The Ski Instructor Podcast

Welcome to episode 27 of The Ski Instructor Podcast sponsored by Kaestle skis. This week I am joined by Andy Rose of Snow Camps Europe in Kaprun to give us an Austrian perspective on skiing.  I know Andy pretty well and I think this comes across in the relaxed style of this interview. If you're into cats or dogs, you're in for a treat in the opening of this one before we get down to a long discussion about ski instructor formation in Austria. In the second half, we cover topics as diverse as old and new Austrian style, skiing in the 80s and eagles. If you want to catch Andy, you can reach him at; www.snowcampseu.com info@snowcampseu.com or search on facebook for Snow Camps Europe. Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/ski-instructors   Music by www.bensound.com    

Welcome to episode 26 of the podcast and one that will push us through 33,000 downloads!  Thank you for all of you that have been in touch, downloaded the podcast and been a part of it.  Thank you also to www.kaestle.com for their kind sponsorship. This week I have a recording that was made in late July in Zermatt with Demian Franzen.  Demian is an educator for Swiss Snowsports, was on the Swiss Demo Team until last year and is one hell of a skier as I know from first hand experience! We talk at length about the Swiss Snowsports qualifications, life on the demo team and his life on the road as a ski racer, as well as the Swiss style and skiing culture in the country. I always enjoy chatting with Demian.  He's a great guy and this really shows through in this interview.   If you want to reach or book Demi you can find him at franzendemi@gmx.ch Happy listening Dave dave@snow-pros.ski SnowPros Ski School https://www.snow-pros.ski/making-ski-school-easier-parents music by www.bensound.com  

This week, I travelled to Verbier to meet for a second interview for the podcast, Julian Griffiths of European Snowsport.  This podcast is sponsored by www.Kaestle.com This was something of a covid special and in this episode we attempt tomato sense of the season just gone and what skiing will look like this winter for instructors and ski schools. We also chat about the new regime at BASI. You can find Julian at www.europeansnowsport.com Happy listening Dave Burrows https://www.snow-pros.ski/get-the-most-out-childs-ski-lessons dave@snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com

Hello and welcome from a sunny Switzerland to Episode 24 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.  This podcast is sponsored by Kaestle Skis www.kaestle.com This week I have a fun interview with Lynn Mill of Val D Ski Instructors. Lynn is also a BASI trainer and National Education Team member as well as an ex-racer for Great Britain. We had a brilliant and fun chat about all things skiing and touched on a few female specific issues such as equipment and teaching styles. Lynn has just become a mother for the first time and we talk about that and how that effects one's skiing. You can contact Lynn at www.valdskiinstructors.com I hope you enjoy this episode. Dave Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/get-the-most-out-childs-ski-lessons   music by www.bensound.com  

Welcome to episode 23 of the ski instructor podcast sponsored by Kästle Skis.  The ski I talked about in this episode is the FX86 - https://www.kaestle.com/en/alpin/skis/show/fx86/ This week, I chat to Josh Foster, former Ski School director at Big White and various other places but now running his own business Snowsports Unlimited.   We talk on a wide range of topics including the CSIA, the Ski Tips series for Ski TV, Interski, similarities between Ice Hockey and Skiing and a whole bunch more. I really enjoyed this chat with Josh and I hope that you enjoy listening to it. You can find Josh at; https://www.snowsportsunlimited.com https://www.instagram.com/ssujosh/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/snowsportsunlimited/ Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/why-ski-with-us   music by www.bensound.com  

Welcome to Episode 22 of The Ski Instructor Podcast sponsored by Kästle Skis.  https://www.kaestle.com/en/ In May I had the chance to go and meet Tom Waddington at his B&B Una Lodge in Le Châble, near Verbier.  I've known Tom for a long time but it was lovely to have the time to sit down with him and chat all things skiing.   We covered a wide range of topics including what we can learn from the best ski racers, Gap years, rugby/skiing parallels, sportsmen and women as learners and loads more. I really enjoyed this interview podcast and I hope you do too.  You can find Tom at; https://www.facebook.com/tomwaddingtonskier/ https://www.instagram.com/tomwaddington_skier/ https://unalodge.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKnqaLJPR8U Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/english-ski-school-les-diableret   music by www.bensound.com  

Welcome to episode 21 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.  This will be the episode that takes us over 25,000 downloads of this podcast and I thank everyone that is taking the time to listen to these. In this episode, I chat to former BASI trainer Andi McCann who was also my examiner for the Level 3 technical exam a long time ago.  I got a lot out of that exam and some of the things that Andi talked about on that exam have stayed with me ever since and indeed we talk about a couple of them in this episode. In this episode we also talked about Ron LeMasters' amazing book Ultimate Skiing, which you can find here; https://amzn.to/2X5THi5  if you don't have a copy you should, it's probably the best book on ski technique there is. We also chat about Andi's skiing background, boots, ski poles and the ski caddie. If you want to get in touch with Andi, you can reach him at andi@mccannix.com Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/villars-ski-school   music by www.benso

