The Ski Instructor Podcast

Welcome to episode 88 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.  This week I am joined for a second time by Andy Rose of Snow Camps Europe.  Andy is a highly qualified ski instructor in Austria and also runs his own tour operator running group trips all over the world.

We chat in this episode mainly about a new thing he has launched, The Skier Insight Assessment which you can take a look at here:

https://andy-eclstruo.scoreapp.com/

This gives recreational skiers a summary of what is holding back their skiing and areas that they can improve on.  It's useful extra data for instructors when the client arrives for their lesson.

We also do the usual tangents chatting about coffee, kidnapping cats and ski schools in Austria.

Happy listening
Dave

www.snow-pros.ski

music by www.bensound.com

Welcome to episode 87 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Dave Morris.

Dave was on my original scrappy bit of paper list of people I wanted to speak to and it's taken us this long to get it together to finally sit down and talk - and I'm so glad that we actually did.

We had great chat talking about subjects like how to find the gains that make FIS athletes better, why the Eurotest and what you learn about yourself when you go through that process, as well as what makes for good skiing and chasing FIS points.

This was a great chat and I am grateful to have had the chance to share in Dave's vast knowledge.

You can find Dave here:

www.podiumski.com

instagram: podiumski

Happy listening
Dave
dave@snow-pros.ski

www.snow-pros.ski


music by www.bensound.com

 

Welcome to episode 86 of The Ski Instructor Podcast after a summer break and a long hot summer here in Switzerland.

This week, I revise my early episode chat with Joe Beer who left the ski teaching world around covid and Brexit time to return to the UK to pursue life in the music world.

How was always playing music whilst he was skiing but we talk about the freedom of skiing and how he thinks skiing has changed in recent times, a serious eye injury that lost the sight in one of his eyes, how to make a living in the music industry and teaching skiing vs teaching music.

This is a podcast I've wanted to make for a long time and I have a couple of other 'life afters' which I want to do which I think make for interesting stories.

Happy listening
Dave

https://www.snow-pros.ski/level-1-ski-instructor-course

music by www.bensound.com

 

Welcome to episode 85 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Charlie Brooksbank of Pure Powder.

Pure Powder is a tour operator and they organise heli and cat skiing tours and holidays.  This interview is a slight departure from our usual interviews of ski instructors and ski school directors and gives a different perspective on life in the ski industry and how ski instrcutors and guides fit into that.

We chat about how the business has evolved over the years and the challenges of running a business like this.

You can find Charlie and PurePowder here:
www.purepowder.com
https://www.purepowderheliskiing.co.uk/

 

Happy listening
Dave

www.snow-pros.ski

music by www.bensound.com

Welcome to episode 84 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this month featuring part 2 of my interview with Mark Shaxted who has been ski teaching for over 25 years and is an IASI Educator and CSIA Course Conductor.

Our conversation continues and touches on how to get better at skiing and teaching whilst you're working on a daily basis, how to make a year round living from skiing, knee injury recovery, skiing and teaching in China and much more.

Happy listening
Dave

music by www.bensound.com

Welcome to episode 83 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this month featuring Mark Shaxted who has been ski teaching for over 25 years and is an IASI Educator and CSIA Course Conductor.

I had a great chat with Mark, taking about his back story in skiing and we soon went off on a tangent into topics such as how not to become a cynical ski instructor, how a ski turn actually works and snowplough deniers.

This is part 1 of the conversation and part 2 will follow next month.  I had a great time recording this and I think that comes through in the edit.

Happy listening
Dave

music by www.bensound.com

Welcome to episode 82 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring part 2 of the interview with Billy Clark from Billski.

Billski is a ski school that works on the French side of the Portes du Soleil in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets.  I see Bill often on the mountain during the winter but this podcast was recorded in his house in Morzine in the summer.

Bill was one of the youngest BASI qualified full cert instructors at the age of 22 and we know a lot of mutual people in and around the area.  This connection really comes through in the interview and it's a friendly and laid back one.

In part 2 of the interview, we chat about Billski, how it got started and has evolved and his approach to marketing.  We also chat about the evolution of the French side of the Portes du Soleil over the years.

You can find Billski here -

https://billski.co.uk/about-billski/

https://www.instagram.com/billski85/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/www.billski.co.uk

Happy listening
Dave

www.snow-pros.ski

music by www.bensound.com

 

Welcome to episode 81 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Billy Clark from Billski.

Billski is a ski school that works on the French side of the Portes du Soleil in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets.  I see Bill often on the mountain during the winter but this podcast was recorded in his house in Morzine in the summer.

Bill was one of the youngest BASI qualified full cert instructors at the age of 22 and we know a lot of mutual people in and around the area.  This connection really comes through in the interview and it's a friendly and laid back one.

In this part 1 of the interview, we chat about Bill's journey to full cert, the people that helped and inspired him along the way and how to approach challenges.

You can find Billski here -

https://billski.co.uk/about-billski/

https://www.instagram.com/billski85/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/www.billski.co.uk

Happy listening
Dave

www.snow-pros.ski

music by www.bensound.com

 

Happy Christmas to you all and welcome to part 2 and episode 80 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, featuring Joe Dunn, a ski instructor at Deer Valley but you might know him better from his amazing YouTube channel, Ski Dad TV.

In this episode we talk about Joe's back story and how he came to be a ski instructor at Deer Valley, wedge christie and PSIA chat, keeping teaching simple and how he started his YouTube channel.

It's a great interview full of good energy.

You can check out Joe's channel here https://www.youtube.com/@skidadTV

Henrik Kristoffersen interview here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/henrik-kristoffersen/id1549121005?i=1000674224528

Happy listening
Dave

https://www.snow-pros.ski/girls-ski-club-switzerland

music by www.bensound.com

 

Welcome to part 1  of episode 79 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Joe Dunn, a ski instructor at Deer Valley but you might know him better from his amazing YouTube channel, Ski Dad TV.

We jump immediately into an in-depth chat about technical skiing, how to introduce people to carving and an in-depth discussion on width of ski.  It's a great interview full of good energy.

You can check out Joe's channel here https://www.youtube.com/@skidadTV

Happy listening
Dave

https://www.snow-pros.ski/girls-ski-club-switzerland

music by www.bensound.com