3 Apr, 2019 | Interski 2019
This topic was setup for delivery over two sessions on the final day of Interski; one in the morning led by US Snowboard Eric Rolls and one in the afternoon led by US skiers Jonathon Ballou and Ann Schorley. From SBINZ, we had one of our team attend in the morning...
3 Apr, 2019 | Interski 2019
Imagine a playground full of snow in the middle of Bulgaria! One of the coolest parts about Interski was seeing the collaboration between AASI and Burton unfold. They wanted to showcase what they believe the future of snow sports to be. The week prior to the congress,...
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...
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...
20 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
This was the very first lecture I went to at Interski! The speaker was Joe Hession, CEO of SNOW Operating; a company who provides Terrain Based Learning (TBL). He presented an idea of what the future looks like using a slide of passenger in a fast driven car. It...
20 Mar, 2019 | Interski 2019
Yesterday, Claire and I joined in on a multi-sport on-snow clinic presented by the Ula (Urszula), representing Poland. The title of the clinic was “Track on snow as a didactic message”. With a little background homework we discovered that didactics is the theory of...
