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I’m very excited to try skiing for the very first time.

Getting used to skis - Gliding - Walking on skis - Snowplow position - Braking – Getting up

I’ve been on skis before; I can walk and ski straight down, but I can’t do the ‘pizza’ (plough) turn yet.

Gliding – Plough position – Braking – Walking uphill with skis on – Introduction to the children’s lift – First change of direction

I can already brake using the snowplough and sometimes even make a turn. But I’ve never been on a blue run before.

Safe braking – Safety on the children’s lift – First attempts at the snowplough – Skating stride – Introduction to blue runs – Introduction to riding the T-bar lift

I can ski down a simple blue run using the ‘pizza’ (plough) technique; I can make turns, but I’m not that fast yet.

Skiing safely on blue runs – Using the T-bar lift safely – First attempts at parallel turns – Shifting weight – Skiing with poles – Introduction to semi-parallel skiing

I can ski safely down all blue runs using the ‘pizza’ technique (plough) and, with the help of my ski instructor, I can even use the ski lift.

Skiing diagonally in parallel – Braking – Semi-parallel – First attempts at parallel skiing – First turns using the edges – Shifting weight on and off the skis

I can ski down all blue runs safely using the ‘pizza’ technique (plough) and feel confident even when the slope gets a bit steeper. I can also use the ski lift with the help of a ski instructor.

Semi-parallel – parallel skiing – confident skiing on blue runs – shifting weight in turns – introduction to carving – skiing on easy terrain 

I can ski confidently on blue and red runs. I’m already starting to ski parallel between turns and can use the ski lift on my own. I use ski poles.

Introduction to carving – parallel turns with shifting weight – carving turns on blue runs – bumps and hollows – introduction to red runs – first on-piste tricks 

I ski confidently on blue and red runs. I ski parallel between the turns, and on blue runs I almost always ski parallel. I can already brake a little whilst skiing parallel, and I’ve occasionally skidded sideways in a parallel position on blue runs.

Introduction to carving turns using weight transfer – First jumps – Introduction to short turns – Parallel turns with different radii – Skiing confidently on red runs – Bumps

On red runs, I always ski in parallel, but on black runs I sometimes still do the ‘pizza’ (plough) in the turns.

Carving turns with weight transfer – First switch runs – On-piste tricks – First jumps – Short turns on red runs – Performance on intermediate terrain

I ski on red runs and have also skied on black runs.

Short turns on steep terrain – Carving turns on moderate terrain – Carving with varying radii – 180° turns – Confident skiing on varied terrain – Introduction to off-piste skiing 

I can ski down a black run using the parallel turn technique in a controlled manner and would like to learn how to carve on a red run.

Carving on red runs – short turns – tricks in the park/off-piste – 180° – carving turns on moderate terrain – dynamic skiing on varied terrain 

I can ski safely on all slopes and would like to improve my carving, short-turn, deep-snow and jumping techniques.

Short turns – carving on red runs – deep-snow technique – tricks in the park/off-piste and on boxes – skiing safely on steep terrain – performance on any terrain

Techniques for steep terrain – Introduction to moguls – First freestyle jumps – Advanced on-piste tricks – Skiing safely on steep slopes

First carving turns – Carving with high weight transfer – Carving with low weight transfer – Safety considerations – Carving technique for steep terrain – Skiing with an extreme angle of lean

This is my first time on a snowboard.

Getting used to the board – sliding diagonally and traversing – changing direction with a basic turn – slowing down and stopping – using the ski lift

I can already ride a few turns.

Confident cornering – Introduction to weight transfer – 360° slope spin – Short fakie runs – Riding on gentle terrain

I can ride all the turns with reasonable confidence and would like to focus on further exercises.

Turns with weight shift – tilt turns – changes of direction using the edges – first jumps and ollies – riding on moderate terrain

Introduction to carving – turning using the edges – steep-slope turns – off-piste jumps – riding fakie – piste jumps