VIDEO BLOG: Banff 2014 (Blog 4)

  If you’ve watched the last few video blogs from our 11-week ski/snowboard instructor course in Banff, Canada, you’ll know that the guys and girls have been pretty busy. And if, like the trainees, you were expecting things to slow down after their level 1 exams, you’ll be surprised to hear that ‘team Banff’ have been busier than ever. Anyway, check out the video to […]

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Banff Ski or Snowboard Instructor Course – Week 6

  After the excitement of the previous week, week six was an opportunity for the trainees to get back into their training schedule and let their minds and bodies recover. The week began with the AST level 1 course: this is an introduction to avalanche safety and gives trainees an understanding of how to use avalanche safety equipment (transceivers, probes & shovels) and how to […]

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Verbier Early Season Ski Instructor Course – Weeks 7 & 8

  On Monday morning of the seventh week in Verbier a minibus picked all of the trainees up by the chalet and the group made their way over to sunny Crans Montana for a day skiing, this was part of our Ski Safari. The drive through the local vineyards was quite a change of scenery, we even saw some palm trees on the way up! […]

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Morzine Ski or Snowboard Instructor Course – Week 1

  On this year’s Morzine instructor course we have a broad range of accents in the group, with people travelling from all parts of the globe! Evgeniy from Mother Russia, Charlie from the US of A, Jack and Henry representing wee bonnie Scotland, Rhydian from Wales (not the white-haired chap from X-Factor), then both Jamie’s, both Alex’s, Mac, Jez and Mark all flying the flag […]

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