Cub Scout Sports

Snow Ski and Board Sports

These requirements are basically a rewrite of the former Skiing Belt Loop and Pin

Complete these three requirements:

Explain the conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for snow skiing or boarding.
Be able to explain safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country trip.
Go skiing or snow boarding. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.

Earn the Snow Ski and Board Sports belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

Explain the different kinds of ski lifts. Use one.
Describe the four universal symbols used to indicate ski trail difficulty.
Demonstrate how to hold your position, get up from a fall, and do basic turns
Demonstrate how to fall safely to avoid injury.
Demonstrate five cross country skills, such as a kick turn, diagonal stride, double pole, side-step, step turn, herringbone, straight downhill running, cross-country snowplow, sideslipping, pole drag, diagonal stride uphill, and traverse.
Participate in a game using skis or boards; such as relays, races, or racing around poles or flags.
Explain what to do if you see a skiing or snow boarding accident. Discuss the dangers of avalanche.
Take skiing or snow boarding lessons.
View a film on skiing or snow boarding.
Talk with a member of a ski patrol and learn about the job he or she does at the ski slope.

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