Week 3 of the Morzine 10 week ski & snowboard instructor course and the trainees have finished their BASI Level 1 exams…woohoo! Now everyone is working on developing BASI level 2 technique, avalanche training, more snow antics across borders and another awesome Morzine Penguins game! Here’s group leader Tom with the update… Stress of exams over with…phew, and now Lesley from BASS Ski School filmed our skiers for video analysis, highlighting some real […]
Morzine and the Portes du Soleil is the perfect resort to spend a 10-week ski instructor training course. What’s included? A lift pass to one of the largest ski areas on the planet, 25 hours on snow development a week, BASI Level 1 & Level 2 exams and resources, BASI Trainers and BASI Level 4s training you on the hill, first aid course, avalanche awareness […]
Week 3 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the group have completed the first of their exams: BASI Level 1. Here’s group leader Charlie with the update… BASI level 1 exam week Tom Waddington, BASI trainer, keeps a close watch on the groups progress Week 3 meant the start of the BASI level 1 exam – each student gets several chances to demonstrate their teaching ability […]
Week 2 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course put teaching skiing into the mix as the group prepare for BASI Level 1. Here’s group leader Charlie with the update… Time to start teaching practice Now with good grasp of skiing technique needed for beginners (including the best way to walk with skis! got to look professional at all times!) the second week of the Verbier 10 week […]
Winter rolls on… Saas Fee’s group has departed and Verbier’s crew has arrived for 10 weeks of snow, skiing and partying in the fabled mecca of Freeride – Verbier! We’re here… Last Sunday marked the beginning of another Verbier Peak Leaders gap course. The group (8 skiers in total) met each other that evening and very quickly everyone was talking excitedly about the next 10 weeks, what they wanted to […]
