Snowskool Ski Instructor Brochure

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THE HILL - Although there are a bunch o ski

hills in and around Ban, locals and visitors

alike will tell you that its all about the Shine.

I you say youre going shredding in Ban,

youll be talking about Sunshine Village.

The ski area is spread over three individual

mountains Mt. Standish, Goats Eye Mtn

and Lookout Mtn - and each has something

totally dierent to oer. For lessons days,Sunshine has some incredible training

terrain: beautiul, big, wide-open green and

blue runs that are ideal or nailing the drills

required to pass your instructor exams. But,

when not in training, you can smash it on

some o Canadas toughest in-bound slopes...

entry into the notorious Delirium Dive is only

permitted with an avi pack and a buddy!

Sunshine has it all rom awesome tree-skiing

to big-mountain powder aces and rom sick

parks with monster hits to some o the most

insane backcountry terrain.

THE COMMUNITY - Ban is a very cool little

town in the middle o the Canadian Rockies.

Youd think the town planner was a rad

shredder hersel as the whole town seems

geared towards skiers and snowboarders and

then to entertaining them when the chairlits

stop running!

I Carlsberg did instructor training courses,

HQ would be Ban! Theres a bunch o pubs

& bars i you ancy a drink or two. But i two

becomes three becomes our, you can get

your boogie on at Auroras, The Dancing

Sasquatch or Hoodoos! As well as nights out,

we will also organise trips to the ice hockey,

bingo bowling (more un than it sounds!),

cinema & DVD nights, ootball & basketball

tournaments, ancy dress parties and poker

nights. Ban is where its at. Your SnowSkool

reps will be there to ensure that you make the

most o your season.

ACCOMMODATION - On the SnowSkool

course you will be living at the Ban Alpine

Centre. Essentially its a lodge and it is the ideal

destination or young SnowSkool students

allowing you to live, eat, drink and socialise

together. Its an awesome set-up - the sense

o international community, o camaraderie

and o atmosphere is the most important

thing about this accommodation and has to

be experienced to be ully appreciated.

The hub o the lodge is SnowSkool HQ a

large chilling area where its all about sitting

in ront o the re with your laptop, listening

to some tunes, checking out Facebook (via

the ree WiFi!) and chatting (yes, actually

chatting!) to your new best buddies about

the days riding.

The Ban Alpine Centre has incredible

acilities too; we mentioned the ree WiFi but

we didnt tell you about the ice-climbing wall,

the restaurant Cougar Petes - or the Stormy

C!!! The Storm Cellar is the on-site pub and is

a perect hang-out or SnowSkool students.

For your amusement is ree pool, ree darts

and table ootballalso FREE! The TV is

always pumping out sick movies like the Art

o Flight or, at times, Premiership matches!

Wednesday night is open-mic jam night so

i you ancy a strum, a drum or a sing, you

can get involved. Friday night is karaoke night

and every night is cheap drinks night. TheStorm Cellar has developed legendary status

in Ban and it will be approximately 50 paces

rom your bed!

BANFF IS A SKI ANDSNOWBOARDING MECCA...WITH A NIGHTLIFE TO MATCH!

BANFF, ALBERTAWork Hard & Play Hard in Canadas Premier Alpine Resort

04 | RESORT: Ban

www.snowskool.co.uk

SKOOL BREAKDOWN

QUALIFICATIONS

Average Annual Snowall: 30t

Area: 3,358 acres

Number o Runs: 107 named runs

Terrain Breakdown: 20% beginner - 55% intermediate - 25% expert

Top Elevation: 9,000t / 2,730m

Freestyle: Rogers Terrain Park with range o jumps (rom 5t to 35t), XL hip, various

boxes & rails (rom lat-down box to 40t kinked rail) and the 24t Mail Trench!

