Winter Wonderings - Blog of a Ski Instructor

So we're coming up to yet another winter season, and while the Blog has been quiet, I've been pretty busy (maybe the two are related...

Good Luck to Team GB and all the athletes at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Followers of my blog will know that I have been working towards my BASI Level 4 and the right to work in France for some time now. Last week...

There was a time when the stem-christie was an essential part of learning to ski. Over time both ski technique and ski vocabulary have chang...

After the summer hiatus the temperature is dropping and we approach the important part of the year again. The Alpine Ski World Cup got under...

For many ski instructors in Europe the road to full certification is a rocky one with many highs and lows along the way. There is hard work ...

There has been a fair bit in the British press this winter about resort staff, particularly in France, getting in trouble with the local aut...