From NHS Nurse to Ski Instructor

  EA Ski & Snowboard were formed by a small group of passionate skiers and snowboarders from around the world whose main aim was to help keen riders enter the snowsports industry as successful and capable instructors. Ski & Snowboard Training began in 2006 when two ski instructors in the USA noticed how difficult it was to break into snowsports instruction. They decided to fix this problem by setting up a course combining  instructor training, which focused on making it easy for people to become instructors, with a guaranteed job offer to teach in the same season. The concept of the Instructor Internship was born and has changed the nature of the industry ever since. Over the years EA has built partnerships with the top resorts around the world and now offer ski instructor internship courses with 26 Ski Schools in over 5 Countries. Added to that no other company can match EA’s global resort networks spanning Canada, USA, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland. This means m...

November 2019 With the Adaptive Level 1 course out if the way, and needing a re-sit, I turned my attention to my alpine skiing. Part of my feedback from Adaptive Level 1 was that I needed to improve my technical skiing. I had a quick look on the BASI website and booked on a week long level 2 training programme that was running in Zermatt in November. Zermatt Zermatt sits at the head of a beautiful snow covered valley. In the summer you can ski high up on the glacier. The resort is accessed by train. As you clunk up from the valley below you become mesmerised by the stunning scenery. No wonder the rail line is part of the route for the Glacier Express ! The village of Zermatt is car free, clean and efficient. Arrive by car and you will be required to park further down the valley in neighbouring Tasch. Once in Zermatt a plethora of electric vehicles run about carrying people to various locations. The busses and taxis are all electric. Be aware, they don't have horns and silently cree...

  Adaptive Level 1 October 2019 Having been undecided as to whether or not to do Adaptive Level 1 or Alpine level 2 next I chose Adaptive Level 1.   When I had earlier got in touch with Ash Newnes at  Snowsports Coach   in Arinsal he had recommended that I do the Adaptive Level 1 in the UK and as it happened I was already booked on an Adaptive Level 1 course at Manchester ChillFactor in October. I also knew who the trainer was. When I was at Manchester ChillFactor on one of my previous visits there had been an Adaptive Level 1 running and I got chatting to the trainer and examiner Greg Moffatt. He would also be the trainer and examiner delivering the October course. Redpoint Greg and his wife Nina used to run Redpoint Ski Holidays for adaptive skiers. Founded in 1995, and based in the Ziller Valley, Austria their aim from the very beginning was to share a love of snow sports. The Redpoint team have strived to ensure that adaptive skiers not only enjoy their ski...