Banff

wouldbe

HQ

training courses,

instructor

IfCarlsberg made

For more inormation on the specic courses

we run at Sunshine Village, Banf please getin touch: [email protected] or visit...

www.snowskool.co.uk

SnowSkool Ban! My memories

riding hard, great instructo rs, big

nights o ut, chil ling at SnowSkool HQ,

ancy-dress parties, poker nights

lots o laughs you get the picture?

Oh, and I nailed my Level 2 instructor

qualiication and park certiicate! It

really was the best 13 weeks o my

lie I lived the dream!A year ater her SnowSkool course,Laura was back in Canada workingas an instructor at Nakiska thanks

SnowSkool!

Snowboard Instructor

Banff, 2010

LauraRoberts, 19

Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance (CSIA)

Canadian Association o Snowboard Instructors (CASI)

AGE PROFILE

AVERAGE AGE

20

MALE

80%

FEMALE

20%

BRITISH

70%

MINIMUM

3-4 WEEKS

AUSSIE

20%

OTHER

10%

NATIONALITIESTYPICALGENDER RATIO

RECOMMENDEDEXPERIENCE

17-2021-24

25+

RESORT STATS


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THE BIGGESTSKIING IN AMERICA

THE HILL - With more than 5500 acres o

terrain, Big Skys motto is The Biggest Skiing in

America. But that is not even hal the storyour

bros in the States regard Big Sky as a training

ground or Alaska. Why? Well, 4350t o vertical

descent and 35t o light, uy snow make this

a ull-on steep & deep resort. And some o the

terrain is ully insanewith long couloirs opening

into huge powder elds, cli drops into tight

chutes and single descents stretching 3000

vertical eet in waist-deep powder!

Now please let me remind you o the name o

this resort: BIG SKY. Youve probably not heard it

beore. And that, my riend, is the beauty o the

place. Even during the busiest weeks, lit lines

are non-existent. Locals say that the only thing

that will slow down your riding is your own leg

strengthor lack o it!

I you want to get down with some reestyle

riding, Big Sky has a sick park but the inter-

connected Moonlight Basin is the place to go

with two incredible snow parks with everything

rom basic boxes to monster table-tops!

THE COMMUNITY - Best thing about Big

Skyski-in/ ski-out. This is pretty rare (and

generally super-expensive) in North America.

So ater a big day shredding the pow, you can

sink into a hot-tub, dive into the pool at the

Huntley Lodge or point your tips to one o

the local bars or a cheeky beer.

Big Sky is a lively mountain village with our

or ve grubby bars (!) and a ew more classy

establishments. Kick back with some live

music at Scissorbills Saloon or head overor a beer at the Lone Peak Microbrewery. I

you ancy something to eat, youll be spoilt

or choice with over twenty eateries Italian,

Fondue, Steak, Burger, Seaood, Pizza, Thai,

Fine Dining andThe Montana Dinner Yurt!

Jump onboard a snowcat, travel 2 miles up

the hill and enjoy a 3-course meal with live

acoustic music in a backcountry yurt!

Apart rom lies essentials skiing/ riding,

eating and drinking, theres a lot o un to be

had at Big Sky with a zipline, snowshoe-ing,

high ropes, bungee trampoline, climbing wall

and snow-tubing. And theres ree WiFi all

round the village! The atmosphere is super-

relaxed and riendly and everyones always

ready to say Howdy and have a chat!

ACCOMMODATION - SnowSkool Big Sky

students will be housed in a series o slope-

side condos. All condos have two or three

bedrooms and have a spacious, open-plan

kitchen/ diner onto a living room with large

replace, cable TV, DVD player and ree

WiFi. SnowSkool students have access to

a tness centre, large swimming pool and

hot tubs at the nearby Huntley Lodge. The

condos are ideally located ten minutes rom

all the amenities in the village centre and with

stunning views o Lone Mountain and out

over Lake Levinsky.

BIG SKY, MONTANACome to the Wild West and Ride Cowboy Country!

