31 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
NZSIA catches up with the Japan Interski Team for their onsnow ski technique clinic. This 11 min Vblog starts with footage of the Japan Team’s Technical Demos and then goes to the presentation that the Japan Team made, and allows you to get a feeling of what it...
29 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
NZSIA catches up with the Swiss Interski Team for their onsnow ski technique clinic. This 9 min Vblog starts with footage of the Swiss Technical Demos and then goes to the presentation that the Swiss Team made, and allows you to get a feeling of what it was like to be...
28 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
NZSIA catches up with the San Marino Interski Team. This quick 2min video has footage of San Marino skiing, with San Marino team member Laura talking us through some of the technical focuses. At the end of the video keep an eye out for San Marino skier Stefano,...
28 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
The Indoor Lecture Have you even taught a lesson and caught yourself rambling on and on? Your students were either thinking about what they want for lunch, pretending to listen out of respect. The Swiss indoor and on-snow presentations want to draw attention to these...
26 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
I was fortunate to go out on an on-snow clinic with Tony Macri from the USA National Team on the last day at Interski. Most of you will also know that Tony is an SBINZ Senior Examiner and sits on our own Snowboard Committee. Tony dominates in everything he does,...
24 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
On Friday morning I went to hang out with Daniel Casanga, Eduardo Batarce and Lily Richard from the Chilean team to learn more about why they are introducing freestyle to beginners. The overall goal of the clinic was to explore how we can use the benefits of movement...
24 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
Leo, Richie and I had the opportunity to join the Koreans on-snow clinic today and based on the title we were pretty dam excited. They took us on a journey with their limited English, to-the-point approach and wowed us with their hard boot demonstrators. We learned...
24 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
While the on snow workshops and indoor lectures bring real value back to our organisation there are also a number of meetings that we attend throughout the week that help us stay connected and in touch with the organisations that make up Interski International. Each...
24 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
NZSIA catches up with the Austrian Interski Team for their onsnow ski technique clinic. This 8 min Vblog starts with footage of the Austrian Demos and then goes to the presentation that the Austrian Team made, and allows you to get a feeling of what it was like to be...
23 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
On-Snow Clinic CASI were set to present on the same day as ourselves so I got geared up to go and hang out with them for their on-snow presentation. With a huge turnout, we split into 3 smaller groups so I joined up with Simon Holden from CASI to find out more. Simon...
22 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
It’s been great to see Aussie well represented at Interski 2019, with three snowboarders flying the flag for our big brother across the Tasman; Kylie, Adam and Oscar. Yesterday’s on-snow clinic explored how APSI Snowboard have adapted their core concepts...
22 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
What tensions are we consciously aware of at any given time? Even as you read this article, are the muscles in your shoulders relaxed or do you hold tension anywhere else? A very motivated and excited Diego Linares greeted of us at the beginning of his clinic. 20...
21 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
The indoor clinic we delivered today at Interski looked at SBINZ’s role in helping instructors find the sweet spot to their purpose in the industry. With the theme of Interski 2019 being Future.Snowsports our goal of the clinic was to highlight that in order for...
21 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
The on-snow clinic we delivered today at Interski looked at how we balance soft skills and hard skills in the SBINZ system, and what we do as an education body to bridge the gap between the two. Considering the Interski 2019 theme of Future.Snowsports, the utilisation...
20 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
Yesterday morning there were several on-snow clinics to choose from. Let me show you the reason I decided to attend this one… When I walked past this set up in the base area I really wanted to know more, so I went and hung out with Gina, representing The...