Welcome to episode 20 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.   Firstly, I can't believe we are on episode 20 and over 24,000 downloads of the podcast and counting.  I want to thank you all for listening to my conversations, thank the guests for their time and knowledge and to thank all of you for listening and getting in touch. This podcast is with Ed Drake, former Great Britain downhill skier, Olympian and the host of the ever excellent Ski Racing Podcast.  I've been wanting to get hold of Ed for a while and it's not been easy because he's an extremely busy guy but I'm so glad that I did.   Ed is sponsored by Atomic. I've checked out their Redster boot and it looks really cool;https://amzn.to/2KxJqW5 We had an extensive chat about his career, what he is up to now, falling off a cliff post ski career, coaching and being coached.  There's even some Eurotest chat in there. You can find Ed via instagram or twitter @eddrake I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.Dave Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School www.snow-pros.ski

Welcome to episode 19 of The Ski Instructor Podcast.  This episode is a bit of a departure from normal in that I'm not interviewing a skier.  However, there is lots of ski related chat in the pod and lots of content that relates to and is applicable to skiing. My conversation this week is with Danny Miller who is a qualified Osteopath and who is halfway through a doctorate in Health Psychology. This episode flowed out of a late night conversation that I had with Danny after a very enjoyable round of golf in Portugal.  We discussed the concept of The Fear Avoidance Model and how knowledge of this could benefit the young skiers that we work with. We were due to roll out this as a presentation to groups of young sportsmen and women in various International Schools in our region but corona put paid to that so we decided to make a podcast out of it. What follows is a long conversation about various topics but the main one being how better we can manage injury when it happens to us through a better mindset. You can

Episode 18 of The Ski Instructor Podcast features none other than Joe Beer.  I count Joe as a good friend, mentor and all round good guy.  We've skied together not enough in my opinion but every time I do, it's always a mind bending experience. We talked at length on many topics, skiing, teaching, Andorra, music, telemark and more. I hope that you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. You can get in touch with Joe via the following places; Alpine Learning Curves https://www.alpinelearningcurves.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2I30FtiuostjYfSY1BkD9JS5ThN1Ft-ZBe6R_7GazhOycXp_fxbAa5P54 Joe the Strummer https://m.facebook.com/JoeLeStrummer/?ref=bookmarks Joe's excellent book https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/8987629-free-the-heel-free-the-mind-fix-the-heel-fix-the-p?ebook=676918&fbclid=IwAR3cE_B_puqav--uC-YtKTSW4jxj68fpRY3SdJ0AD7RrRVSNPxNvAhbXn_Q CheersDave Dave Burrows Director  SnowPros Ski School www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski   music by www.bensound.com

Welcome to episode 17 of The Ski Instructor Podcast. These are strange times and if you are as sick to death as I am about Corona news of one type or another, I bring you my latest interview with Malcolm Erskine of the British Ski Academy. We talk at length about the set up of the academy and how it functions before moving onto some discussion about when specific instruction turns into coaching and a couple of other tangents.   I hope you enjoy the podcast and because everyone has suddenly become free, I expect to be able to interview a few more people in fairly short order so watch this space. You can find Malcolm at the British Ski Academy https://www.britskiacad.org.uk Happy listening Dave Burrows Director  SnowPros Ski School www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski   music by www.bensound.com    

Hello Welcome to episode 16 from a snowy (finally) alps.  It's been a very weird winter here, lots of early snow and then nothing for the whole of January, followed by a wet and windy February.  Compounding that is Coronavirus cancellations all over the place in March.  As a welcome diversion, I had a lovely conversation with Dr Jim Taylor who joined me via skype on a stormy night in my office.  There were some connection problems on the line so you might notice some echo on my voice and some cut off answers from Dr Jim. We had a chat including visualisation and things instructors can do to help clients from a psychological perspective, amongst other things. You can find Dr Jim at https://www.drjimtaylor.com/4.0/dr-jim-taylor/aboutdrjimtaylor/ I hope you enjoy this episode. Cheers Dave Dave Burrows Director SnowPros Ski School www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com  

Welcome to episode 15 of the The Ski Instructor Podcast from a cold and dry Switzerland. This week I am podcast host and also super fan as I try to contain my excitement when interviewing Taco from the Piste Off Podcast who also happens to be u14s coach at Sun Valley.  I've been listening to Piste Off for years and it's my favourite podcast. I've been looking forward to doing this podcast for a long time and it didn't disappoint.  It's even improved my own skiing in the last few days. We chat about the World Cup, Manny Feller, 3 magic points of ski racing, recreational vs racing turns and much more.  It's another long one so strap yourselves in. If you want to get in touch with Taco, you can find him at; Instagram - @pisteoffpodcast https://www.instagram.com/pisteoffpodcast/?hl=bn or by email at jtautkus@svsef.org   Thanks for all of the comments and support Dave x dave@snow-pros.ski www.snow-pros.ski  