06 | RESORT: Big Sky

www.snowskool.co.uk


Area: 5,532 acres


Terrain Breakdown: 14% beginner 26% intermediate 60% advanced

Top Elevation: 11,166t / 3,403m (second highest vertical drop in US)

Freestyle:In Big Sky, 2 Terrain Parks with jib park, kickers, tables, boxes and rails, also super-pipe and

standard hal-pipe. In Moonlight Basin, 3 Terrain Parks with jumps, boxes and rails (all rom S to XXL)

For more inormation on the specic

courses we run in Big Sky, please get intouch: [email protected] or visit

www.snowskool.co.uk

B.I.G.NotoriousThe

BigSky:

I phoned SnowSkool about their

Ban course but by the end o the

call I wanted to jump on a plane to

a place Id never heard oBig Sky!!!

Im stoked they told me about it

and Im stoked I joined the course.

It is just such a cool place to ski

unbelievable terrain, so much snow,

my skiing got so much better so

quickly. The instructors were great,

the accommodation was amazing, the

restaurant s & bars were co ol and the

people are sup er-rien dlyI could go

on! Ive made it my mission in lie to

tell people about this place!

Ski Instructor

Big Sky, 2012

FAGAN, 24

QUALIFICATIONSProessional Ski Instructors o America (PSIA)

American Association o Snowsport Instructors (AASI)

AGE PROFILE NATIONALITIESTYPICALGENDER RATIO


17-2021-24

25+

SKOOL BREAKDOWN

RESORT STATS

AVERAGE AGE

23

MALE

75%

FEMALE

25%

BRITISH

65%

MINIMUM

3-4 WEEKS

AUSSIE

25%

OTHER

10%

TIM


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BIG WHITESMOTTO IS ITS THE SNOWIN REFERENCE TOCANADAS LIGHTEST,FLUFFIEST POWDER

THE HILL - Despite being one o Canadas ve

largest ski resorts, Big White is rereshingly

uncommercialised and lit lineswell, them

other resorts can keep em! Biggie is well-

regarded by those in the know in the search

or pristine powder snow. The weather rolls in

rom the Pacic Ocean, dries out on its journey

over interior BC and, when it hits the Monashee

Range, the slopes o Big White get hammered

by bucket-loads o Canadas driest, ufest

powder snow!

A natural playground, Biggie is incredibly un

to ride. It oers antastic training terrain that is

ideal or the SnowSkool course; lots o cruisy

greens and wide-open blue runs that are

essential or perecting drills and learning the

more technical details o skiing/ riding like a

snowpro. To test your mettle, you can move on

to the tougher black runs, drop into the double-

black diamond Cli Area or hit up the steeps &

deeps underneath the Powder Chair.

The Snow Park is super well-tuned with some

insane hits and rails and you can ip, spin and

slide to the sounds o the latest beats pumped

out by the Park Crew! But Big White is probably

most amous or its tree-skiingwherever you

are on the hill, cast the piste map aside and dive

into the nearest patch o trees to experience a

dierent line every day!

THE COMMUNITY - Big White is Canadas

largest ski-in/ ski-out villagethe High Street

in Big White is actually a pisted ski run!

Although commonplace in Europe, ski-in/ ski-

out access is not so easy to come by in NorthAmerica and the benets o being able to clip

in at the back door o your digs are hard to

over-emphasise. Youll quickly appreciate the

simple things like an extra hal hour in bed on

a cold Canadian winter morning or the ability

to return home or lunch! Like it should be,

the slopes orm the main part o the resorts

inrastructure and are a useul way to access

all the local amenities restaurants, bars and

shops. The atmosphere in Big White is riendly

and super-relaxed but with some great bars

and a bustling nightlie.

ACCOMMODATION - In spite o all our tightorganisation and hard work, eedback tells us

that the main draw o the SnowSkool Big White

course is the accommodation! All students are

housed in luxurious and spacious ski-in/ ski-

out apartments, each with a private hot tub as

well as a swimming pool and gym. Whatever

we say about it, you will be overawed!

