The Keynote, Old Resort: New Guests
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...A Multi-Sport Clinic by Poland
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...Teaching Method of Contrasts in Improving Snowboarding by Poland
Yesterday, Leo and I attended the Polish on-snow clinic. It was a massive turn out with 30 attendees and our awesome clinicians Piotr and Jay Jay. The goal was to identify and create extremes in our snowboarding and how this can help our students learning. We did some...Customised Snowboard Technique from Sweden
The first snowboard indoor lecture of Interski 2019 was delivered by Sweden, to a full audience of fellow snowboarders from around the world. The organisers (namely Eric Sheckleton) kindly put a snowboard-specific venue in the plans this year, allowing all the looking...Instructor’s Perspectives on Challenges Facing Snowboarding by Slovenia
A hot and sunny morning greeted us as we made it to the slopes of Pamporovo resort. This was the first morning of the snowboard clinics and the SBINZ team were excited to see who would show up and how the clinics would roll. Stubbsy and I joined 26 other snowboarders...Snowboard’s Reflections on Day 1
Arriving in Pomporovo four days before Interski was due to begin was a little surreal. The town and the resort was still being prepared, with park rebuilds, scaffolding constructions underway, and a general sense of organised chaos. But it all ramped up for the...Tech Team Day – Mt Hutt
The NZSIA Technical Team is a group of 12 NZSIA trainers and examiners, selected in 2017 with the purpose of helping progress the technical framework of skiing in New Zealand. The team is responsible for travelling around to the many ski resorts in the country to...Garett Shore gets the position of Interski Team Manager
There was a strong list of applicants for the Interski Manager this year and we’re proud to say that Garret Shore has been appointed to the position.