Freeride Performance Snowboard Clinic

When it comes to snowboard technique the McNab Technical Performance Clinics set the standard for all others to follow. Our Freeride Performance clinic is the one course you cannot afford to miss.

Freeride Technical Performance Clinic.

The unique McNab approach to teaching Snowboarding combines the ‘Science’ and ‘Art’ of Snowboarding to produce the perfect technique and understanding for any given riding task or terrain.


Learn to fit your technique to the mountains terrain.

We have been running our Chamonix based Technical Performance Clinics for over 10 years now and for me the Technical knowledge and terrain awareness that you learn on these ‘snowboard technique clinics’ is paramount to a good day’s riding out on the mountain.

On these clinics, you probably learn what took me 10 years to understand, develop and master in one week of riding.


Hard at work on a Freeride Performance clinic.

If you intend to do only one Snowboard technique course in this lifetime then I strongly recommend our ‘Technical Performance Clinic’ it’ll change the way you see and ride the mountain forever.

If you attend one of our ‘Technical Performance Clinics’ be prepared to change everything about your riding from how you stand and move through to the way you look at the mountain and the line that you ride down it!

It’s amazing to see the changes that take place in everybody’s riding through out one of these technique weeks. The rate of progression on these freeride courses is phenomenal; you can really see positive changes in everybody’s technical performance right from the very first morning until the last run at the end of the week.


Creating strong foundations on which to build perfect technique.

Our unique 6 day  snowboard ‘Technical Performance Clinics’ offer an exciting week of exploration and guided discovery that leads you through the essential elements of snowboarding technique teaching you how to understand and feel for the natural way to ride, creating strong foundations on which you can build a higher level of riding.

The Technical performance clinics provide the necessary foundations for all your future riding and we strongly recommend them to anyone looking to improve their snowboard technique, move on from a learning plateau, attend one of our Freestyle or Backcountry freeride courses or thinking of a future career in Snowboarding.

You’ll begin by taking a close look at the ‘Science’ behind ‘effective snowboard technique’, exploring in detail how you stand, how you move and finding out just what these movements do, stripping down your existing techniques until left with only the basic essentials.


Matching your movements to the task!

You’ll then learn how to build upon these solid foundations introducing, step by step, the subtle and natural movements that make ‘perfect snowboard technique’.

You’ll learn the theory behind the ‘McNab pressure control system’ as published in Neil’s snowboard technique book, ‘Go snowboarding!’ teaching you how to ‘turn your board by design rather than by force’.

You’ll quickly begin to build up your understanding and awareness of how snowboarding really works firstly ‘matching your movements to fit the demands of set tasks’ before slowly, bit by bit you learn to ‘match your movements to the mountain’ taking on the more demanding challenges and tasks set by the mountain’s natural terrain.

With a strong emphasis on ‘All Mountain Freeriding’ our ‘Technical performance clinics’ will begin to teach you how to look more closely at the natural terrain of the mountain and adapt your riding to flow in harmony with it! (This phase of the freeride progression is explored in greater detail through our ‘Off Piste Performance Clinic’). With practice you’ll soon be riding the lines you’ve only dreamed about, blending the ‘Science’ and the ‘Art’ of Snowboarding in search of the ultimate descent.

Our freeride performance clinics are available Winter and Autumn, running out of Chamonix in the Winter, Les Deuz Alpes and  Zermatt in the Autumn.

Our freeride performance clinics cater for Intermediate and Advanced snowboarders with technical tuition in the mornings followed by guided freeride practise sessions in the afternoons.

All our McNab trained performance clinic coaches have the highest possible, internationally recognized, Snowsports qualifications.

Maximum group size on our freeride performance clinics is 8 riders to 1 coach.

Although this is not specificaly an 'Off Piste' course an Avalanche Safety Transciever is mandatory.

Please note that an Avalanche Safety Transciever is mandatory for this course but not included.
Avalanche Transcievers can be rented from us at a small additional cost payable at the time of your course, for more details click here -  Mandatory Freeride course equipment. (For non Chamonix based courses renatal equipment must be pre booked prior to your course).

Before choosing this course please read our Choosing a Course & Course Prerequisits section to see which course is suitable for you.


Price Includes:

*Half-board accommodation, 6 day lift pass, 6 days with fully qualified BASI Snowboard Teacher (ratio 1:8), transport around the valley.

Price does not include:
Flights (nearest airport is Geneva), airport transfers, insurance, personal snowboarding equipment, any lift passes not included in the Chamonix 6 day lift pass. Mandatory Freeride Safety Equipment is not included.

*half-board accommodation includes bed, breakfast, afternoon tea, evening meals (6 nights only, Thursday is a chance to eat elsewhere). Rooms are shared twins in the Chalet Tante in the grounds of the Hotel Chris-tal in Les Houches. All meals are served in the hotel dining room and all guests are free to use the hotel facilities – bar, TV lounge, sauna, pool.