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Polish Snowboard Championship (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski Instruktorów Snowboardu) is an annual competition held in Zieleniec, contested by polish instructors from polish Association of Instructors and Trainers of Snowboard (SITS). The competition is awarded every year since 2001 when the first championship was held. Every instructor from Association of Instructors and Trainers of Snowboard can take part in the championship. This competition is the most prestigious in Poland and it gathers hundreds of competitors. The whole championship last two days and it is finished with ceremony of awards. There is no such thing as qualification. To take part in the championship, an instructor must have the status of SITS instructor and pay the starting fee. The main idea of the Polish Snowboard Championship is to choose the best snowboard instructor of the year from hundreds of competitors. For some people this competition is a way to obtain the status of SITS instructor, which is honoured by the International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA).

Format
The current format of the championship involves two parts and it is devided into two days. During the first day the contestants take part in the giant slalom and the technique. Before the opening ceremony, referees choose four types of different turns including a turn with a down-unweighting movement and a switch/fakie turn. All of the instructors taking part in the championship are informed about the types of turns just a few minutes before the start. After the ending of a giant slalom, competitors get into the starting position behind one of the four spots (one spot is for one turn). Instructors have just one try to present a given type of a turn and after that they are judged by the referees in 1-10 scale. Competitors have one hour and a half to present all of the four types of turns. During the second day of the championship, competitors take part in a freestyle contest. It is divided into jibing and jumping. Here, the instructors have three tries for each competition. There are two kickers and two boxes. A smaller kicker and a smaller box is destined for women while the bigger kicker and a bigger box for men. Men can loose one point when using the smaller obstacle. Simultaneously, women can get one more point when using the bigger obstacle. There are two referees for each obstacle. After the ending of the freestyle contest all of the competitors gather in one place to watch the ceremony of awards. There are different awards for women and men. The awards are given in three categories: giant slalom, freestyle contest and general classification.