High Speed Ass Scratch

Now here is a real skill! Casey Bouis demonstrating his ability to scratch his ass while executing perfect angulation. Why let an itch get in the way of your skiing? Or maybe he is just losing it in the rotational plane?

Teach to Teach to Teach to Teach

This is a photo of Jason Simpson teaching the rest of the group on how to present the topic of the day. The Level 4 candidates are developing their ability to teach other instructors how to teach.

Try to stay with me here! The candidates are learning how to teach others how to teach skiing. My job is to teach them how to do this, so I am teaching them how to teach to teach. Therefore when Jason is teaching his fellow Course Conductors, he is teaching us how to teach to teach to teach. Warren Jobbitt is overseeing Jason so he is............

Course Conductor Warm Up Run

We have had some great snow at Sun Peaks this week. This video clip is the Course Conductor warm up run on Tuesday. The last guy skiing down is Jason Simpson.

The course is going really well, I feel like I have found my teaching groove this week, like I said before this course keeps me sharp. It is always worthwhile to challenge yourself.

Sun Peaks Level 4

I am having a bit of difficulty her with internet access so the posts this week are brief.

Skiing in video clip are Level 4 candidates Simon Bazinet, Bryan Cleaver, David Lambert, Dan Maki, Lesley Scourgie, and Ota Nobuyuki

NONSTOP Instructor Standards

This is tooting the NONSTOP horn a bit.....

This photo is of my fellow course conductor on the CSIA Level 4 course Jason Simpson. Jason is the Technical Director of the Whistler NONSTOP program, my Whistler counterpart. I think the fact that two of the Level 4 CSIA course conductors are directly employed by NONSTOP says a great deal about the standards the company sets. None of NONSTOP's competitors are represented amongst the Level 4 course conducting staff. I truly believe NONSTOP sets the highest standards of any instructor training program, in all aspects of the business. And this is how they attract people like Jason. I am very proud to be a part of it.

Nancy Greene

This "photo" (the photographer had the camera set on video) is of me and Olympic Gold Medalist, Canada Female athlete of the 20th century, and fellow Rosslander, Nancy Greene. Nancy is the Director of Skiing at Sun Peaks and she owns the Cahilty Lodge here. Incidentally she has also just been named to the Canadian Senate. Quite a woman!

CSIA Level 4 at Sun Peaks

I am at Sun Peaks to conduct the Level 4 course. This is a real challenge for me as an instructor, the candidates taking the course represent the most professional instructor group in Canada. All are very dedicated to the profession of ski instructing and all have a tremendous amount of experience. Working this course really keeps my teaching sharp. I will be here for the entire week.

The snow conditions here are similar to Red, great groomers, but little to entice us off piste.

This photo is CSIA course conductor Bartoz Barcynski from Whistler.