jim varney and brigitte nielsen and corey haim star in this film . need i say more . the only person in this film who could act be poor joe flaherty ( his work in sctv and freak and geek would testify to this ) and how he get stick in this film be anyone guess and though if you check his career and he have make some interesting decision as far a the project he take . i assume he desperately need the money . period . in snowboard academy and he really isn not give anything to do . as far a the film go and it purport to be a comedy . with such hilarious joke a a guy with a giant frozen booger stick on his face and a bos name the head cheese and phrase like d. @ $ weed and buzz off d. @ $ head . this be very clever writing . if you be a 3rd grader . flaherty play the owner of a fail ski resort . in order to try to attract more people and his young son convince him to open the run up to snowboarder and teach snowboarding class and snowboarder have be previously ban from the hill . up until this decision and the audience be treat to the hilarious antic ( . ) of the snowboarder who be break the rule by use the trail . the other son hat snowboarder and will do anything to get rid of them even though this make zero economic sense . jim varney be hire to be a combination comic for the lounge and safety engineer and god know what else . no one know that he can not ski ( a prerequisite for the job ) and his antic be very broad and very and very slapstick with lot of pratfall . it not good and but frankly he probably the best thing in the film because at least his character seem likable something not share with the other tar . plus at least kid will think this varney be funny . a for the other character and they be really caricature stereotype with no dimension to their personality . the snowboarder be mostly obnoxious idiot . the old son be sullen and grumpy . the young one be . well . young . the evil wife be evil like every money grub estrange wife you could imagine roll up into one . the ex security chief be . well . the most untalented and obnoxious and horrible person in the film . i would rather have a migraine than watch the antic of this amazingly unfunny guy who be suppose to be there for comic relief . none of them be worth put in the film yet they make up 80 % of the movie . overall and this be an incredibly stupid and poorly write film . it painfully unfunny and a waste of time . however and i can not give it a 1 because the production value be not 100 % bad and and believe it or not and i have see a few shoddy and more awful film but not many . i can see how it make the imdb bottom 100 list and but i would only place it in the bottom 500 if such a list exist . not a glowing endorsement and i know and but the film be only 97 % horrible . for a good ski comedy and try the cult classic good off dead . unlike the sludge that be snowboard academy and the writing be great and the film fun for all age .