Levels guide
Supreme Ski & Snowboard School caters for all ability levels, for adults and children. If it's your first time skiing or snowboarding, our fantastic office team can advise you on a lesson program that will suit you. If you have skied before and are looking for a specific instructor to help improve your technique, or you would like to explore the ski area, we can ensure we match you up with an instructor that will help you achieve your goals. Please use these level descriptions as a guide to help explain your ability level to our office team, any extra information you can provide on top of this is very useful and help us provide you with a brilliant experience.
Children
Adults
Freshers
For children who are ready to learn to ski for the very first time! They’ve either never put skis on before or have skied before but were unable to stop or turn. These groups will focus on having fun and getting used to the feeling of ski equipment and slipping around on the snow. During the week they will cover the basics of speed control, stopping and linking turns. They will also gain some experience with the lifts in resort.
0
Swifts
For children who have skied on snow before, or had some lessons at a dry ski slope or indoor snow centre. Children are ready to progress from the nursery slopes and begin to sample more of the pistes the resort has to offer. They can ski in a snowplough, performing turns and control their skis to a stop. During the week, Swifts will work on the beginnings of parallel skiing and get comfortable with going a bit faster on the easier runs in the resort.
1
Gliders
This level is for children who have been skiing before and are still getting to grips with controlling their speed and perfecting their technique. They are using a snowplough confidently on all slopes and starting to progress to skiing with parallel skis when the slopes are easier. This group will work towards skiing parallel more of the time and being confident in controlling their speed on all terrains.
2
Cruisers
Intermediate children who are happy to ski with some speed. Their skis are parallel most of the time, although maybe not perfect and still wide apart at times. These groups will cover mastering the parallel turns on more terrain, and some more of the foundations of skiing, such as side slipping, skating on skis and hockey stops.
3
Rockers
This group is for children who are confidently skiing parallel, enjoy a few more of the harder runs and are looking to learn how to perform short parallel turns and carve. Rockers will work on improving their long and short turns, introducing the pole plant and tackling some more variables, such as steeper runs and bumps.
4
Level 0 - First Timers
For those who are ready to learn to ski for the very first time! Either never put skis on before, or have skied before but were unable to stop or turn. These groups will focus on having fun and getting used to the feeling of ski equipment and slipping around on the snow. During the week they will cover the basics of speed control, stopping and linking turns, and will also gain some experience with the lifts in resort.
0
Level 1 - Beginners
For those who have skied on snow before, or had some lessons at a dry ski slope or indoor snow centre. Ready to progress from the nursery slopes and begin to sample more of the pistes the resort has to offer. Can ski in a snowplough, performing turns and controlling skis to a stop. During the week, beginners will work on the beginnings of parallel skiing and get comfortable going a bit faster on the easier runs in the resort.
1
Level 2 - Improvers
For those who have been skiing before and are still getting to grips with controlling their speed and perfecting their technique. Using a snowplough confidently on all slopes and starting to progress to skiing with parallel skis on easier runs. This group will work towards skiing parallel more of the time and being confident in controlling their speed on all terrains.
2
Level 3 - Intermediates
Intermediate skiers who are happy to ski with some speed. Skis are parallel most of the time, although maybe not perfect and still wide apart at times. These groups will cover mastering parallel turns on more terrain, and some more of the foundations of skiing, such as side slipping, skating on skis and hockey stops.
3
Level 4 - Advanced
For those who are confidently skiing parallel, enjoy a few more of the harder runs and are looking to learn how to perform short parallel turns and carve. Advanced skiers will work on improving long and short turns, introducing the pole plant and tackling more variables such as steeper runs and bumps.
4
If you are unsure of what level you think you are, we can help. Get in touch and we will help point you in the right direction.