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The Ski Instructor Podcast. Interviews with interesting and innovative Ski Instructors and Ski School Directors.
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Welcome to episode 75 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Max Colvin, who you would have heard of me talk about on the podcast previously and who is the SnowPros Ski School Director of Snowsports.
Max holds the Valasian Patente and looks after the team here at SnowPros. I find Max to be an incredibly interesting guy who thinks deeply about skiing and everything else and I just had to get an interview with him for the pod.
We touched on lots of different topics, to do with how we teach skiing, our journeys to full cert, how surfing differs from snowsports and plenty more.
Max runs a successful surfboard manufacturing company, Hand Laid Eggs and if you surf, you should definitley check out his boards https://www.handlaideggs.co.uk/ he cares deeply about what he does.
You can tell from this episode that Max and I know each other quite well by now. The interview is very relaxed and is a real deparature in style from the usual interview.
Happy listening and see you on the next one.
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
www.snow-pros.ski
music by www.bensound.com
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Welcome to episode 74 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Donna Clarke who is the President of the Regional Performance Centre for the Ski Team Dents du Midi here in Calais, Switzerland.
The Dents du Midi is the local region around where I live and Donna is responsible for the structure bringing young skiers through and then onto Ski Valais and then the regional Swiss age group teams.
We had a long and wide ranging chat about making speed on the flat, her story as to how she ended up here in the alps, coaching kids in the ski team and how to keep kids in the program.
We also chat about equipment, amazing local skiers and so much more.
You can find out more about the ski team here:
https://skiteamdentsdumidi.ch/
and if you would like to contact Donna, you can find her through facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/donnah.corminboeufclarke
happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
www.snow-pros.ski/instructors
music by www.bensound.com
Thursday May 15, 2025
Thursday May 15, 2025
Welcome to episode 73 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Alec and Max Allcock. This is part 2 of a 2 part episode.
Alec and Max are the hosts of The Snowboard Instructor Podcast,
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-snowboard-instructor-podcast/id1536803884
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZtzwBFqrdQlOtbonKZxPp?si=SHI0R19fRymK6_Sk-88_xA
https://thesnowboardinstructorpodcas.buzzsprout.com/
https://www.instagram.com/snowboardinstructorpodcast/
Alec and Max have spent a lot of time and done some amazing interviews on their podcast and bring a unique perspective to our interview because they are both working ski instructors working their way through various instructor systems.
I talk to the guys about skiing at a higher level and things learnt about skiing going through various training. We also chatted about fixed boot snowboarding, GS training and retro equipment.
At the time of the interview, Alec was in New Zealand working as a ski and snowboard instructor there. Max works in the film industry and teaches snowboarding in the UK.
You can find the guys here:
https://www.instagram.com/maxpowerlighting/
https://www.instagram.com/alec_john98
happy listening
Dave
www.snow-pros.ski/lessons
dave@snow-pros.ski
music by www.bensound.com
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Welcome to episode 72 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Alec and Max Allcock. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode.
Alec and Max are the hosts of The Snowboard Instructor Podcast,
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-snowboard-instructor-podcast/id1536803884
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZtzwBFqrdQlOtbonKZxPp?si=SHI0R19fRymK6_Sk-88_xA
https://thesnowboardinstructorpodcas.buzzsprout.com/
https://www.instagram.com/snowboardinstructorpodcast/
Alec and Max have spent a lot of time and done some amazing interviews on their podcast and bring a unique perspective to our interview because they are both working ski instructors working their way through various instructor systems.
At the time of the interview, Alec was in New Zealand working as a ski and snowboard instructor there. Max works in the film industry and teaches snowboarding in the UK.
We chat about life working through various systems, differences and similarities between skiing and snowboarding
You can find the guys here:
https://www.instagram.com/maxpowerlighting/
https://www.instagram.com/alec_john98
happy listening
Dave
www.snow-pros.ski/lessons
dave@snow-pros.ski
music by www.bensound.com
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Welcome to episode 71 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Steve Hindman.
