What is Interski?

Notice: Interski 2011 dates are 16th to 21st January

Ever since 1951, friends of snowsports from all over the world have been coming together for the Congresses of Interski. In 1991 St Anton am Arlberg hosted the international Congress as the cradle of skiing. 20 years on, the Congress returns to St Anton for what is one of the most important meeting in the world of snowsports.

In 2011, more than 2,000 Congress participants will travel to Austria to contribute their expertise to the development of snowsports and to prepare the ground for the future of snowsport instruction.

A little bit of history

Exactly 60 years after previously hosting the event, the world’s biggest symposium on ski instruction will return to St. Anton am Arlberg. The resort was awarded the Congress on 2 February 2007 in the South Korean resort of YongPyong, where about 2000 ski school specialists from 31 national ski instructors’ associations came together for their expert forum.

This is a truly international event. It’s rumored to be the third largest snowsports event in the world, following the Winter Olympics and the Winter X-Games.

To demonstrate the history of this event, here’s a list of all the previous Interki Congresses.

NZSIA first attended Interski in 1979 and have sent representatives to every event since. St Anton in 2011 will be our largest representation ever – around 30 delegates including demonstrators, clinicians, lecturers and supporters.