You can nish your days lessons and be in the

hot-tub on your balcony with a cold beer in

your hand within two minutes o leaving the

pistes. Ater dinner, all into one o the huge

leather soas, stoke a re and relaaaaaaax!

BIG WHITE, BRITISH COLUMBIALuxury Accommodation in Canadas Largest Ski-in/ Ski-out Village

08 | RESORT: Big White

www.snowskool.co.uk


Area: 2,765 acres

Number o Runs: 118 named runs/ 27 unnamed

Terrain Breakdown: 18% beginner 54% intermediate 28% expert

Top Elevation: 7,606t / 2,319m

Freestyle:Telus Terrain Park with range of jumps (from 5ft to 30ft), 7ft quarterpipe, various boxes & rails (from

8ft box to Stepchild Round Rail - street style with Donkey Kick), halfpipe and skier-/ boarder-cross circuit


we run at Big White please get in touch:[email protected] or visit...

www.snowskool.co.uk

Ater talking to SnowSkool about what

I was looking or rom my s ki instructor

course, I knew that Big White was

the ideal place or me great skiing

(and somewhere to learn how to ski

powder!), luxury lodgings on-hill, a

riendly ski community and a more

mature crowd on the course. It lived

up to expectations in every regard!

Ater impressing during her training

course, Helene was approached by the

Big White Ski and Board School with a

job ofer or 2008/09.

Ski Instructor

Big White, 2008

HELENEBowater, 27

BigWhite:sssshhh...

anyone!!!donttell

RESORT STATS

SKOOL BREAKDOWN

QUALIFICATIONSCanadian Ski Instructors Alliance (CSIA)

Canadian Association o Snowboard Instructors (CASI)



17-2021-24

25+

AVERAGE AGE

25

MALE

60%

FEMALE

40%

BRITISH

55%

MINIMUM

2-3 WEEKS

AUSSIE

40%

OTHER

05%


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10 | WHY SNOWSKOOL?

WHY SNOWSKOOL?We love it when you ask why you should book with SnowSkool instead o one o the otheroperatorsits our chance to show of a little!

LIVE THE DREAMJOIN A SNOWSKOOL COURSE!

BIG IS BETTERWe are the market leader - more people book

onto season-long instructor courses with

SnowSkool than with any other company.

SnowSkools size benets you in two main ways;we have lots o groups o ski instructor trainees

and lots o groups o snowboard instructor

trainees meaning that groups can be split up

according to ability ensuring you are not riding

out o your comort zone or being held back

by less-experienced skiers. On a social level,

SnowSkool is where the partys atwe have big

guest lists, we have big roadtrips, we get better

prices or a bigger group and theres always

someone to go or a beer with, to chill and

watch a DVD with or to ski/ ride with!

SKI THE GLOBESnowSkool has operations in ve o the most

incredible ski resortsand counting! We dont

throw a dart at a world map to make our

choices; we pick the sickest resorts with the

gnarliest terrain, the highest annual snowalls,

the biggest vertical, the best trainers, the

comest accommodation and the best o-

snow activities and nightlie.

IS DOTTED, TS CROSSEDWhen we ran our rst course way back in

2004, it was a lot o un but, admittedly, a bit

o a shambles in terms o the organisation!

Since then, weve got better every year and we

have now run nearly 30 season-long instructor

courses in ve countries in two hemispheres.

Over one thousand people have become an

instructor with SnowSkool. The lessons we

have learnt over the past decade (almost!) are

put into play on all aspects o every course

and the courses run as smoothly as a smooth

Smoothster in Smoothland!

