From NHS Nurse to Ski Instructor

  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...

August 2020 More Level 2 Training I'd seen a post on Facebook from BASI Trainer / Examiner Hannah Bryans about summer training in Zermatt. I'd done my BASI Alpine Level 2 in Spring and Hannah had been the trainer / examiner. Struggling with a serious hip injury I'd not passed. Part of my post course discussion with her had been around doing another Alpine level 2 Performance Training Course in Zermatt followed by a resit. I got in touch and flew out. When I got to Zermatt I discovered my trainer and examiner for both the Alpine Level 2 Performance Training and the Resit was James Bennett. There are a couple of BASI trainers and examiners who I've always wanted to ski with. One of them was James Bennett ! James Bennett Like most BASI Trainers and Examiners James started skiing as a child. From London James (or Bennett, as he's known) got into skiing at his local slope, Bromley Dry Ski Centre. He has been a member of two British Ski Teams, in both Alpine and Telemark ...

  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...