It’s about skiing

Interski is an intense experience for us participants. We get up around 7 am, hop on the bus at 8, arrive in Cerro Castor at 9, you practice your formations in the morning until your team has had its day on the demo hill. If you have time, you watch the other teams on...

A Tango at the End of the World

The world’s most southern city put on some cracker weather today! We awoke to find a lining of snow gracing the streets of Ushuaia and some serious snow falling throughout the morning…. the first day it has done so since we arrived. This on top of some very hard...

Race day

The first days of Interski 2015 have passed. I assume those of you who are reading this are up to date on where we are and had a read of Scotty and Mark’s blogs on what Ushuaia is like. In my words it’s like Anchorage meets Bluff. Plus it’s in Argentina so the culture...

Early season training camp 2015

Here’s a short video from the early season training camp held at TC last month. The guys will be getting together again at the end of August to finalise their preparations for Interski.  

Inspiring Instructors: Ashley Murphy

What’s special about this Interski team is the balance of new faces and old hands. And the new guys are really stepping up: influencing the direction of the team and our participation in Argentina. Here’s  some thoughts from Ashley Murphy who will be...

Ski Camp 3 – Things are falling into place

Here’s a blog article from Jon Ahlsen on the recent ski training camp at TC. Interski 2015 is drawing ever closer. We’ve just finished camp number 3 at Treble Cone. Here’s an update on what we’ve been up to. The preparations for Interski 2015 in Cerro Castor,...

Synchro run June 2015

Here’s a quick vid of our first synchro run of the June 2015 camp. We’ve heard  it’s all the rage to speed up your ski vids to make them look more dynamic so we’ve given it a try….see what you think...

Direction of movement

Here’s an article from Tim Cafe, NZSIA demo team member, on the importance of moving accurately through the transition. One of the goals of the New Zealand Demo team is to ski with effectiveness and efficiency. In terms of ski performance this means creating...

Demo team training camp 2

For those enjoying the summer sun here’s some great end of season snow from the NZISA Interski Training  Camp held at Treble Cone in late September. Well worth the wait…Thanks TC for a great couple of days! NZSIA Interski Camp 2 from NZSIA Ski on...

Jon Ahlsen’s mini Interski

One of the great things about NZ’s snowsports scene is the international flavour. Every year we have instructors, trainers and  coaches from all over the working in our ski schools and snowsports programmes. It makes for some great knowledge sharing and...

Introducing Tim and Will

Here’s a quick video intro from Interski squad members Tim Cafe and William Boyd. Respectively, Tim and William represent the youngest and most senior members of the team. Having previously represented New Zealand at the Winter Olympics and World Ski Champs...

From Olympian to Instructor

Here’s a great article from Tim Cafe on the transition from Olympic ski racer to ski Instructor and ultimately demo team member…               In skiing, transitions are vital.  In this case, the transition from elite...

Meet Interski team members Toby and Ash

Toby and Ash talk Interski. Here’s the first of our video profiles of the NZSIA Interski team. We caught up with Toby Arnott and Ashley Murphy during the early season training camp at Coronet Peak. Both shared their insight into Interski and what it means for...