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Meet Matt: Lead Snowboard Instructor at SnowSkool Méribel
Matt Ottaway, top snowboard trainer at SnowSkool Méribel, shares his journey from learning on UK dry slopes to becoming a BASI Level 4 instructor in the Alps.
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PSIE Ski Instructor Qualification: What It Is & Where It leads
Discover PSIE, the ski instructor qualification that offers flexibility, real teaching and career opportunities worldwide.
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How to Spend a Ski Season in Méribel: Bars, Eats & Tips
Planning a season in Méribel? Discover the best bars, food spots, Après hangouts, and off-slope activities with this ultimate seasonaire guide.
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What are the best ski or snowboard pants?
If you’re looking for the best ski or snowboard pants, then you’ve come to the right place.
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A stretching routine that will do amazing things for your skiing or riding
30th August 2024 If we really wanted to improve our skiing or snowboarding, be a model student on an instructor course, and/or set our bodies up to be as resilient as possible in the face of a ski season… there are a few extra lengths we would go to. We would kick-off our pre-season fitness training with some cardio and core work, and supplement that with a cracking yoga routine. “Ugh, yoga, not for me thanks”. Well, how about we just call it ‘mobility’ or even plain old ‘stretching’.
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Advice if you haven’t done a ski season before
23rd August 2024 If your ski instructor course, or snowboard instructor course, is your first ski season - or it's the first time you’ve been away from home for an extended period of time - we have some advice!
Firstly, brace yourself for (probably) the best experience of your life! Secondly, here are our top tips to make the most of it and our advice for what to expect.
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How good do you need to be at skiing or snowboarding, to be an instructor?
16th August 2024 How good do you need to be, to be an instructor? The short answer is: very!
The more helpful answer is: it varies. And, there are things you do to meet these levels. The best way to meet these levels of skills is to undertake some training. So, the question you should be asking, isn’t “how good do I need to be to be an instructor?”, it’s “how good do I need to be to do an instructor course?” Again, the answer is: it varies. Our ski instructor courses and snowboard instructor courses demand different levels of existing skills which you can learn more about here.
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Digital nomad and freerider lifestyle post SnowSkool | Erich Rickens tells us his story
9th August 2024 A fun break from working for Amazon in Amsterdam pre-covid turned into a new way of life working as a digital nomad while enjoying snow seasons post-covid. Thanks to Erich’s Big White SnowSkool experience in 2020.
Instructing is not always the inevitable follow on from our courses, they can be life changing in different ways. It was inspiring to hear of Erich’s journey since graduating the day before Covid dictated resort shutdown.
A dramatic and abrupt end to the course that year, but not, as it turns out for Erich’s snowboarding adventures in the long run.
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Chris Doyle | Inspiring Midlife SnowSkooler Success!
2nd August 2024 Chris Doyle was a highly successful food industry executive for many years. During covid, he had turned his hand to teaching GCSE Mathematics in local schools. It was during this time that a SnowSkool Facebook post caught his imagination. Would you like to spend 11 weeks snowboarding? Yes please! he thought, and found himself clicking the link to find out more ... Read about his transformative SnowSkool experience here ...
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Craig Conkie | Top SnowSkool Trainer in Meribel, The Three Valleys
26th July 2024
Post season we’ve been catching up with some of our top trainers in resort now they have a bit more time on their hands. This week, long time SnowSkool colleague and BASI (British Association of Snowsports Instructors) Level 4 ISTD (International Ski Teacher Diploma) instructor Craig Conkie tells us his story.
“We have a great relationship with Steve and the team at SnowSkool. It’s a great partnership … we know we are delivering a great course with the best trainers on the hill and we know SnowSkool are doing a great job looking after everything else. Our partnership with SnowSkool ensures the students on the SnowSkool course have an unforgettable three months in Meribel”
Read on for more reasons why you want Conkie and colleagues to be your trainers in the Three Valleys.
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