This interview was made on a hot sunny day in Geneva and part 2 of this episode is Steve and myself chatting more technically about the similarities and differences between nordic, cross country and alpine skiing. We also touch on teaching styles, teaching terrains, PSIA chat and being an American in Switzerland.
Steve is a former US Demo team for nordic and cross country skiing as well as a telemark.
We touch on the topic of a movie that Steve may or may not have been in here:
https://youtu.be/KJ0Z8GOGnS0?si=IPjBlapRvbDsaDz0
Happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
www.snow-pros.ski/lessons
music by www.bensound.com
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Welcome to episode 70 (!) of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Steve Hindman.
This interview was made on a hot sunny day in Geneva and part 1 of this episode is Steve and myself chatting about his skiing journey through life, differences between US and European skiing and a bunch of other tangents.
Steve is a former US Demo team for nordic and cross country skiing as well as a telemark.
We touch on the topic of a movie that Steve may or may not have been in here:
https://youtu.be/KJ0Z8GOGnS0?si=IPjBlapRvbDsaDz0
Happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
www.snow-pros.ski/lessons
music by www.bensound.com
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Welcome to episode 69 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this episode featuring Warren Jobbitt.
This interview I think is one of my best and I had an engaging and enlightening conversation with Warren across a wide variety of subjects.
We started off talking about skiing in Chile and his recent induction (for the second time) into the CSIA Hall of Fame.
We moved on to chat about technical skiing and teaching, skating (again) and the direction of the CSIA education committee. We finished off chatting about his Ultimate Ski Congress and what he has coming up this winter.
You can find Warren at www.warrenjobbitt.com
Happy listening
Dave
Dave@snow-pros.ski
www.snow-pros.ski
music by www.bensound.com
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Welcome to episode 68 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Scott Hammond.
Scott is the technical director at Hafjell Ski School in Norway and is an IASI educator for both Alpine and Telemark.
I had a great chat with Scott about the roundabout way he ended up in Norway, what it is like to ski and teach there, his work with IASI, instagram skiers and much more.
You can find Scott at the Hafjell Ski School here:
https://hafjell.skischool.shop/en/kids-teens/
and follow the youtube page he talked about in the episode here:
https://youtube.com/@wefreeski?si=AziLpTxwOnukOC3q
Happy listening
Dave
music by www.bensound.com
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Welcome to episode 67 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Jamie Kagan. Jamie was on the pod recently with Derek Tate talking about the Professional Ski Instructors of Europe.
This episode we chat about his ski school, training centre and retail shop based in Nendaz.
We talked about Jamie's long and winding journey to making a life in Switzerland, building his various businesses, training ski instructors and IASI, PSIE and Interski.
I did this interview in person with Jamie in Nendaz and I always think that chemistry shows in these in person interviews. I very much enjoyed the coffee and chat with a like minded soul.
You can find Jamie at https://www.sommet-et-neige.com/en
https://www.instagram.com/sommet_et_neige/
https://www.instagram.com/nendaz_ski_school_es/?hl=en
happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
https://www.snow-pros.ski/clubs-courses
music by www.bensound.com
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Welcome to episode 66 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Ali Gibb and Rachel Kerr of the Women's Mountain Club.
The Women's Mountain Club is a year round club for women doing all sorts of mountain activities. It originally started with skiing but has expanded in recent years to include hiking, biking, climbing and a bunch of other stuff too.
I talk to Ali and Rach about their journey towards becoming fully certified instructors in France, how the WMC came about, cuckoo clocks, periods, gender differences in learning, why female only groups work and a whole bunch of other stuff.
It's a great interview if I do say so myself and I think you'll really enjoy it.
Find Women's Mountain Club here: https://www.womensmountainclub.com/
Find Ali here: https://thesnowinstitute.com/ski-instructors/#AliGibb
Find Rachel here: https://www.rachelkerr.me/
happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski
music by www.bensound.com