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The Ski Instructor Podcast. Interviews with interesting and innovative Ski Instructors and Ski School Directors.
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Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Welcome to episode 29 of the Ski Instructor Podcast this week featuring Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching in Les Deux Alpes in France.
In what has turned out to be a very timely interview, we discuss the french state's current position on skiing, Alex's skiing history, brexit (again!), skiing in the mask age and much more.
I really hope that you enjoy this interview. Alex was a great interviewee and it was a pleasure to speak with her.
You can find Alex at www.tiptopskicoaching.com or search for Tip Top Ski Coaching on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Happy listening
Dave
Dave Burrows
https://www.snow-pros.ski/resorts
music by www.bensound.com
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Welcome to episode 28 of The Ski Instructor Podcast sponsored by www.kaestle.com
This week I chat with Richard Fetherston of Snowbility, a company that specialises in inclusive snowsport. Richard and his team work with skiers of all ages who don't thinking or learn like the rest of us. I tripped myself up a few times calling this adaptive but it's not that, it's more in the realm of those with learning disabilities.
I chat to Richard about his journey in skiing, how he came to start Snowbility and how it works teaching his clients year round indoors in the Hemel Snowdome. We also touch on mental health and a couple of tangents to do with golf and sailing.
I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did making it. You can get in touch with Richard at https://snowbility.co.uk
Dave
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/blog/covid-skiing-switzerland
music by www.bensound.com
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Welcome to episode 27 of The Ski Instructor Podcast sponsored by Kaestle skis.
This week I am joined by Andy Rose of Snow Camps Europe in Kaprun to give us an Austrian perspective on skiing. I know Andy pretty well and I think this comes across in the relaxed style of this interview.
If you're into cats or dogs, you're in for a treat in the opening of this one before we get down to a long discussion about ski instructor formation in Austria.
In the second half, we cover topics as diverse as old and new Austrian style, skiing in the 80s and eagles.
If you want to catch Andy, you can reach him at;
www.snowcampseu.com
or search on facebook for Snow Camps Europe.
Happy listening
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/ski-instructors
Music by www.bensound.com
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Welcome to episode 26 of the podcast and one that will push us through 33,000 downloads! Thank you for all of you that have been in touch, downloaded the podcast and been a part of it. Thank you also to www.kaestle.com for their kind sponsorship.
This week I have a recording that was made in late July in Zermatt with Demian Franzen. Demian is an educator for Swiss Snowsports, was on the Swiss Demo Team until last year and is one hell of a skier as I know from first hand experience!
We talk at length about the Swiss Snowsports qualifications, life on the demo team and his life on the road as a ski racer, as well as the Swiss style and skiing culture in the country.
I always enjoy chatting with Demian. He's a great guy and this really shows through in this interview.
If you want to reach or book Demi you can find him at franzendemi@gmx.ch
Happy listening
Dave
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/making-ski-school-easier-parents
music by www.bensound.com
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
This week, I travelled to Verbier to meet for a second interview for the podcast, Julian Griffiths of European Snowsport. This podcast is sponsored by www.Kaestle.com
This was something of a covid special and in this episode we attempt tomato sense of the season just gone and what skiing will look like this winter for instructors and ski schools.
We also chat about the new regime at BASI.
You can find Julian at www.europeansnowsport.com
Happy listening
Dave Burrows
https://www.snow-pros.ski/get-the-most-out-childs-ski-lessons
music by www.bensound.com
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Hello and welcome from a sunny Switzerland to Episode 24 of The Ski Instructor Podcast. This podcast is sponsored by Kaestle Skis www.kaestle.com
This week I have a fun interview with Lynn Mill of Val D Ski Instructors. Lynn is also a BASI trainer and National Education Team member as well as an ex-racer for Great Britain.
We had a brilliant and fun chat about all things skiing and touched on a few female specific issues such as equipment and teaching styles.
Lynn has just become a mother for the first time and we talk about that and how that effects one's skiing.
You can contact Lynn at www.valdskiinstructors.com
I hope you enjoy this episode.
Dave
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/get-the-most-out-childs-ski-lessons
music by www.bensound.com
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Welcome to episode 23 of the ski instructor podcast sponsored by Kästle Skis. The ski I talked about in this episode is the FX86 - https://www.kaestle.com/en/alpin/skis/show/fx86/
This week, I chat to Josh Foster, former Ski School director at Big White and various other places but now running his own business Snowsports Unlimited.
We talk on a wide range of topics including the CSIA, the Ski Tips series for Ski TV, Interski, similarities between Ice Hockey and Skiing and a whole bunch more.
I really enjoyed this chat with Josh and I hope that you enjoy listening to it.
You can find Josh at;
https://www.snowsportsunlimited.com
https://www.instagram.com/ssujosh/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/snowsportsunlimited/
Happy listening
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/why-ski-with-us
music by www.bensound.com
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Welcome to Episode 22 of The Ski Instructor Podcast sponsored by Kästle Skis. https://www.kaestle.com/en/
In May I had the chance to go and meet Tom Waddington at his B&B Una Lodge in Le Châble, near Verbier. I've known Tom for a long time but it was lovely to have the time to sit down with him and chat all things skiing.
We covered a wide range of topics including what we can learn from the best ski racers, Gap years, rugby/skiing parallels, sportsmen and women as learners and loads more.
I really enjoyed this interview podcast and I hope you do too. You can find Tom at;
https://www.facebook.com/tomwaddingtonskier/
https://www.instagram.com/tomwaddington_skier/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKnqaLJPR8U
Happy listening
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/english-ski-school-les-diableret
music by www.bensound.com
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Welcome to episode 21 of The Ski Instructor Podcast. This will be the episode that takes us over 25,000 downloads of this podcast and I thank everyone that is taking the time to listen to these.
In this episode, I chat to former BASI trainer Andi McCann who was also my examiner for the Level 3 technical exam a long time ago. I got a lot out of that exam and some of the things that Andi talked about on that exam have stayed with me ever since and indeed we talk about a couple of them in this episode.
In this episode we also talked about Ron LeMasters' amazing book Ultimate Skiing, which you can find here;
if you don't have a copy you should, it's probably the best book on ski technique there is.
We also chat about Andi's skiing background, boots, ski poles and the ski caddie.
If you want to get in touch with Andi, you can reach him at andi@mccannix.com
Happy listening
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
https://www.snow-pros.ski/villars-ski-school
music by www.bensound.com
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Welcome to episode 20 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.
Firstly, I can't believe we are on episode 20 and over 24,000 downloads of the podcast and counting. I want to thank you all for listening to my conversations, thank the guests for their time and knowledge and to thank all of you for listening and getting in touch.
This podcast is with Ed Drake, former Great Britain downhill skier, Olympian and the host of the ever excellent Ski Racing Podcast. I've been wanting to get hold of Ed for a while and it's not been easy because he's an extremely busy guy but I'm so glad that I did.
Ed is sponsored by Atomic. I've checked out their Redster boot and it looks really cool;
https://amzn.to/2KxJqW5
We had an extensive chat about his career, what he is up to now, falling off a cliff post ski career, coaching and being coached. There's even some Eurotest chat in there.
You can find Ed via instagram or twitter @eddrake
I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.
Dave
Dave Burrows
SnowPros Ski School
music by www.bensound.com