This week I travelled to Megeve to speak to Simon Butler. Simon has just won a very significant court battle with the French state over the right for ski instructors at all levels to work in France.  This series of court cases stemmed from Simon's arrest on the slopes of Megeve in 2013.  He also went to court with the British Association of Snowsports Instructors in 2017 which we discuss in part 2. In this episode I wanted Simon to have a chance to tell his side of the story and get it on the record completely, without any spin or soundbites that we see in other media and social networks.  I present this to you, the listener, with as minimal comment or opinion from me as I was able to do. Below I link to Simon's business SB Ski as well as the link to the contact details of Jean-Yves Lapeyrere as mentioned.  You can contact Jean-Yves if you wish you follow the declaration process irrespective of if Brexit applies to you or not. Thank you for listening this year and I wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous

Hello from a stormy Swiss alps. This week I've got a great interview with Pete Gillespie who is the Head of Snowsports at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead in the UK (an indoor real snow slope) as well as International and Education Director at the Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors. We talk about many diverse topics including skiing in the Balkans, junior race teams going indoors and early season technical focus. You can find Pete at; www.thesnowcentre.com www.alpinecoaching.co.uk www.iasisnowsports.ie   happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School dave@snow-pros.ski www.snow-pros.ski    music by www.bensound.com  

Welcome to episode 11 from the very snowy Swiss Alps.  You might have heard that there has been some very serious snowfall already in the southern alps with resorts like Saas Fee, Cervinia and Zermatt getting absolutely hosed in the last week. It's snowy here also in the Western end of the alps and the temperatures are cold. Hopefully this means a good and early start to the season. This week I have a short interview with Jon Ballou, the Boss of The Aspen Ski School.  That's the title I hear in my head anyway but actually, his full title is Managing Director, Ski and Snowboard Schools, Aspen Skiing Company.  You can find out more about what that all means when you listen to the episode. We talk about managing such a large operation, teaching trends and a bit of tech.  No podcast with Jon would be complete without a bit of chat about the movie Aspen Extreme too. You can find Jon on facebook as Jonathan Ballou or on his youtube channel of the same name. https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.ballou.7 https://www.you

Hello from a very autumnal Switzerland. This week I interviewed Terry Godbout who is the founder of the Elite Skiing Facebook Group and www.eliteskiing.com I finally managed to work out how to make calls over the internet sound ok when I'm recording them and I hope that you enjoy this chat that I had with Terry as much as I did. He is a guy with a great deal of experience in the ski industry and we spoke at length about the origins of the page and website, as well as his views on subjects including the World Cup, general skiing technique, learning to ski, moguls and much more. You can find Elite Skiing here https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627711514109344/ and Terry here https://www.facebook.com/terry.godbout Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski  

I hope you had a good summer. This week, I travelled to Verbier to meet someone I have been wanting to meet for a long time, Julian Griffiths of ES.   We spoke at great length over coffee and in his office about his history in skiing, Brexit and the history of British and French ski relations in Europe. I had a great time making this one and I think there is scope for a follow up because we didn't touch on half of what I wanted to talk about. You can find Julian at www.europeansnowsport.com Happy listening Dave Burrows www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com

I hope you are all having a great summer.  I took a trip over the Grand St Bernard Pass to go and see Phil Brown of Impulse Racing.  Phil is a year round ski race coach and in heavily involved in the UK schools ski racing scene.   We chat at length about many diverse topics such as skis, running a business, collaboration, the coaching vs instructing and much more. Phil is a real character and this shines through in our interview.  It was a pleasure to chat to him and I really think you'll enjoy this episode. You can find Phil at: Impulse Racing - www.impulse-racing.co.uk National Schools SnowSports Association - www.schoolsskiracing.co.uk phil@impulse-racing.co.uk   Happy listening Dave Burrows SnowPros Ski School - www.snow-pros.ski dave@snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com    

This week for episode 7 I had the pleasure of chatting with Tom Gellie.  Spoiler - the sound quality is not amazing on this one as it was done over Skype.  It gets better though - stick with it. Tom has represented Australia with APSI at two Interskis, once on Telemark and once on Alpine. In addition he runs his business, Functional Body, out of Sydney dealing with helping people get out of pain and specialising in perfecting body movement. We covered lots of topics in our conversation including Tom's personal skiing journey, how the body works, ski equipment including a terrible business idea for someone out there and how having kids impacts your skiing. If you need to get in touch with Tom you can get him at the following places; Insta - www.instagram.com/tomgellie/ Facebook - www.facebook.com/functionalbodybalance web - www.functionalbody.com.au youtube - tgellie and finally at the Global Skiing Podcast - www.podcastgarden.com/podcast/globalskiing   I hope you enjoy the podcast, I'll catch you on the next