tests freestyle
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What are the tests for?
Created by ESF, the tests allow everyone to progress step by step in their practice of snow sports.
On the basis of precise technical criteria, our esf instructors validate the technical level of you, your child or teenager, their achievements and the points to improve on in their practice of freestyle.
Freestyle ski tests
Small Freestyler
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Impulse two feet in direct trace
- 180 ° slide in each direction
- Tail press Switch
- Direct trace
Jib
- Switch from initiation boxes to 50/50
Kicker
- Straight jump with two-footed kickback on initiation kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
- Straight jump with counter rotation (shiffty, twist)
Soft slope / initiation
Flat: Low slope
Jib: Dancefloor and box, not long, close to the ground, wide kickers glued to the jib module.
Kicker / backcountry: Dish from 1 to 3 metres low
Jib: Dancefloor and box, not long, close to the ground, wide kickers glued to the jib module.
Kicker / backcountry: Dish from 1 to 3 metres low
Freestyler inter
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Switch evolution on low slope
- 360 ° slid in each direction
- Crossing jump
Jib
- Switch from intermediate boxes to 50/50
- Shuffle on initiation box
Kicker
- Straight jump with counter rotation (shiffty, twist) on initiation kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
- Straight jump with grab
- 180°
Soft slope / initiation
Flat: Low Slope
Jib: Dancefloor and box, not long, close to the ground, wide kickers glued to the jib module.
Kicker / backcountry : Dish from 1 to 3 metres low
Freestyler
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Plus d'informationsFlat
- Awareness of reading and using the land
- Low to moderate slope switch evolution
- 180 ° jumped in each direction
- Ollie
Jib
- 180 ° slipped on initiation box
- Slide on initiation box
Kicker
- 180 ° slipped on initiation kicker
- Straight jump on intermediate kicker
- Straight jump with grab on initiation kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
Moderate / intermediate trail
Flat: Medium slope, use of reliefs and runway edges
Jib: Box, more length, less width, simple kink
Kicker / backcountry: Parabola from 1 to 6 meters, moderate height
- Tentative backflip / frontlip
- 360°
Moderate / intermediate trail
Flat: Medium slope, use of reliefs and runway edges
Jib: Box, more length, less width, simple kink
Kicker / backcountry: Parabola from 1 to 6 meters, moderate height
Freestyler expert
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Reading and autonomous use of the field
- Switch evolution controlled moderate to steep slopes
- 360 ° slide switch
Jib
- Unnatural slide on initiation box
- Input on switch on initiation box
- Slide on intermediate box
Kicker
- 180° graved on intermediate kicker
- 360° on initiation kicker
- Sraight jump on expert kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
- Backflip / frontlip
- 540°
- Switch 180°
Piste modérée / intermédiaire
Flat : Medium slope, use of reliefs and runway edges
Jib: Box, more length, less width, simple kink
Kicker / backcountry: Parabola from 1 to 6 meters, moderate height
Freestyler pro
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Plus d'informationsFlat
- Optimized land use
- All-track switch evolution
- Nollie
- 360 jump
Jib
- Unnatural slide on intermediate box
- Switch input on intermediate box
- 270 ° outlet
- Slide on initiation rail
Kicker
- 360 ° grained on intermediate kicker
- 540 ° on initiation kicker
- 180 ° switch on initiation kicker
- Straight jump with grab or counter rotation on expert kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
All tracks / expert
- 720°
- Rotations désaxées
- Switch 360°
All tracks / expert
Flat: All slopes, use of all reliefs, edges of tracks, breaks in tracks / breaks
Jib: Box and rail, all shapes, all entrances, multiple kink
Kicker / backcountry: 6 metre dish, high height
Freestyler Elite
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Evolution switch all snow, all terrain
- Hand drag
- 270 ° entry
- Unnatural slide on initiation rail
- Mastery of street entrances
- Slide on intermediate rail
Kicker
- 720 ° on intermediate kicker
- 360 ° switch on intermediate kicker
- Backflip / Frontflip
- 360 ° on expert kicker
Air-bag / backcountry
- Cork / organic 720 °
- 900 °
- Switch 540
Flat: All slopes, use of all reliefs, edges of tracks, breaks in tracks / breaks Jib: box and rail, all shapes, all entrances, multiple kink
Kicker / backcountry: 6 metre dish, high height
Snowboard Freestyle tests
Small Freestyler
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Nose slide / tail slide
- The four 180 ° sautéed
- Ollie / nollie
Jib
- 50/50 box intermédiaire
- Back board slide (initiation box)
- Nose press (initiation box)
Kicker
- 180° Fs cab (kicker d'initiation)
- Grab simple (kicker d'intermédiaire)
- Chain of intermediate kickers
Airbarg / backcountry
- 360°
- Attempt backfip / frontlip
- Grab twiké (backside air, ...)
Freestyler
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Ollie / Nollie 180°
- 360° sauté
Jib
- Back boardslide 180°
- Front boardslide (box d'initiation)
Kicker
- 360° grab (kicker intermédiaire)
- 180° back switch (kicker d'initiation)
Airbarg / backcountry
- 540° ou plus
- Frontflip / backflip
Freestyler expert
Validate 3 tests in red out of the 4.
Flat
- Ollie / Nollie 360°
- Combo
- Flat sur toutes neiges, tous terrains
Jib
- Entrée street
- 180° / 270° in / out
Kicker
- 540° ou plus (kicker intermédiaire)
- 360° Cab switch (kicker d'initiation)
Airbarg / backcountry
- Rotations désaxées
- Rotation départ en switch
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