So, it's a new year and I am back on snow here on Camp Fortune after my annual trip out West. cool I had relative fun boarding up at Taheo and Whistler.

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This year, I got a Friday night and Sunday afternoon adult program. One of them intermediate and the other beginner program. So, I got to apply a lot of what I learned on various types of students.

As for the weekend sessions, this week is on stance and balance. As a more advanced snowboarder, we should be always align ourselves in the middle of the board to ensure equal pressure on the edge. Also to make sure our back is straight to stay on top on the working edge. This is particularly important when in icy condition.

Some tactics we done in the sessions:
- switch riding
- motorboat turn (this is more on the pivoting)
- toe-to-toe/heel-to-hell turn (independent feet pressure control as we shift balance from back-to-front and front-to-back feet)
- hockey stop (isolate turn to stop, then hop up (or down) hill three times)

Some new change this year; We are only to do chicken turn on a narrower corridor, instead of across the hill as before which is dangerous as on-coming traffic will hit students.

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