Week 5 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the group are in their second week of shadowing the instructors from Les Elfes International – an opportunity for further involvement with lessons. Here’s group leader Charlie with the update… The hands-on approach Similarly to last week, before the trainees are able to begin their BASI level two training and exams, they must first gain experience in shadowing […]
Week 4 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the group are shadowing the instructors from Les Elfes International – seeing what life is really like as a ski instructor. Here’s group leader Charlie with the update… The real world of ski teaching Peak Leaders trainee Fran (green trousers) shadowing a beginner group Before the trainees are able to begin their BASI level two training and […]
Week 4 in St Anton, Austria and our group has finished the Anwärter course. Here’s Tom group leader on the St Anton ski instructor course 2015 with all the news… 4 weeks has gone fast! End of the 4 week ski instructor course here in St Anton, and a great time to reflect on all that’s happened. Happy times in the warm lifts on the way up Unfortunately, […]
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 […]
Some of you may have heard through the muddy grapevine that we launched our very own dedicated MTB channel, Peak Leaders Dirt! Peak Leaders Dirt Our new page means lots of blogs, interviews and edits from our Peak Leaders fam as well as race tips, reports and some stuff that makes us giggle and gasp in equal measure. It also means that our original Peak Leaders […]
