Winter Snowboard Programs

Who:  Ages 6 – 10 

When: Saturdays and/or Sundays, Full or Half Days

Dates:  January 4/5th - March 15th 2025

Snowboard Fundamentals! Learn the FUNdamentals of Freestyle Snowboarding!

Come learn to rip on the groomers, flow through the trees, manage the steeps, ride the parks, send the jumps, slide the rails and smash the POW… Lessons will cover all of the basics of freestyle snowboarding. Learn how to stand strong and carve a board. Learn proper park etiquette so you can safely hit your first jumps, boxes and rails. Then we will learn some tricks! Our goal is to create riders who can ride safely and confidently down all of Apex’s great terrain in style!! But most importantly, the lessons over the course of the season will be filled with heaps of fun, tons of hype and high fives! Expect to finish the season as a shredder with a posse of lifelong friends to shred with!!

Focus:

Our primary focus is to develop young riders' fundamental snowboarding skills and apply them to ALL of Apex Mountain Resort’s amazing terrain including groomed runs, trees, steeps, powder, park all while learning to jump and jib SAFELY and with STYLE! 

 Our secondary focus is the development of the next generation of competitive snowboarders to compete in events like boardercross, slopestyle and banked slaloms. Wanting to compete is not necessary to be a member in our club! We welcome any snowboarder!! 

Prerequisite: Riders must be able to load a T-bar and/or chairlift unassisted AND ski comfortably on green runs.

All athletes will have access to the Apex Freestyle Terrain Area AFTA which is a development initiative between Apex Mountain Resort and the Apex Freestyle Club. It exists to provide training and competition opportunities for the sport of freestyle and all of its athletes. These facilities are possible because of the dedication and generosity of Apex Mountain Resort along with the countless volunteer hours and funding initiatives of the Apex Freestyle Club and include:

• Jump site

• Air Bag Site

If you are curious about our program and still have some questions, please reach out via email. Our program director Josh Shulman can be reached at josh@freestyleapex.com

*Note: that as applicable there will be additional costs for athletes such as competition registrations, competition coaching, extra camps, and dryland training.

Who: Ages 8+
When: Saturday and/or Sunday Program

Dates: December 14th - March 15th 2025

Sessions: 13
Times: 9:30am to 3:00pm (11:45 – 12:30 pm lunch)

Focus:

Standing sideways and having all the Fun. Our amazing coach’s goal is to provide a safe environment to learn new tricks and skills either in the park, on jumps and rails, around the mountain smashing POW or sending it deep on the landing bag. Riders looking to join this crew MUST be able to confidently ride BLUE runs on both edges in all conditions. This program is intended to develop and refine skills in a structured and safe manner, and it is not aimed at preparing for competitions – but rather learning new things and riding with friends! Creating friends and snowboarders for life is our goal! Competition opportunities could be available to riders looking for that opportunity.

Riders will acquire more advanced riding and jumping skills and learn a variety of tricks and maneuvers, safely and efficiently. Coaches are trained and certified through the Freestyle Canada Coaching courses to develop skills around the mountain and in the Slopestyle/Terrain Park.

All athletes will have access to the Apex Freestyle Terrain Area AFTA which is a development initiative between Apex Mountain Resort and the Apex Freestyle Club. It exists to provide training and competition opportunities for the sport of freestyle and all of its athletes. These facilities are possible because of the dedication and generosity of Apex Mountain Resort along with the countless volunteer hours and funding initiatives of the Apex Freestyle Club and include:

• Mogul Jump Air Site

• Mogul Course

• Mini Mogul Course

• Jump site

• Air Bag Site

*Note: that as applicable there will be additional costs for athletes such as competition registrations, competition coaching, extra camps, and dryland training.

Who: Ages 12+
When: Saturday Program

Dates: December 14th - March 15th 2025

Sessions: 13
Times: 9:00am to 3:00pm (11:45 – 12:30 pm lunch)

This one is for the more advanced riders.

Our focus remains the same. Fun, just faster. Riders looking to join this crew MUST be able to confidently ride BLACK runs on BOTH edges in all conditions and be confident hitting medium to large features in the terrain park. The goal is to take the skills these rippers already have and add to them by riding bigger and faster and with more STYLE! This program is not aimed at riders looking to compete but those opportunities are there if a rider should find they want to go in that direction. The goal for this program is to create snowboarders for life!

Riders will acquire and refine their advanced riding and jumping skills and learn a variety of new tricks and maneuvers, safely and efficiently. Coaches are trained and certified through the Freestyle Canada Coaching courses to develop skills around the mountain and in the Slopestyle/Terrain Park.

All athletes will have access to the Apex Freestyle Terrain Area AFTA which is a development initiative between Apex Mountain Resort and the Apex Freestyle Club. It exists to provide training and competition opportunities for the sport of freestyle and all of its athletes. These facilities are possible because of the dedication and generosity of Apex Mountain Resort along with the countless volunteer hours and funding initiatives of the Apex Freestyle Club and include:

• Mogul Jump Air Site

• Mogul Course

• Mini Mogul Course

• Jump site

• Air Bag Site

*Note: that as applicable there will be additional costs for athletes such as competition registrations, competition coaching, extra camps, and dryland training.

Who: Ages 12+ (skill dependent) 
When: Saturdays and Sundays + 2 camps and contests/events 

Dates: Starting November 17th, 2024

Times: 9:30am to 3:00pm

Focus:

Performance based program to support athletes who are keen to compete at community level and BCSnowboard level events through a dedicated program aimed towards their athletic goals, with targeted goals and events. These events include freestyle, banked slalom and boardercross. 

This program is designed to support the needs of a dedicated freestyle athlete who wants to learn, grow and advance in any of the sport’s disciplines (Speed or Style) Typically, the program will run every Saturday and Sunday, throughout the winter and ideally will be integrated with off-season technical training into a yearly plan to optimize development.

This program will include some physical training as part of every daily training session. Additional training may be organized during the year to optimize participation in certain competitions and/or camps.

Increased training volume is needed at this stage to optimize each athlete’s long-term potential and to safely acquire the competency to perform more difficult technical skills.

This is the highest level program Freestyle Apex offers, designed for motivated young snowboarders ages 12 and up, that want to take their skills to the next level. Skiers enrolled in this program will be encouraged to participate in BCSnowboard events as well as other community level events such as: Community rail jams, banked slalom events etc  

All athletes will have access to the Apex Freestyle Terrain Area AFTA which is a development initiative between Apex Mountain Resort and the Apex Freestyle Club. It exists to provide training and competition opportunities for the sport of freestyle and all of its athletes. These facilities are possible because of the dedication and generosity of Apex Mountain Resort along with the countless volunteer hours and funding initiatives of the Apex Freestyle Club.

*Note: that as applicable there will be additional costs for athletes such as competition registrations, competition coaching, extra camps, and dryland training