Adventure Ski & Snowboard School

Adventure Ski & Snowboard School at Hansen's, 1105 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024

mapAdventure Ski & Snowboard School at Hansen's, 1105 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024

About

Adventure Ski & Snowboard School offers ski lessons and snowboard lessons that cover beginner to advanced ski and snowboard skills progression. Instruction includes specific snowboard skills such as heel-side, toe-side, and linking turns, and ski skills such as wedge, Christy, and parallel turns. The program also uses an endless revolving carpet Snow Sports Simulator and a portable ski and snowboard slope called the Mini-Deck, along with exercises like one leg standing.

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Currently closed for the off-season and scheduled to re-open in October 2026; each session notes that 25 minutes on the Snow Sports Simulator equals a day of continuous skiing and riding on the mountain.

Adventure Ski & Snowboard School has been a proven instructional concept and a workout since 1977 and has over 40 years of experience using the American Teaching System (ATS). The school uses an endless revolving carpet Snow Sports Simulator, which is a special treadmill made for skiing and snowboarding, with a full-length mirror at the bottom of the slope and the ability to teach 3–4 people at a time, with each student having their own instructor, and it operates rain or shine. The program provides all equipment and recommends long pants such as sweatpants or warm-ups, a long sleeve T-shirt, full length socks, and bringing a bottle of drinking water, and advises not doing a leg workout before a lesson.

Adventure Ski & Snowboard School’s instructors are described as highly trained, enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders who continually update their technical knowledge through professional seminars and clinics. Kent has a BA degree in Recreational Therapy from San Diego State University, has been a California registered Recreational Therapist since 1981, is certified by the P.S.I.A., has specialist credentials for teaching children and seniors, and is certified by the National Handicap Sports Association to teach all types of disabilities. The Director, Mark Fox, has over 45 years of skiing experience, over 35 years of snowboarding experience, and has been a professional instructor to all levels of skiers and snowboarders for more than 30 years.

Adventure Ski & Snowboard School is a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (PSIA/AASI) and is a member school of P.S.I.A./A.A.S.I. The program states that it is ideal for all ages, abilities, and disabilities, uses the American Teaching System (ATS) used at mountain resorts across the nation, and notes that each 25-minute lesson on the simulator equals a full day of conventional group instruction and physical exertion on the mountain. It also notes that it serves ski and snowboard needs in Southern California, including San Diego County, Orange County, Riverside County, and Los Angeles County cities listed on its Contact page.

Last updated July 14, 2026.

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