Shred 4 Cred: Your South American Snowboard Class

Bariloche, Argentina (Shred White and Blue) — Unbelievable – you can actually shred for classroom credit this summer!

The crew at South American Snow Sessions (SASS) has partnered with Sierra Nevada College to offer a full on-snow curriculum of cool courses from Introduction to Ski Business, Principles of Outdoor Leadership, Map and Compass, Snowboarding and Downhill Skiing in the southern hemisphere beginning in July.

All the courses offer fully transferable college credits. For real. And according to the Sierra Nevada College website, all this higher learning has still kept a firm focus on the perfecting the art of the turn: “Our academic program on the SASS campus is designed to work around the typical ski day. We expect that our students will also be taking full advantage of the Patagonian slopes, so all courses are offered in the late afternoon.”

SASS built their beautiful campus near the Cerro Cathedral Snow Resort. And students who enroll in SNC courses will automatically co-enroll in the full-service SASS camp experience, which will provide them with room and board, transportation, winter sport coaching and cultural activities in the fantastic Argentinean Andes mountains and the Bariloche area.

Here’s a quick look at the remaining dates and sessions

• Session 1: July 17-August 2, 2009
• Session 2: August 1-August 15, 2009
• Session 3: August 15-August 29, 2009

So sweet that it begs the question of what’s next? A graduate degree in video games?

 Check out SASS and Sierra Nevada College.