- Dates
- 27/07/2026 - 31/07/2026
- Location
- New Zealand
- Camp Cost
- $1,475.00
- Early-Bird Price
- $1,325 (if booked by 28/02/26)
- Ability Levels
- Intermediate | Read More
- Availability
- 6 space(s) currently available on this camp.
- Waitlist
- 6 space(s) available on the waitlist.
Overview
A one-week elementary freestyle coaching camp, based at Cardrona Alpine Resort, in Wanaka NZ (with a potential day at Treble Cone too if conditions are good).
This camp is fully focused on on freestyle fundamentals! To progress in freestyle, there are some fundamental skills - stance, balance, timing of pop, bending the snowboard, and creating rotation with different parts of the body - that are key to success in the park.
Struggling to get a proper grab? Too hesitant to try a boardslide on a box? This is the place to come and build your skills, alongside your confidence. This could also be used to help you prepare for the freestyle riding elements within the SBINZ Level Two.
Skills & Focuses
- Riding flat base, forwards and switch
- Lateral balance over both edges, forwards and switch
- Learn how to ollie and nollie properly
- Develop timing of pop
- Create and hold pressure on the nose and tail through ground trick variations
- Learn to spin in all four directions
- Utilise pre-wind, upper and lower body rotation
- Apply park SMART
- Understand and apply approach-takeoff-trick-landing in the park
- Explore 50-50s, pivots and presses on boxes
Please read our FAQs for further understanding of how the ratio of coaching and guiding is applied on camps.
Ability Levels
This camp is aimed at intermediate level riders. Read about our five-stage ability level here.
Inclusions
- Coaching
- 4 days of freestyle coaching over a 5-day window, at 5hrs per day.
- Priority Lift Line
- All our NZ camps include priority lift line access through the snowsports lane at Cardrona and Treble Cone.
- Lift Passes
- A discounted CAMP3 season pass can be purchased for $1395 (only available to those attending camps).
- Transport
- Transport in the CAMP3 bus is available from Wanaka on a per week basis for $325/wk.
Not included: accommodation, flights, domestic travel to Wanaka, insurance (must cover off-piste and park riding) and your snowboard equipment. Lift passes and daily transport are both optional extras, as detailed below.
Lift Pass & Transport Add-Ons
Lift passes: A discounted unlimited season pass is available to any CAMP3 member who joins a camp in the same season for the cost of $1395. Alternatively, a 5-day anytime pass is available to purchase direct from the mountain. All lift passes must be pre-arranged with at least three days notice. Please specify if you require this when booking.
Transport in CAMP3 bus: The CAMP3 bus (aka. "Sendee Wendy") runs 5 days per week, making it easier for out-of-town members to get up the hill each day. It is a 10-seater 4WD van that will run for all camp days plus one additional day, with pick up spots available around Wanaka. When booking your camp, please select if you would like "daily transport in the CAMP3 bus". This transport offering is only available week-by-week and is not possible to book day-by-day.
Accommodation Options
Homestay accommodation: Through our strong connections in the local Wānaka community, we will be coupling CAMP3 members with local hosts. These local home owners offer a spare room in their house to our members, for a fixed weekly cost, with a minimum 2 week stay (mosts hosts prefer longer). To register your interest for a local homestay, please fill in this form here.
Shared houses: We have the option to find shared houses for those staying 6 weeks or longer. This must be arranged by April 2026 to secure. Please email enquiries to richie@camp3snowboarding.com.
For alternative accommodation, please check the local backpackers and Airbnb.
Check our FAQs for refund policies on the above and more details on CAMP3.
Bookings
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