It has been another big week for the guys and girls down in New Zealand after passing their Level 1 instructor exams last week. After a day spent recovering from the Level 1 assessment success the group had their Avalanche awareness course at The Remarkables Ski Area. The trainees worked their way around the off piste areas of “The Remarks” looking at; safe ways […]
Week 2 of the course has been all about ‘wedge turns’ and ‘J turns’ in preparation for the crews NZSIA/SBINZ Level 1 Ski & Snowboard Instructor exams next week. The guys have been busy honing their skills under the demanding, expert eyes of their trainers. They say the “camera never lies” and in the case of video analysis the same is definitely true! It’s fair […]
To say that the start of the Peak Leaders New Zealand course didn’t get off to a dramatic start would be an understatement! Descending through the mountains, along the Kawarau River, narrowly missing the bus on its way up to The Remarkables ski area, and landing at Queenstown Airport gave the course trainees some of the most breath-taking views they’d ever seen. As they […]
You’ll be happy to hear that all of our 2013 trainee ski and snowboard instructors travelling down to Queenstown, New Zealand, this summer have arrived safely. The next few days will involve experienced course leader ‘Big T’ showing the guys and girls around the town, showing them the resorts where they’ll be training……and introducing them to the culinary delights of Fergburger and Fergbaker! There […]
