SnowSkool Blog

Stereotypical Skier No1: The Ageing Seasonnaire

A long and relatively quiet summer in the SnowSkool office sparked many pointless conversations - which animals are the hardest? What would we do with a lottery win? And lots of reminiscences about winter seasons past. On the back of the latter, some bright-spark eventually came up with the idea of doing a series of stereotypical skiers that may or may not be based on people we've come across since 2003. Meet the first in SnowSkool's series of stereotypical skiers: The Ageing Seasonnaire!

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SnowSkool Shortlisted for World Snow Awards!

SnowSkool has been shortlisted for a World Snow Award (basically the same as the Oscars) within the category of Best UK Specialist Tour Operator (the equivalent of Best Actor). The prize-giving will be hosted by Graham Bell (the skiing world's Brad Pitt) and so we really, really, really want to be there! The winner will be decided by public vote and so we were wondering if you would be so kind as to log-on and give twenty seconds of your time voting for us?! Please...pllleeeeaaassseee....pretty please?!!!!

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Easy-Peasy-Japanese-Ski!

If your skiing or riding has plateaued … if you’re stuck in a performance rut … if you’re about to give it all away … a week-long SnowSkool improver course in Japan will help you rediscover your snow mojo!

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Easy-Peasy-Japanese-Ski!

If your skiing or riding has plateaued … if you’re stuck in a performance rut … if you’re about to give it all away … a week-long SnowSkool improver course in Japan will help you rediscover your snow mojo!

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20 More SnowSkool Students Become Level 1 Ski & Snowboard Instructors in NZ

SnowSkool is delighted to introduce another twenty new ski & snowboard instructors to the world. The guys and girls, who hail from Australia, France, Russia, UK and the USA, have been training at Cardrona Alpine Resort near Wanaka on New Zealand’s south island as part of the SnowSkool New Zealand instructor training course.

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And July’s Legend of the Month is Morgan Bailey!

We have been asking you to share your #ski & #snowboard selfies with us throughout 2014 for a chance to appear on our Facebook header and WIN a week in Meribel. Congratulations to our latest Legend of the Month, Morgan Bailey! Morgan’s photo is up on our Facebook wall now. Here, we find out a bit more about our latest cover star of the month…

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New Brand from the creators of SnowSkool

Check out SportSkool - the new brand by the creators of SnowSkool! Extending on their sports training expertise, Phil & Steve Purdie have launched SportSkool which offer sports training classes in dance, football, gymnastics and rugby for preschool children.

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NEW SNOWSKOOL SKI INSTRUCTOR COURSE WITH GUARANTEED JOB…

SnowSkool has teamed up with the Swiss Ski School in Wengen to offer you an incredible new course that could see you getting trained and being paid to work as a ski instructor in Wengen this season coming!!!

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The ZAINI Giveaway

Ever wanted to be a celebrity? Anyone who is anyone will tell you that you the first step is to get yo'self some ZAINI gear! And we have blagged a sweet hook-up with our buddies over at Zaini and have some nice gear to give away to ensure that you are looking (and feeling) hot on the slopes for next season…!

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And May’s SnowSkool Legend of the Month is…. Jamie Dalgliesh!

We have been asking you to share your #ski & #snowboard selfies with us throughout 2014 for a chance to appear on our Facebook header and WIN a week in Meribel. Congratulations to our latest Legend of the Month, Jamie Dalgliesh!

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