow schools at ski areas.
Organized by Mt. Sima.
When:
December 11–13, 2020
Where:
Mt. Sima
Course Fees:
$446.77
Register Online:
www.casi-acms.com
For More Course Info:
www.casi-acms.com
For questions and to apply to the Mt. Sima Snowschool contact:
snowschool@mountsima.com
Trampoline Coach Course
Air 1 and Air 2
When:
2021
Cost:
TBD
Interested?
Contact mary@snowboardyukon.com