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BASI or Ski Club of Great Britain ?

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The blue jacket worn by the Ski Club Reps is synonymous with the Club. It’s one of the  things the  Club is known for  and I have twice  tried to gain one.  To  be  awarded  the  coveted ‘Blue  Jacket’  you  have  to  have  successfully completed the Ski Club of Great Britain Mountain Safety and Leadership Course. The course runs once a year in Tignes and is not cheap at cost of £3199 plus an additional £480 if you are allocated single occupancy of a room. Then there are  flights and insurance to pay for. This is a quarter of my annual salary and a lot of money ! Despite this I have twice tried to get my hands on one of the jackets.   I originally enquired about doing the Mountain Safety and Leadership Course in 2019 but my email never got a reply and the website only ever said there was more information coming. For me, doing the course in 2019 would have been perfect. I was already out in the Alps on a ski instructor internship and was not required to do the BASI Alpine Level 1 part o
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Ski Club of Great Britain

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Ski Club of Great Britain  The Ski Club of Great Britain is the largest and oldest snows port  membership organisation in the UK, with over 26,000 members. Established  in 1903, over dinner at a fashionable restaurant in London (Cafe Royal), the Ski Club's  pur p ose  is to promote and protect safe, enjoyable and inspiring snows p orts experiences  for anyone  who loves snow. I had asked for membership of the Ski Club of Great Britain as a Christmas   p resent but when I found their ski leading service had sto p p ed I decided not to bother.  P reviously the Club had offered an in resort leading service but now that it had been sto p p ed I had no use of Ski Club membership. The Ski Club still had a presence in resorts but it was a re p  service they were now offering . The R e p s One of the resorts where there was a re p service was Saas-Fee. I was out in Saas-Fee for the winter season training for my BASI Al pine Level 2 and working as an instructor for the Swiss Ski School.
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Take Two Part Two - Over and Out

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  Zermatt, August 2020  PDS Academy Our BASI trainer and examiner for the Alpine Level 2 resit was the same trainer as the week before on the Alpine Level 2 Performance; James Bennett. When not working for BASI, James is one of the directors at PDS Academy in Morzine.      PDS Academy is a British Ski and Snowboard School founded in the Portes du Soleil and now operating in the 3 Valleys + Espace Killy including Sainte Foy. Ever seeking gaps in the market, James and Craig started off by establishing JJC Training nearly 10 years ago, with the specific aim to create tailored programmes to help instructors pass their instructor qualifications. Using this deep-seated partnership and clever business acumen, James and Craig expanded JJC Training to the PDS Academy we see today. The Academy is a modern take on the traditional ski school. Designed around you and your individual learning requirements, James, Craig and the team create unique lessons to cater for your every need. You can choose
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