Silver Lining

Suprise training day! Today the snow was just as good but after a full week of hard riding we were all feeling pretty fatigued, so instead of more riding we are now transitioning to the teaching and technical side of the level 2 preparation.

Today we touched on intermediate and advanced carving turns, what lessons were are expected to teach as a level 2 instructor and how to use the terrain to challenge yourself and your students. As a higher level instructor you are qualified to teach both on the piste and off of it, as well as an introduction to freestyle. This means we will be assed on basic tricks like manuals (pressing down and balancing on the nose/tail of the board) buttering (a manual whilst spinning around - super fun!) and 2 footed takeoff and landing during jumps. Exciting stuff!

Also I have some even more exciting news. Because my mates have been let off there seems to be a lack of level 1 skiers in the ski school.. therefore I was approached today by one of the senior members of the team along with my friend Sylvie to do a discounted ski instructor course and start working as a dual qualified instructor.

No brainier! The two of us are so excited! It means that we will bore ie even a higher wage as well as get more work! It also feels pretty special as he said he asked us first because the team thinks we're awesome. So there early is a silver lining to a storm cloud!

Plus my mates may be finding work at a nearby hill, so that we can all stick together in the same area which would be amazing. Things are looking up thankfully.

Love to all my family xxx working tomorrow, hello BC family weekend - busy busy busy!