SNOWSKOOL HAS SPENT THREE YEARSCOMPILING THE WORLDS MOST COMPREHENSIVEINSTRUCTOR RECRUITMENT DATABASE

WHAT DOYOU WANT?!At SnowSkool, we like to give you the choice

o what you want to do. We run ve season-

long courses in two dierent snow seasons

the southern and northern winters. We cateror those looking or not just a little luxury as

well as those looking to get their qualications

as cheaply as possible. We have short courses

(2 to 5 weeks) and long courses (8 to 12

weeks). We have courses specically designed

to appeal to an older crowd and we have

courses that are lapped up by the younger

lot. You can opt out o ights or catering. You

can arrive early or you can stay late. You can

even structure your own payment plan! I we

have missed anything, let us know and we can

probably be exible on that too!

SEXY REPSIt is as i our reps were plucked straight

rom the pages o High Street Honeys or the

cover o Mens Health because, manthey

are good! Their job descriptions include:

making breakast, organising ootball

tournaments, oering you some technical

advice (theyre all qualiied instructors),

video-ing you on the slopes, booking trips

to other resorts, sharing an aprs-ski pint,arranging ice hockey matches, writing up

the score card or pub gol, taking photos

on nights out, researching questions or pub

quizzes, oering you a consoling arm ater

a tough day on the slopes, writing up the

weekly e-newsletter, being on hand 24:7.

And thats just the tip o the iceberg orthem!

WHAT NEXT?!SnowSkool has spent three years compiling

the worlds most comprehensive instructor

recruitment database and so i you want to

ind work as an instructor ater the course,

we can help! We have connections to

(at last count) 125 Ski & Board Schools in

ourteen dierent countries in two dierent

hemispheres. We also run jobs seminars in

resort and are pioneering a new Report

Card scheme whereby we monitor and track

your perormance throughout the course

to give your potential uture employers an

unbeatable insight into your development

as an instructor.

FINANCIAL PROTECTIONYou want to know that your moneys sae

it is! But dont take our word or it - check

with ATOL (www.atol.org.uk)! SnowSkool

is ATOL bonded meaning that i we ail,ATOL will reimburse your course ees and

repatriate you i youre abroad.


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12 | RESORT: Three Valleys

KICK OFF THE MORNING INMERIBEL, HIT UP VAL THORENS FORLUNCH AND THEN CRUISE AROUNDCOURCHEVEL IN THE AFTERNOON...UNBELIEVABLE DIVERSITY

The Hill- Granted, it is a little bizarre to reer to

the Three Valleys as the hill! In reality, more

than 600km o pistes connect up eight world-

amous ski resorts spread over three beautiul

valleys in the French Alps and all under one lit

pass. It is the worlds largest ski area. It is the

worlds avourite ski destinationwhich makes

it just about good enough or SnowSkool!

With such a large area to choose rom, not

only will you be able to nd runs to suit your

ability and experience but the mountain will

soon invite you to pick up new skills and to

challenge yoursel. It is the biggest and the

bestthere is not much you cant do in the

Three Valleys! Join the amilies on the green

and blue runs, practice your carving on the

red runs, hit the moguls on the black runs,

drop into one o the numerous snow parks

and pick the brains o your instructors as you

get to know the secret powder stashes well

beyond the reach o the punters!

THE COMMUNITY - The Three Valleys are

home to 16 dierent villages giving you plenty

o choice or not only where to ride but also

where to stay and where to hang out. The

Three Valleys unique mix o pedestrianized

villages, spa towns, amily resorts and lively

towns catering to the most hedonistic o

aprs-skiers oer a little bit o everything to

SnowSkool seasonnaires!

Although a massive resort, the Three Valleys

still retains the local and personal eel o

many o Europes smaller resorts. SnowSkool

operations are based at the heart o the

Three Valleys, in and around Mribel. which

is generally-regarded as one o the liveliest

destinations within the Three Valleys. With

antastic o-slope acilities including a sports

centre, swimming pool, climbing wall and ice

rink as well as a host o restaurants, pubs, bars

& nightclubs, it is the perect place to base

the SnowSkool Three Valleys course.

