Well the course has sadly come to an end. 5 weeks is a pretty special amount of time to spend riding and training in Whistler, but it never feels like long enough! Through this week we had some assessment days for riding and teaching. Well done to everyone, it’s satisfying and just incredible to see how far everyone’s riding, teaching skills and knowledge has progress […]
On the mountain this week it was all about stepping up our own riding, and teaching intermediate and advanced riders. We learnt how to teach and develop pre-loads and took this to some jumps and wall-rides. We had a sweet session learning some tricks too, with our whips and crossups and turn downs all coming along nicely. Also on the menu this week was some […]
Doing a course in Patagonia doesn’t just mean coming here to ski or snowboard. An experience is available at every opportunity and this week was no exception. As a trainee on our Peak Leaders course must be able to manage a challenging mountain environment as well as a very busy training schedule…both on and off the piste. Argentina lends itself to some very unique winter opportunities. […]
Another week in beautiful Whistler and what a week it has been. We began by wrapping up the assessments for the Level 1 portion of the course, with everyone passing. Well done to the whole crew! They are all officially mountain bike instructors! So suitably a few drinks to celebrate were in order and everyone is stoked. So as if that wasn’t enough of a […]
