INSTRUCTION
We are dedicated to offering the highest quality ski instruction on the market. We know there are a multitude of other skiing schools and instruction programs that you could choose from, but we believe that ours is unique thanks to the individual attention we give our clients and to the quality and nature of our coaches. It is also unique because rather than being confined to just one mountain resort, as most ski schools are, our Canada ski coaching takes place at a variety of different resorts in the magnificent Canadian Rockies.
OUR CANADA SKI INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Our Canada ski trip is ideal for those who want to develop their all-round skiing and especially their powder and freeride skills. You can choose to focus solely on freeriding, or you can work on developing your freestyle and freeride skills. There will be plenty of opportunities for both. Presently, we do not offer telemark instruction.
Beginners: Our Canada ski instruction is not suitable for those who have never before skied. If you can comfortably ride blue trails, however, you will be able to enjoy this trip. For more information about our coaching, please see our intermediates section below.
Intermediates: Our intermediate ski instruction is designed to ensure that intermediate skiers optimize their overall technique, develop their style, and challenge their performance. At the beginning of our Canada ski trip we`ll assess your particular development needs and then work with you to achieve them. To increase your confidence, speed and technique you will be taught to exercise more control of your board by doing 360 slides, riding switch, doing ollies, and skiing steep terrain. We will also check to ensure that you ski using the optimal technique and body positioning. A major focus of our instruction will be on freeride techniques and especially on skiing powder and off-piste terrain. Depending on your ability and interests, we will cover such skills as: powder skiing, tree skiing, transceiver use, and picking lines. We will also work on your freeride technique by developing such skills as carving and fakie riding, and we will encourage you to test your riding by taking advantage of natural hits, bumps, steeps and walls. For intermediates who are interested in freestyle, there will be plenty of opportunities for our expert instructors to coach you on jumping kickers, sliding rails and boxes and riding pipe. In the evening there will be video coaching to enhance your understanding of what you have learned during the day. To minimize your chance of injury, we will start each day with a warm-up session targeted specifically to skiers.
Advanced: Our advanced ski instruction is for highly proficient skiers who would like to push their performance by skiing with top-level skiers. It will cover the skills taught by our intermediate program, but to a higher level. You will be accompanied by a highly accomplished skier who will help you to develop your off-piste skills and knowledge, push your skiing, refine your technique and work on whichever skills you wish to develop, be it picking and perfecting lines, or developing certain tricks in the park. The focus of this trip is on freeriding, but you will have plenty of opportunities to work on your freestyle skills if this interests you. As with intermediate level riders, we will film you during the day and analyze the footage with you in the evening to provide you with additional feedback and skiing tips. There will also be informal evening workshops on such topics as backcountry safety and waxing and tuning.
Please note: To better cater to your level, coaches may not always choose to work with their entire group at the same time. This will result in more tailored coaching but may mean you are left to practice on your own for some periods of the day.
WE BASE OUR SKI INSTRUCTION ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
» Individual attention: Most ski schools and camps process so many clients each week, they cannot afford to give students the individual attention they deserve. Although our ski instruction is group instruction, we treat each client as an individual – identifying their particular development needs and learning goals and working with them to ensure they receive the necessary advice and instruction to meet their learning goals.
» Low coach-to-client ratio: In order to ensure clients receive the attention they deserve, we use a much lower client-to-coach ratio than do most ski instruction programs. Our client-to-coach ratio is a maximum of 5-to-1 (often it is much lower), whereas many ski schools use a ratio as high as 10-to-1.
» Proprietary coaching program: Our team of expert instructors has worked hard to develop a proprietary coaching program that maximizes client learning and contains all the tips and advice necessary for develop your riding.
» Maximum flexibility & All-day coaching: Although we base our ski instruction on a comprehensive plan, we nevertheless keep it as flexible, relaxed, and tailored to the individual as possible. The atmosphere we create is more one of riding with friends than partaking in a lesson. Our instructors will ride alongside you giving you skiing tips and encouragement; they won`t line you up in a group and teach from a generic lesson plan as you find in a typical ski school experience. Also unlike typical ski schools, we don`t limit you to just a few hours of instruction per day; our instructors are available to encourage you and give you advice all day long. You can use our instructors as little or as much as you like, and you can push yourself as much as you choose.
» Highest quality instructors: We work hard to select the best possible instructors. Our coaches are expert skiers (many are professional or competitive skiers) who have extensive coaching experience. Perhaps even more importantly, our instructors are fun, open and easy-going people who love to teach.
» Video coaching & workshops: To maximize your learning and to further illustrate the skiing tips we give you during the day, we use video coaching and informal evening workshops.
» Long-term improvement: Skiing can be a challenging sport. There is so much to learn and you may not master all the skills and techniques you desire during your short time with us. One of the goals of our program, therefore, is to give you all the skiing tips, knowledge and advice that you need to be able to continue to learn from us months and even years after you`ve left us.
» An unforgettable experience: Although we want you to maximize your ski performance, our most important goal is that you have a fantastic time while traveling with us. For this reason we work hard to create a supportive, relaxed and fun atmosphere and to create an itinerary that is unique and full of variety.
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Our highest priority when running our trips is to recruit the best staff in the industry! In selecting our staff we not only look for accomplished athletes and instructors but also those who have the necessary personalities to make your trip unforgettable.
Click here to learn more about our team.
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