Snowboard cross is a huge highlight of the Winter Olympic Games, featuring intense race action from the best riders in the World. 

Do you think you have what it takes? 

This will take time and dedication, so your first key focus is to ensure a sport / life / work balance :

Sport / Physique : Work on being the best you can be. Get yourself into a fitness program or a sports team, and target key areas in your physique that need strengthened, balanced and co-ordinated. Keep your training program exciting and challenging, and ensure to work on all aspects around it, including proper rest and relaxation, hydration, nutrition, and possible supplements.

Life / Psychological : Begin to work on your mentality. Try to foster a growth mindset, by understanding and appreciating the learning process, instead of focusing on a result or instant achievements. Begin to delve into grounding techniques and how to handle stresses better.

Work / Financial : Find a way to finance your journey, as unfortunately costs quickly mount up with hotels, lift passes, coaches, competition entries, equipment, insurances and travel. Consider how you can balance these costs with your work, or find a way to monetise your training and brand yourself through sponsorship from friends or local companies to begin with.

There is a huge gap in real expertise of snowboard skills, and a quick 5 minute snowboard tips online video from a so-called expert, watched from your sofa.

Elite coaches at TORR Snowboarding will delve into key technical and tactical concepts, keeping them simple to understand and consolidate. With a tailored personal plan adapted to your learning speed, and your learning trajectory, they will help you to develop these skills in training, step by step, in safe environments. They will encourage you, challenge you, and support you, whilst all the time nudging you closer to your goals, with which they will also help to refine and break into smaller components.

During this training time, you must also transfer these new skills of snowboard control onto the fastest snowboards on the market. Whether you decide to buy a race board, or if you are just testing the waters, at TORR rentals, we can offer discounted hire when training with ourselves.

Don't forget to find and foster a positive and motivating support network; family, friends, team mates, and acquaintances that you can confide in, share your dreams and challenges with. They will help motivate and ground you on your journey.

Your coach has now certified you as ready for competition and will advise which competition to begin with. There are a variety of snowboard cross races, depending on your skill level and age:

Kids FIS / Local competitions : For kids below 15 years

old, no need for a race licence.

FIS Open competitions : Open to any age category, no need for a race licence.

Junior Cup / Alpine Cup : In Europe from 15 years - 19 years old, FIS licence needed.

FIS competitions : Any age, FIS licence needed.

This new environment must now be learned, with timed runs, heat formats of 4 riders at the same time, rules and regulations and FIS points systems to understand. 

You are now starting to dial in preparations and routines for your training and race days, finding a healthy balance on all important aspects. Our expert guidance and continual skill development ensure a steady progression.

We ensure a healthy perspective as each race presents new challenges, as you start to deepen your knowledge and skill levels, mastering higher speeds, larger obstacles, and pitting yourself against the best new competitors. 

Our BIG RAD values of Belief, Independence, Growth, Respect, Achievement, and Determination, to lay the ground work for the future.

You are now climbing up the world rankings of FIS snowboard cross thanks to your grit in training and competitions, helpfully guided by our elite coaching at your side. Further competitions are opening up to you:

European Cup : Any age category, a minimum of 30 FIS points entry level.

FIS World Junior Championships : Held each year for 16 years - 20 years old in the calendar year. Showcasing the best of the newcomers, each Nation decides on the best athletes to send.

You now have an amazing amount of knowledge and skills to be here. This is your chance to shine, and show what you can achieve. Keep cool, with all your training, keep going back and checking the BIG RAD values from TORR Snowboarding to help navigate the highest level of competitions in world snowboarding: 

World Cup : Competing each year for the coveted Crystal Globe with the worlds best snowboarders.

FIS World Championships : Every 2 years, open to all ages, each Nation decides on the best athletes to send.

Olympic Games : Every 4 years, open to all ages, each Nation decides on the best athletes to send.

We specialise in high quality snowboard coaching for boardercross. Few other boardercross programs can match our innovative training methods, backed up by sport science and decades of experience.

If you have aspirations to begin your journey in this sport, or are already in the sport, looking for an external support and fresh set of eyes on you, then check out our snowboard cross courses. We can help you to train smarter, prioritise key areas and take you to the races.

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