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 eve...
Disability Snowsport UK Disability Snowsport is the UK’s leading snow sports charity teaching skiing to disabled people both at UK indoor centres and on holidays abroad. DSUK make the health and social benefits of snow sports and the unique exhilaration thrill that accompanies skiing available to anyone with a disability no matter what sort of health need they have or how severe it is. Whilst there is a team of paid staff there is an even bigger team of passionate volunteers like myself who help out at local UK ski centres, social ski groups and on adaptive ski holidays. Helping people with healthcare needs to experience the same thing you and I do is something I am deeply passionate about. There is no such thing as disability, only ability. I strongly believe that every ski school should have an adaptive instructor on its team. Unless you have an adaptive instructor on your team you cannot be an inclusive ski school, you can only be an exclusive ski school and in be...
Return to New Generation Having spent a week with Alessandro Cambon and his New Generation ski school in Villars-Sur-Ollon, Switzerland as part of my required 35 hours of snowsports school shadowing I was invited back for a week of training. My NHS commitments meant that I could only join them for two days of the week long training but I was keen to go back having enjoyed my previous time with them so much. Also, I had my Alpine Level 1 technical resit booked for 2 nd March and needed to get as much training beforehand as I could in order to be sure of passing. Villars-Sur-Ollon (Villars for short) sits on a sunny south facing plateau with stunning views over the Rhone Valley to Dents du Midi. T...
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