AASI Snowboard Level I

AASI's first snowboard certification focuses on teaching beginner and novice riders on terrain suited to their early progression.

Snowboarding · Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors

What This Qualification Covers

  • The September 2026 standards cover beginner and novice snowboarders on green and the easiest blue terrain, including extra-small to small freestyle features.
  • This is a snowboard award. It does not record a PSIA Alpine ski qualification or a separate freestyle or adaptive credential.
  • This is a national instructor certification. It does not establish local professional recognition, immigration permission, or permission to operate independently in another country.

FASS country rules

These are the active qualification conditions configured on FASS. They do not confirm that a person has met them or has permission to teach. Local professional and immigration requirements still apply.

No active FASS rule is recorded for these qualifications. This does not establish permission to teach or lack of recognition.

Training and Progression

  • Level I starts the three-level snowboard certification pathway. Develop riding, lesson delivery, and practical teaching experience before progressing to Level II.
  • The national Level I route is for existing snowsports instructors who are current members and includes the discipline's Level I e-learning course before on-snow assessment. Regions can impose additional prerequisites.
  • Check current membership, teaching-experience, preparation, and assessment-entry requirements with the PSIA-AASI region delivering the event. Booking a course or attending preparation does not by itself establish that the full certification has been awarded.
  • The national overview requires current membership and at least six continuing education units each membership year to maintain certified status. An historic certificate alone does not establish that those ongoing requirements are current.

Check the awarding body's current syllabus for entry requirements, course dates, fees, and assessment rules.

Sources and Further Reading

Official source review

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Checked the national certification overview and its linked standards, internally dated September 2026. The standards describe more detailed terrain ranges than the overview; this guide uses those published standards. Regional assessment prerequisites and continuing membership requirements still apply.