Beech Mountain Academy provides development tailored to each athlete’s discipline, whether ski racing, free skiing, or snowboarding. The program fosters goal setting, discipline, sportsmanship, work ethic, and determination, ensuring athletes have fun while growing their skills. Each athlete progresses through development phases, preparing for competition at all levels.
Alpine Ski Racing Phases
Phase 2: Parallel turns on green terrain, working on more advanced slopes. Comfortable riding lifts alone.
Phase 3: Parallel on all terrain, working on carving.
Phase 4: Carving on all slopes, working on clearing slalom gates.
Phase 5: Aggressive line carving and clearing slalom gates.
Freestyle Snowboard Phases
Phase 2: Linking turns on green/blue terrain, hitting small features/jumps.
Phase 3: Comfortable on all terrain, carving, hitting small-medium features.
Phase 4: Carving, hitting medium features, performing basic tricks (grabs, 180s).
Phase 5: Hitting large features, doing 360s and intermediate tricks.
Phase 6: Advanced/inverted tricks on any feature.
Freeski Phases
Phase 2: Parallel turns on green terrain, hitting small jumps/features.
Phase 3: Parallel on all terrain, working on carved turns, small-medium jumps.
Phase 4: Carving turns, medium features, performing grabs/180s.
Phase 5: Hitting large features, performing 360s and advanced tricks.
Phase 6: Advanced/inverted tricks on any feature.
Snowboard Racing Phases
Phase 2: Linking turns on green/blue terrain.
Phase 3: Comfortable on all terrain, working on carving.
Phase 4: Carving on all terrain, familiar with snowboard racing.
Phase 5: Competitive snowboard racing, understanding of race lines.