ACCOMMODATION - On the SnowSkool course

you will be staying in one o our chalets, all o

which are based in the Mribel valley. Each

chalet has its own unique charms but some

things remain consistent across all SnowSkool

chalets large living area with comortable

seating and open re, dining area with large

banquet table sufcient to seat all guests and

ully-equipped kitchens. The chalets range in

size rom ve to nine bedrooms and so, with a

standard two people per room, host between

ten and eighteen students.

Our chalets become a real home-rom-home

and the comy soas and crackling re are a

welcome sight ater a tough day on the slopes.

Kick back, grab a beer and enjoy some o the

multimedia options availableall chalets have

TV, DVD players, stereos and ree WiFi.

THREE VALLEYS, FRANCEThe Largest and Most Diverse Ski Area in the World

www.snowskool.co.uk


Area: 600km o pistes


Terrain Breakdown: 45% beginner 35% intermediate 20% expert

Top Elevation: 10,600t/ 3,230m highest village in Europe (Val Thorens)

Freestyle: Lots o snow parks in the Three Valleys including DCs Area 43 in Mribel with

a host o jumps, mini-skate ramp, 3 street lines, 220m o rails and an airbag!


we run in the Three Valleys please get intouch: [email protected] or visit...

www.snowskool.co.uk

Id always loved snowboarding and

couldnt wait to nish school so I

could kick-of my career working as a

snowboard instructor. Ater my rst

call with SnowSkool talking about the

Three Valleys course, my mind was

made up biggest ski area in the world,

super-proessional qualication, great

chalet accommodation and a company

that just had the right vibe and who I

clicked with immediately. I havent

been disappointed.

Ater nishing the course, Anne headed

back home to Australia to work a season.

Snowboard Instructor

Three Valleys, 2012

ANNEKessler, 18

ThreeValleys:

Posh&

Becks

goodenoughfor

SKOOL BREAKDOWN

QUALIFICATIONSBritish Association o Snowsport Instructors (BASI) Alpine Ski

British Association o Snowsport Instructors (BASI) Snowboard



17-20

21-24

25+

INSTRUCTOR COURSEFRANCE

RESORT STATS

AVERAGE AGE

21.5

MALE

70%

FEMALE

30%

BRITISH

80%

MINIMUM

8-10 WEEKS

AUSSIE

15%

OTHER

05%


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Ater the lights go down, Wanaka has a

pretty happening night-lienot as hectic as

some ski towns and certainly calmer than

Queenstown but there are plenty o places to

party until the wee hours!

ACCOMMODATION - We ofer two accommodation

options or the SnowSkool NZ course. The

standard package oers accommodation at

BASE backpackers which is situated slap-bang in the centre o Wanaka. The modern

backpackers oers great acilities such as

wireless internet, ully-equipped kitchens, large

TV room and a restaurant and bar downstairs.

The premium package oers accommodation

in the amily-run Belvedere Apartments

about 150m rom BASE. The apartments

have two twin-bedrooms and an open-plan

lounge/ kitchen/ dining area, laundry acilities,

entertainment systems and private balconies.

Students can also make use o the sauna and

heated locker room.

AN INTENSE TRAINING PROGRAMME ON ANAWESOME SKI HILL IN A LAID-BACK TOWN

THE HILL - Treble Cone is a pretty dope place

to shred. You cant really argue with the acts.

Its thebiggest with 1350 acres o terrain...

steepest with 2300t o vertical...deepest

with 18t o annual snowall. And, man, the

views rom TC are something else! You can

almost reach out and touch the Lake and the

mountains beyond. You wont get bored even

ater seeing it every day o the season!

TC is a locals mountain more than anything

and has some super-gnarly terrain to push

you out o your comort zone - 45% o the

hill is classed as advanced or expert! TC is

the southern-winter training ground or the

national ski teams o Austria and Norway!

The o-piste and ree-riding at Treble Cone

are legendary with insane chutes, crazy gullies,

huge powder bowls and a bunch o natural

hal-pipes and hits all over the mountain. There

is some incredible training terrain too and we

have a group o scarily well-qualied instructors

to make sure that you can smash the mountain

rather than the mountain smashing you!

