Rider Rally

This is your opportunity to get a full week of on-snow coaching dedicated to YOU as an instructor. Spend five days on snow with peers who share your passion, guided by the world’s best instructors who know how to help you succeed. 

Dates: April 12-17, 2026
Location: Copper Mountain, Colorado

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Ride. Engage. Progress.

National Academy-Rider Rally is a full week of intensive, on-snow workshops where you get one-on-one coaching from members of the PSIA-AASI National Team in small group settings. You will leave the week stoked, inspired, tired (in the best way), and vastly improved in your performance. Want to work on your terrain park skills? High speed carving on steeps? Need an introduction to riding in trees? The National Team is here for you. Rider Rally is attended by all ages and all certification levels.

Join us April 12-17, 2025, at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Earn 30 CEUs.

  

Event is only open current to PSIA-AASI members. Must have a Level I certification, at minimum.

Price: $1,699. Scholarships available! See below for details.

Event price includes opening party on April 12, breakfast and lunch during the event, speakers and Supplier Party, and more. The registration fee does not include lift tickets, lodging, travel, or transportation. Closer to the event date, PSIA-AASI will provide discount lift ticket and lodging info to registrants, but individuals are responsible for booking these on their own. PSIA-AASI does not provide or handle tickets, lodging, or travel for this event. 

Deadlines: Registration ends Monday, March 23, 2026, or when the event is at capacity.

Cancellation Policy:
Cancel before Jan. 31 – Full refund
Cancel Feb. 1-Feb. 29 – $250 penalty
Cancel March 1 and later – No refund 

Elective Options (2025)

We will post 2026 elective options as they become available. You can expect them to be similar to what was offered in 2025:

  • ⛰ All Mountain Explore Copper – Ride it all! Develop skills for coaching across groomers, powder, bumps, trees & steeps.
  • 🏔 Big Mountain – Master steep terrain & off-piste bowls while leveling up your coaching and confidence.
  • 🔄 Carving – Sharpen your edge control, link powerful turns, and even try euro-carving & revert carving!
  • 🏂 Freestyle Outside the Park – Take your freestyle skills to natural terrain—spin, jib, butter & press your way down the mountain!
  • 📷 Insta 360 Reels – Learn to film & edit pro-level snowboarding videos to boost your social media game.
  • 🎿 Park & Pipe – Progress your freestyle game in Copper’s terrain parks & SuperPipe. Perfect your park & halfpipe coaching skills!
  • 👩‍🎿 Women’s Progression Session – Ride & progress in a supportive, women-led environment. Perfect for carving, freestyle & off-piste confidence!
  • 🛹 Woodward Barn Session (💰 Extra Fee) – Practice tricks before hitting the snow with ramps, trampolines, & indoor ParkBoard™ training.
  • 🎥 Video Movement Analysis – Use video analysis techniques to break down riding movements & give better coaching feedback.
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  • # of terrain parks: 10, including a 13-foot halfpipe and 22-foot superpipe. Check out the Woodward Mountain Park 
  • Summit elevation: 12,441 feet 
  • Vertical drop: 2,738 feet 
  • Ridable terrain: 2,538 acres 
  • Location: Copper Mountain is just 75 miles from Denver and is accessible from the airport via public transportation and shuttle services. Stay at the base of the hill or in one of the nearby towns. Frisco, Colorado, is easily accessible via the Summit Stage, a free public bus.  
  • Pass Info: Copper is part of the Ikon Pass. Nearby resorts also on the Ikon Pass include Arapahoe Basin (35 minutes), Winter Park (90 minutes), Steamboat Springs (2 hours), and Aspen Snowmass (2 hours). Some restrictions apply. See ikonpass.com for details. If you have an Epic Pass, Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, and Beaver Creek are each just 30 minutes or less from Copper. Make a big trip out of it!

Registration opens October 1!

After signing up, you will receive information about discount lodging and lift tickets.

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Registration ends Monday, March 23, 2026, or when the event is at capacity.

Cancel before Jan. 31 – Full refund
Cancel Feb. 1-Feb. 29 – $250 penalty
Cancel March 1 and later – No refund 

If Rider Rally reaches capacity, an online waitlist will be available to allow further registrations in case any participants cancel. Follow the link on the calendar’s event page to join the waitlist. A credit card on file is required in order to join the waitlist. Note that you will be automatically registered and charged for the event if a spot opens up. Your cost for the event will be locked in at the rate of the event the moment you join the waitlist.

If you add yourself to a waitlist, please remember that you are committing to attending that event should you get a spot. If a spot opens up in the event at least 1 month before the start date, you will automatically be enrolled, and your credit card will be charged for the event. You will receive two notification emails, one confirming the event and one confirming the credit card charge.

You will NOT automatically be cancelled from the waitlist if you are registered for another event on the same day.

You can cancel yourself from the waitlist at any time. If you need assistance removing yourself from the waitlist you can email or call us to be removed from the waitlist. Members on the waitlist are subject to following the cancellation policy if they get moved into the event. Generally, this means that it is risky to put yourself on multiple waitlists for the same day, or the same event type within two weeks of each other.

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Apply for a Rider Rally 2026 Scholarship

For the 2026 event, there are three (3) scholarships available for snowboarders to attend Rider Rally. The scholarship covers the event registration fee (a $1699 value) plus lift tickets for the week, and is intended for current PSIA-AASI members with at least a Level I certification. Deadline to apply is November 1, 2025.

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