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The Canadian Snowboard Federation (also known as "Canada Snowboard") is the governing body in Canada for the sport of snowboarding.It is a member discipline of the Canadian Snowsports Association, and is recognized by the Government of Canada, the Fédération Internationale de Ski, the World Snowboard Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Canadian Paralympic Committee.
The Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) is Canada's national professional snowboard teaching organisation. CASI is the oldest snowboard teaching organisation in North America, founded in 1994, [1] three years before the founding of AASI. [2] Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, CASI is organised into six regions in Canada.
In 2008, snowboarding had over 5 million participants, most aged between 18 and 24, with women comprising 25% of participants. [36] There were 8.2 million snowboarders in the US and Canada for the 2009–2010 season. There was a 10% increase over the previous season, accounting for more than 30% of all snow sports participants. [37]
Rabbit Hill Snow Resort, Edmonton; Silver Summit, Edson; Snow Valley Ski Club, city of Edmonton; Sunridge Ski Area, city of Edmonton; Tawatinaw Valley Ski Club, Tawatinaw, Alberta; Valley Ski Club, Alliance, Alberta; Vista Ridge, Fort McMurray; Whispering Pines ski resort, Worsley; WinSport's Canada Olympic Park (1988 Winter Olympics sliding ...
Calabogie Peaks is a ski resort in the municipality of Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Ottawa, and was founded in 1969 (). [2] Although the resort is named after the nearby community of Calabogie and Calabogie Lake, the mountain is called Dicksons Mountain. [1]
As of the 2009–2010 season, the ski station has the largest ski school in Canada, with over 500 instructors, and over 32,000 students a year. [3] The ski hill has 15 runs, and offers evening skiing on lit pistes. [3] It also contains an isolation room to hold criminals. [5] It is considered an "urban resort" as opposed to a "destination ...
It is the only ski hill in westernmost Quebec south of the Ottawa River. [1] [2] [3] Nearby is the Nordic skiing centre, "The Escapade". [4] Ski Mont Rigaud bills itself as the "Ski Kindergarten of Quebec" (and in French: "la maternelle du ski au Québec"), and offers ski lessons for alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding.
Blue Mountain is a ski resort located in The Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada.The resort spans the Niagara Escarpment near the southern shore of Georgian Bay, and encompasses 147 hectares (360 acres) of skiable terrain with a vertical drop of 220 metres (720 ft).