THE COMMUNITY - For sure Wanaka must

be one o the coolest places on earth.

Situated on the shores o Lake Wanaka and

surrounded by snow-capped peaks, Wanaka

lies at the heart o a World Heritage site. Its

residents are extremely riendly and very

outdoorsy dont think your ears are playing

tricks on you i you hear an 80 year old lycra-

clad Granny tell you she has just hammered

it down Mount Iron on her o-road bike.Welcome to New Zealand!

There is so much to do, the town is just

like a massive playground with world-class

skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, sailing,

sky-diving and hiking all in one place. Nearby

Queenstown is the adrenaline-uelled capital

o the back-packing world and, with bungee

jumps, white-water rating, canyon swinging,

luge and jet boating, you wont run out o

things to do on our NZ course!

TREBLE CONE, NEW ZEALANDSoulul New Zealand Town with the Countrys Best Snow and Terrain

14 | RESORT: Treble Cone

www.snowskool.co.uk


Area: 1,350 acres


Terrain Breakdown: 10% beginner - 45% intermediate - 45% expert

Top Elevation: 6,850t/ 2,800m - highest lit-served skiing in NZ

Freestyle: No reestyle but Snow Park is nearby!


we run in Treble Cone please get in touch:[email protected] or visit...

www.snowskool.co.uk

Because it runs during Uni holidays,

the SnowSkool NZ programme suits

students like mysel very well. What

a place! I have travelled a lot but

maintain that Wanaka is the most

amazing place Ive ever been its

just breathtakingly beautiul. And the

people are so cool! TC is a tough hill to

ski but ultimately very rewarding and

with the guidance o the SnowSkool

instructors, youll be nailing it pretty

quickly! Im back at University now

but going on the SnowSkool course in

Wanaka was one o the best choices

Ive ever made!

Ski Instructor Course,

New Zealand, 2009

ANDYSELKIRK, 20

NewZealand

and gone

Iddiedto...

I thought

SKOOL BREAKDOWN

QUALIFICATIONSNew Zealand Snowsport Instructors Alliance (NZSIA)

Snowboard Instruction New Zealand (SBINZ)



17-20

21-24

25+

RESORT STATS

AVERAGE AGE

22.5

MALE

65%

FEMALE

35%

BRITISH

65%

MINIMUM

5-6 WEEKS

AUSSIE

30%

OTHER

05%


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17 | Which Course for ME?

WHICH COURSE FOR ME?I you want to do a course in the southern hemisphere between July and September, check out our course at Treble Cone, New Zealand.But i you want do a course in the northern winter.man, do you have a choice to make! Below we have listed a ew helpul hints but weadvise you to speak to one o the team at SnowSkool HQ or more tailored advice. And we have added in SnowSkool NZ or good measure!

INSTRUCTOR COURSEFRANCE

BANFFBan oers access tothree world-class ski hillsand this incredible townhas some o the bestnightlie on oer o anyski town.

BIG SKYBig Sky is our BIGmountain experiencewith some o the bestsnow and gnarliestterrain o oerand acool village to boot.

BIG WHITESnowSkools premiumpackage, Big White has itall: great skiing, top-notchtuition and antastic ski-in/ski-out accommodation.And hot tubs!

THREE VALLEYSThe Three Valleys is theworlds largest ski areaand SnowSkool is basedat its heart: Mribel!BASI quals and lovelychalet accommodation.

