No snowboarding on school ski trip

[Gentillie]

This is so frivolous I know!

My DD is Y8 she has two very close friends and they are all going on the school ski trip in January. Today one of the friends dad has complained in our group chat non stop about how they aren’t allowing his daughter to do any Snowboarding, he claims he’s offered to send her with equipment etc.
Now when it comes to it, it’s because his daughter is better at snowboarding, she’s been going on a trip with her dad every half term since she was a child and always doing private snowboarding lessons. He keeps making it clear she can ski but isn’t as advanced.
He’s now asked a slightly larger group chat of parents 7 kids worth, to join him in complaining to the school as it’s unfair she won’t get to snowboard.
One of the parents has pointed out that it will be because for lessons they will split into ability groups and even if they made a snowboard group she’d probably be too advanced as it would be a small minority who would pick it.
Others have agreed it’s very unfair and will be joining him in complaining.

AIBU to think he’s being very precious and his DD can ski with everyone else for 5 days? Is this normal in your kids school or do they let them ski or snowboard.

Generally the groups all have a teacher with them as well as the instructor in the lesson. If there isn't a teacher who is competent enough on a board then they can't run it simple logistics.

Some schools have stopped doing snowboarding on trips due to the higher percentage of injury (usually a broken wrist or collar bone)

Yes, schools are crazily risk averse, that's why we have such high uptake when we run trips with Explorers.

Quite right. Probably about £100 more pp.
Also if you only has 2 groups of boarders, one beginners, the other not, the 'expert' boarder would be bored stupid having to go around with those with just one week's experience.
I skied this year with a boarder (something I had never done before). What a palaver!! Never again!!

She would get bored boarding on her own.

Better she goes and skis and learns with her mates.

Maybe they have a final day where she is allowed to board.

Some people want it all to be about them.

He is a complete twat

that said I think a largeish group should be allowed to choose as there ought to be enough to form a group for both

when I skied in Japan I felt somewhat old fashioned as all of the younger generation were on boards

Most school ski groups are one coach load, which usually would mean 4 groups. That is not enough, in my opinion, to do both skiing and snowboarding.
At the end of the day, it is the decision of the ski trip organisers, not the parents. They have to do a huge amount of work in organising the trip and being responsible for 40+ kids on a ski trip is hardly a holiday for the staff.