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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.bensound.com