Saturday-Monday: 3 days with a new(ish) adult snowboarder who happened to be a 17 year old Polish immigrant who came here on holiday with her family and friends- who we bumped into on many occasions. She was super nice and by the end of 3 days of private tuition, with no add-on students, I pretty much new her life story and beyond! Her progress was great, so we went from the bunny hill (beginner terrain) to riding black runs! It was great to see and was rewarding as a teacher, just not financially... No tip for me.. boohoo.
Tuesday-Thursday: Full day beginner kids lessons! Arguably THE most tiring full day lesson you can be scheduled with. However I love it. And as these kids are sticking around for the week I got to see them again on the hill and during lunch duty which is always fun. The two boys I had on Tuesday and Wednesday LOVED snowball fights, to the point where I used it as a reward system! If they could complete my learning challenge they got a free snowball to throw at me.
In addition over Tuesday and Wednesday we had high school and elementary school kids arrive for field trips. The later were a real hand full. My fellow instructors Sylvie and Tyler had a handful of excitable, energetic.. eager boys. At lunch I had to round up three of them and return them to Sylvie after they ran off without her! By the end of the day you can imagine they were getting a little crazy. So instead of fighting it we held up our hands and declared a snowball war break!! We had around 10 kids vs 3 instructors playing in the snow at the side of the bunny hill having the best time ever. They thought it was awesome. I loved it too! We finished the war by calling a truce and all held hands in a big line and did a group cannon-ball jump into the snow! Cutest thing ever. After that they were very happy and behaved reasonably well until the end of their lesson. Little snow monsters!
Today was another great day! Full day kid lesson with a level 4 - so already a competent snowboarder, my job is to refine their technique and give them lots of mileage to help them improve. She was a babbly sweetheart from alberta who loved to chat and could remember all the exercises her previous instructors had shown her - which was perfect. Whenever I explained something to her she needed to work on she already knew a way to practise it! She even taught me some new ones myself. My favourite was MarioKart Game (its as awesome as it sounds) : A race down the hill with certain commands following the mariokart computer game! Bananas = 360 spin, Shell = jump, Star = GO FAST. We had a super fun day, one of my best so far!
Until next time! xx
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