Lessons for park riding

I was wondering the same thing... I've been looking to get into park and not many of my friends do it, so I was wondering if this is a good option.

I didn't get park lessons and i am pretty good. By my third time ever going i could do some medium size jumps and boxes. It is good to learn on the really little features and work your way up. My mountain had a mini terrain park, and that is where i started.

I agree with spenser w
I'll add that the biggest thing is the instructor. You would hope that in an intermediate-advanced lesson the instructors are the better instructors on the mountain. When i took my first lesson to snowboard I didn't learn a lot. It was a group lesson though so i dont think you learn much anyway.

I was tired of teaching my daughter how to hit stuff in the park so i decide to get her an intermediate lesson. I've heard that sometimes you shouldn't teach your own kids. I decided to join her thinking i wouldn't really get as much out of it. But we both came away with a lot of good insight. Especially the stuff we do wrong. We had a great instructor and it was a small enough group that we were able to work on the specific things we had trouble with.

At Bear Mountain and Snow Summit you can ride with an instructor for $20 an hour.

you tube and download them a put them in slowmotion

A single lesson definitely helped me progress faster than trial and error did. A lot of the basic techniques for popping off a jump or approaching a jib were counterintuitive for me, so 1 hour with an instructor fixed what 3 days by myself couldn't.

i only got one lesson, lesson 1 for beginners that is. figured the rest out myself. you just gotta do it and forget the pain.

the best advice that i can offer, look pass the feature or the landing when you're bout to hit it. it's always better to go a little faster than a little slower. going slower on a box will allow yourself to spent more time on a box, therefore, more time for the box to catch your edge. also the slower you go, the higher the friction will be. and it's always better to fall not on to the box.     imagine the line and how you'll hit the feature. after you had the image in your head, do it immidately. don't over think it.

watch instructional videos and ride with people better then you. i picked all my tricks and stuff from my cousin who has been riding like 4 years more then me. it really helps. or if you dont know anyone just watch people in the park and make some friends there

I've never taken those lessons, but the people in those lessons are super annoying at my mountain. They take forever to drop in and block the landings when they wait for the rest of the group