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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Living The Dream – The Charlotte ‘Shaunie’ Vantreen Interview

Posted on August 30, 2012 at 3:05 pm

Peak Leaders first met Charlotte back in 2009 when she joined us on our Argentina course. Charlotte, or Shaunie as she was affectionately known because of long red locks (aka Shaun White), was already a very solid skier with three seasons spent shredding the slopes of Val D’Isere. From the outset it was clear that [...]

Ski and Snowboard Instructor Course in Argentina – Week 4

Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:47 pm

The past week has been an epic week for the Peak Leaders trainees down here in Bariloche, Argentina. Loads more fresh snow has covered Cerro Catedral making the skiing and snowboarding conditions awesome!   There were big celebrations on a ‘school’ night this week. On Monday it was Will’s 21st so everybody went to the [...]

New Zealand Ski and Snowboard Instructor course – Week 6

Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Our New Zealand trainees are now in countdown mode;  level 2 ski instructor exams start in a week, and the snowboard instructor exams start a couple of days after that.  I guess you could say it’s almost ‘crunch time’.  Fortunately, the weather’s been great all week (including some snow at the start).  This is a [...]

Ski and Snowboard Instructor Course in Argentina – Week 3

Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:08 pm

At the start of last week we finally got a big dump of snow, something that was certainly worth waiting for! The snowboarders have absolutely loved riding the powder with their trainer on the Bariloche Snowboard Instructor Course; Marki. Marki is a bit of a legend in Bariloche because he’s been snowboarding and winning competitions [...]

A typical BC day out

Posted on August 21, 2012 at 9:00 am

Lakes, rope-swings and waterfalls! Days off of the bike are pretty important on a Peak Leaders mountain bike course, you need to give your muscles time to rest and recover. Especially with the amount of vertical that the Whistler bike park dishes out. We also like a few down days each course to fit in [...]

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