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initative Judging News

Find out more about the Snowboard Judge Education Program 2025/26

 

The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) have collaborated to establish a unified judge education pathway to streamline and elevate the quality of judging across all competition levels. This initiative addresses the need for consistent judge training, from local events to international competitions, ensuring fairness and expertise at every stage.

 

As part of this education process the FIS does manage the A & B levels covering Continental Cups, World Cups and Olympics.

 

The WSF is offering the Nations a program to support their C-Level education. The WSF Education also allows other interested parties such as parents, coaches or media to learn about freestyle and judging.

For Judges:

The WSF Education is the pathway for judges to become a certified WSF C Level Judge.

For Nations:

It helps the National Associations to improve their judge education with less effort and resources.

Online Judge Clinic: 

This year’s online judge clinic is scheduled for end of November 2025.

Find out details and costs here.

WSF Academy:

Judges, Nationas, parents, coaches and media  and anybody who is interested, can access the education for free at WSF Academy.

 

 

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Register now for the WSF Technical Meeting in Zurich, SUI (20. – 22.09.25)

The WSF cordially invites you to the annual WSF Technical Meeting in Zurich (SUI) from September 20 – 22, 2025.
Get the latest updates to prepare for the upcoming winter season and be part of finding solutions. Open for all WSF members, but also any interested stakeholders. Calendar, event guidelines, Event and result submissions, workshops and much more, get informed.

 

Dates: September 20th-22nd, 2025

Meeting Location: Hotel Allegra, Hamelirainstrasse 5, 8302 Kloten, Switzerland

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Agenda:

 

Saturday, 20.09.

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome

09:30 – 10:30 Keynote

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:30 WSF EMS “Comma” powered by Wyldata (presentation & instruction of the new system)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:00 Workshop E+ CHANGE

19:30 WSF Common Dinner (WSF invitation)

 

Sunday, 21.09.

09:00 – 10:30 WorkingGroup COMPETITIVE (WSF Event Guidelines inPathway (T1-T4), Calendaring & Results and more)

09:00 – 10:30 WorkingGroup GRASSROOTS (WSF Banked Slalom Tour, Shred Q&K and more)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 11:30 Calendar Conference (WSPL WSF Events; 3 – 5 stars)

10:45 – 11:30 FairPlay Award & Promotion (Developing a FairPlay Adward in cooperation with the IFPC)

11:30 – 12:15 CLAG-Group

11:30 – 12:15 WSF Anti-Doping-System

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00 Summary + Actions Season 25/26

15:00 – 17:30 Workshop E+ 

17:30 – 17:45 Closing

 

Accommodation & room reservation:

The meeting will be held at Hotel Allegra, Zurich Kloten as every year. For room bookings, please get in touch directly with the hotel communicating the code “WSF_2025”. Please e-mail allegralodge@welcomehotels.ch get int touch with our contact Isabelle directly: isabelle.g@a-chesa.ch. Please note that a contingent of rooms is reserved until August 17th, so we recommend to book your room before that date: rooms are available at Hotel Allegra Lodge  (Single room: CHF 178,50 per night including breakfast, Double room: CHF 200) or Hotel Welcome in (Single room: CHF  150 per night including breakfast, Double room: CHF 185). 

 

REGISTER HERE FOR THE WSF TECHNICAL MEETING.

 

For any questions, please get in touch with office@worldsnowboardfederation.org.

 

 

Photo-Credit: (c) Andreas Amplatz

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Judging News

WSF Judging Program: Free online training is now available!

(c) Word Rookie Tour

Judge education is a key program within the WSF. This is for everyone who wants to become an official C-Level judge to experience the progression of snowboarding from the front row.

The WSF is very proud that the free online training for judges is now available on the WSF Academy. Completely free of charge and accessible for everyone. If offers you lots of material and training tools to become a certified C-Level Judge for regional and national events. The course includes everything you need to know and covers the basics of Snowboard Judging as well as all Freestyle disciplines in detail (Big Air, Rails, Slopestyle, Halfpipe). In total it consists of 67 sessions with 3 hours of video material. 

How to obtain a C-Level Judge License: 

STEP 1: FREE online training

An easy accessible online tool to test your knowledge and to improve your skills. Enroll for it today: https://wsf-academy.thinkific.com/courses/snowboard-judges-education-2023-24

STEP 2: Certification test 

Once you have completed the online training and feel ready, you can apply for the certification test. Please note: Access to the certification test to obtain your license requires a payment or voucher.

As the WSF would love to see more women in judging, it offers the test to all female judges for free. Please contact judging@worldsnowboardfederation.org in case you need vouchers for the test. 

STEP 3: Judges Clinic

Your last step on your way to become a certified C-Level judge is to attend a judge-clinic in-person in your country held by one of the WSF Certified Instructors. For all judges who are unable to attend a training held by one the Certified Instructors, an official Online Judges Clinic is offered mid-December 2023. Everybody who completed the free online training and successfully managed the test by that time, will receive an invitation to that. 

 

CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS

For all WSF members: If you have have any applicants in your regions you would like to nominate as a certified instructor, please send an e-mail to judging@worldsnowboardfederation.org, including a brief judging CV. All applicants will receive an invite to the in-person training coming up soon (scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7th).

For more information about clinics in your country, the Certified Instructors training or questions in general, please contact judging@worldsnowboardfederation.org. 

The WSF wants to thank WSF Judge Coordinator Tom Wagener and Caz Vogan for their input and effort to put the free online course and the program together.

 

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