Product Details

• Actors: Jim Varney, Corey Haim, Brigitte Nielsen, Joe Flaherty, Andreas Apergis
• Directors: John Shepphird
• Writers: James Salisko, Rudy Rupak
• Producers: Carole Vaillancourt, Claudio Castravelli, David Gil, Rudy Rupak, Stephen R. Greenwald
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: May 5, 1998
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0800184092
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,936 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

Corey Haim, Jim Varney, Brigitte Nielsen and SCTV's Joe Flaherty star in Snowboard Academy, a slapstick free-for-all about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboards. Haim stars as Chris "The Wizard" Barry, the younger son of a ski resort owner. When his out-of-control boarder buds take over the slopes, The Wizard's resentful big brother challenges him to start a snowboard academy that will turn bumbling beginners into race-winners in just two weeks. With a slapstick subplot about an inept safety engineer (Varney) and a scheming gold-digging (Nielsen), plus awesome airborne footage, Snowboard Academy is one wild ride!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Corey Haim is the only bright spark in a very dull movie., March 28, 1999

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This review is from: Snowboard Academy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you're a Corey Haim fan you might enjoy this movie, if you're not, don't bother. This movie has terrible jokes and even more terrible acting. Corey Haim offers little justification for why the movie is so bad. I myself am I big Corey Haim fan, thus the reason I bought this movie. I highly recommmend that you rent this movie before even considering buying it. I didn't do this and now the movie just sits on the shelf never to be watched again.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best picture at my oscars, June 24, 2005

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Rich King's Breakfast Nook "Gretna is a great... (East Gretna, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snowboard Academy (DVD)

Before seeing this movie, I thought "Chairman of the Board" starring Carrot Top was the finest motion picture this country had ever produced. That was before I found "Snowboard Academy" in a dumpster and decided to give it a view. First of all, who in the world would throw away a movie with Corey Haim, Jim Varney and Brigetite Nelson. This is the equivalent of putting Hasselhoff, Clay Aiken and Rockwell on the same album. Productivity in our world would stop because no one could stop listening to it.
This movie has everything you would ever want in a film. Hot snow boarding action, slapstick comedy, a dog, and a story that Mark Twain wishes he could write. I was on the edge of my seat one minute, hiding my eyes the next. This movie took me everywhere like my dad did when I was 19. You see kids, I had a lot of trouble learning to drive. Everytime I tried to turn I just kept going in a 360 until I finally passed out. I couldn't figure out when to stop turning the wheel. I eventually got that figured out with a special helmet, but back to the movie. Jim Varney is scrumtrulescent in this film. Let's just say Jim Carrey is the poor man's Jim Varney. Carrey can screw around with his face, but Varney does it with Pinache. And Corey Haim, are you kidding me. How people bought into Tom Cruise in this country and not Corey Haim is why many people want to move to Chile.
This movie is the top of the top of the shelf.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!!, May 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Snowboard Academy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a snowboarder and I love snowboarding movies. I also like funny movies too, which is why I love this movie. At first I thought it would be very boring, but I was wrong. After I first saw it I rented it about 15 times (no joke) and I decided to buy it. It is a great movie, and all my snowboarding pals love it, but I do suggest renting it before you buy it.