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What’s SnowSkool Grad Annie up to now?

SnowSkool catches up with Annie, a Banff 2010 graduate who’s doing pretty well for herself!

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Emily’s third week in Big White

After a few days off last weekend, I headed back to class on Monday with a new instructor. The weather was kind to us nearly all week so we've had some fun powder runs to enjoy. We started learning how to teach others and had great fun practicing on each other - harder than you think! It was our second last week of training before the L1s so I'm working hard on improving my own technique as well as my teaching skills.

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Hottest girls in snowsports

You all know that end of season slush that we annually blame on the sun - well here at Snowskool we have a different theory as to why the snows melting ... we look at the 5 hottest chicks currently hitting the slopes.

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Interview with Andrew J

This week we catch up with Andrew “Jay” Nicholson who is currently working as a snowboard instructor for the Big White Ski & Board School. Andy was a student on last season’s SnowSkool Big White instructor training course and has now made the transition to full instructor.

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SnowSkool: Officially sanctioned by the MoD

Attention all you military folk! SnowSkool has now been approved as a learning provider under the Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELCAS for short)!!!!

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Emily’s second week in Big White

A new instructor this week - and a whole lot less time chatting and way more time skiing the steep and deep. We ventured into Big White's challenging bowl area and took on The Cliff - and won! Also had fun celebrating Australia Day up here with the other 20 Aussies on the course. Big improvement in my skiing already - learning lots of adjustments I need to make. I didn't think it was possible to have too much weight on your inside edge!!!!

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Canadian Ski Instructor Qualifications

So you’re interested in training to become a ski instructor in Canada? If so, this article provides a little insight into the qualifications you’ll be going for …

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Emily’s first week in Big White

Time to introduce Emily Jackson, the winner of SnowSkool Australia's instructor training scholarship for this season. Emily has been skiing in Interschools' races since she started at Pymble Ladies' College in Sydney in Year 7 and has made it through to state and national level on numerous occasions. Achievements outside of snow sports were also key to Emily being chosen as the Interschools' Year 12 school-leaver to train as an instructor - she's your classic all-rounder! Visit us here each week to see how Emily's training is going and what she's up to.

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One for the Girls-Hottest Guys In Snowsports

In terms of Snowboarding, us girls all know that the guy/girl ratio on the slopes is going to be in our favour 99% of the time…

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On my Xmas list

So the shops have been gearing up with the latest ski and snowboard accessories for a month or so now and my letter to Santa seems to be getting longer and longer. A few mainstream fashion lines seem to be getting more involved this season as well which is pretty cool, especially for the piste- posers among us.

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