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* On-snow gives an overall grade to the skiing/ riding: terrain, amount/ quality o snow, vertical & terrain parks** O-snow gives an overall grade to the o-snow activities ex nightliesports centres, cinemas, ice rinks, shopping etc

A selection of chalets

available or weekly rentin the Mribel Valley

Choose rom a range o chaletswhether

its a high-end chalet close to the centre o

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betweenthe choice is yours! Whatever you

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Call: +44 (0) 1962 855220 or more inormation


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MEET THE TEAMTHE AGEING PARK RAT - Former Paratrooper

Adrian Dunk Gourlay is our course organiser

and spends a lot o time going into a lot

o detail about things you wouldnt even

think about! On-snow, Dunks a reestyle

snowboarding guru and it is rumoured that

he once nose-pressed a sixty-one mile long

kinked S-rail somewhere in the backcountry

between Ban and Revelstoke, all in aid o

charity. Going to press, Dunk has racked up six

seasons in Canada and two in NZ.

THE SHEILA Marion Fagan is CEO o

SnowSkool Australia and, in between running

a amily and living a social lie that would

make Kylie Minogue look like the shy, retiring

type, Marion deals with all the demands o our

customers rom the other side o the world.

She repped the ull NZ course in 2010 and

tends to make an appearance or the rst week

or two at one o the courses to help knock the

reps into shape, mother her beloved Aussies

and entertain us with her rapier wit!

SNOWSKOOL REPS: Whos who?! Weve got

quite a ew reps on the books at SnowSkool

what with all the courses that we are now

running in Canada, France, NZ and USA.

Theres Sarah whos a loud-mouth Kiwi bird

and sick snowboarder and wee Scottish Rosie

who cooks like Heston, mothers like Delia and

is loved by all. Theres AJ who takes himsel a

lot less seriously than the photo suggests but

skis more seriously than it suggests. AJ tends

to hook up and do his seasons with Tom

a mild-mannered Home Countys type that,

when sent to Canada, grows wild acial hair

and skis like a mad-man! King o customer

eedback, George, impresses the ladies o-

snow and the men on-snow and particularly

in the park. Jordis not too shabby in the park

either although doesnt he know it! Less well-

known is that Jordi is uent in Swedish...this

has yet to come in useul!

The Beautiul People That Make It All Tick

THE SKIING HAS-BEEN - Phil Purdie let

the City and the world o Investment

Banking to set up SnowSkool in 2003 with

a small loan rom the old man. Phils a good

ole-ashioned ski anatic and has skied

throughout the world (in places as diverse

as Japan and South Arica) as well as

having eight seasons experience in Canada,

Europe and NZ under his belt. Recently he

has turned his attention to making sure his

one year old son, Jackson, skis in the Winter

Olympics in 2030 (in the Cairngorms).

THE BRAINS - Ater working as a Management

Consultant in London or ten years and

picking up a MBA rom Cambridge University,

Steve Purdie joined SnowSkool and quickly

restructured everything we do! Although a

hal-decent skier, Steve preers spreadsheets

to park skis and accounting to backcountry

shredding and was recently suspended or

two days thinking time or suggesting that

there is nothing wrong with snowblades.

18 | MEET THE TEAM

www.snowskool.co.uk

19 | IMPROVER COURSES

MOUTH-WATERINGSCHEDULEOF

WEEK-LONGSKI&SNOWBOARDCAMPS

Can you guess who is who?

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SKI &SNOWBOARDIMPROVER COURSES

I Martians landed onEarth and wantedto throwit down in

the snow parkor to take their frstbackcountry tour, they

would be well-advised to speak to the team@SnowSkool or

guidanceonthe best resort and the bestcoach tohelpmake

them inter-galactically dope skiers or riders!

I you ancy a week o trainingwith a winter-Olympian or

member o Team GB, SnowSkool has puttogethera mouth-

watering schedule o week-long ski &snowboard camps or

intermediate toexpert skiers & riders.

Check out the schedule at

www.snowskool.co.uk/ski-improver-courses

www.snowskool.co.uk/snowboard-improver-courses

Call us on +44 (0) 1962 855138


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SnowSkool Ltd, 37-39 Southgate Street, Winchester,

Hampshire, SO23 9EH, UK

www.snowskool.co.uk e: [email protected]

t: +44 (0) 1962 855138

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