The Ski Instructor Podcast

The Ski Instructor Podcast
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The Ski Instructor Podcast. Interviews with interesting and innovative Ski Instructors and Ski School Directors.

  1. 3D AGO

    82 - Billy Clark part 2 - Billski

    Welcome to episode 82 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring part 2 of the interview with Billy Clark from Billski. Billski is a ski school that works on the French side of the Portes du Soleil in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets.  I see Bill often on the mountain during the winter but this podcast was recorded in his house in Morzine in the summer. Bill was one of the youngest BASI qualified full cert instructors at the age of 22 and we know a lot of mutual people in and around the area.  This connection really comes through in the interview and it's a friendly and laid back one. In part 2 of the interview, we chat about Billski, how it got started and has evolved and his approach to marketing.  We also chat about the evolution of the French side of the Portes du Soleil over the years. You can find Billski here - https://billski.co.uk/about-billski/ https://www.instagram.com/billski85/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/www.billski.co.uk Happy listening Dave www.snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com

    1h 3m

  2. JAN 20

    81 - Billy Clark - Billski

    Welcome to episode 81 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Billy Clark from Billski. Billski is a ski school that works on the French side of the Portes du Soleil in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets.  I see Bill often on the mountain during the winter but this podcast was recorded in his house in Morzine in the summer. Bill was one of the youngest BASI qualified full cert instructors at the age of 22 and we know a lot of mutual people in and around the area.  This connection really comes through in the interview and it's a friendly and laid back one. In this part 1 of the interview, we chat about Bill's journey to full cert, the people that helped and inspired him along the way and how to approach challenges. You can find Billski here - https://billski.co.uk/about-billski/ https://www.instagram.com/billski85/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/www.billski.co.uk Happy listening Dave www.snow-pros.ski music by www.bensound.com

    1h 3m

  3. 12/25/2025

    80 - Joe Dunn part 2 - Ski Dad TV, Instructor at Deer Valley

    Happy Christmas to you all and welcome to part 2 and episode 80 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, featuring Joe Dunn, a ski instructor at Deer Valley but you might know him better from his amazing YouTube channel, Ski Dad TV. In this episode we talk about Joe's back story and how he came to be a ski instructor at Deer Valley, wedge christie and PSIA chat, keeping teaching simple and how he started his YouTube channel. It's a great interview full of good energy. You can check out Joe's channel here https://www.youtube.com/@skidadTV Henrik Kristoffersen interview here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/henrik-kristoffersen/id1549121005?i=1000674224528 Happy listening Dave https://www.snow-pros.ski/girls-ski-club-switzerland music by www.bensound.com

    1h 35m

  4. 11/27/2025

    79 - Joe Dunn, Ski Dad TV, Instructor at Deer Valley part 1

    Welcome to part 1  of episode 79 of The Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Joe Dunn, a ski instructor at Deer Valley but you might know him better from his amazing YouTube channel, Ski Dad TV. We jump immediately into an in-depth chat about technical skiing, how to introduce people to carving and an in-depth discussion on width of ski.  It's a great interview full of good energy. You can check out Joe's channel here https://www.youtube.com/@skidadTV Happy listening Dave https://www.snow-pros.ski/girls-ski-club-switzerland music by www.bensound.com

    1h 5m

  5. 10/24/2025

    78 - Jason Hendy - Impulse Racing and Gloucester Ski Club

    Welcome to episode 78 of the podcast, this week featuring Jason Hendy. I worked with Jason this winter at a race we were running in Les Crosets and we started a really interesting chat about ski boots but we didn't get a chance to finish it and that is what this podcast is. It's very much a follow up to episode 77 with Tom Gellie and we touch on a lot of the same topics about boots and this episode deliberately follows that one as a continuation of that topic. Jason has thought deeply about this topic of boots and getting the right set up for you, then the conversation moves on to coaching on the dry slope in the UK, working with kids on a week to week basis and how to go fast on a dry slope. I loved chatting with Jason and it really comes across in this podcast.  You can find Jason here:   https://www.instagram.com/alpin_ish/ https://www.facebook.com/jason.hendy.7 Happy listening Dave dave@snow-pros.ski www.snow-pros.ski/lessons music by www.bensound.com

    1h 47m

  6. 09/25/2025

    77 - Tom Gellie, Big Picture Skiing - Skiing in rental boots

    Welcome to episode 77 of The Ski Instructor Podcast this week featuring Tom Gellie of Big Picture Skiing. This podcast was prompted by a recent viral Facebook post that Tom put together based on his recent experience of skiing in rental boots at Ski Dubai. We talk extensively about the reasons why rental boots are like they are, what the purpose of them are and how quickly you need to get out of them in order to progress. As usual with Tom and I, we ended up on a bunch of tangents about different stuff to do with boots and customising them to suit your own body. To find out more about Tom, you can go back and listen to my previous episode where I interviewed Tom extensively, the link to that is here. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CaBF1sZ3IG1xkC5PpLqqk?si=IWMpLd0JTLa7D-US3MAHFA I hope you are enjoying skiing wherever you are and I'll catch you on the next episode. Happy listening. Dave dave@snow-pros.ski https://www.snow-pros.ski/ski-lessons music by www.bensound.com

    1h 8m

  7. 08/26/2025

    76 - Anna Norlin Berg and Joel Baudin - Swedish Ski Instructors, school directors, examiners and demo team, Skidlärarpodden

    Welcome to episode 76 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, featuring Anna Norlin Berg and Joel Baudin. Anna and Joel are the hosts of the popular Swedish ski instructor podcast 'Skidlärarpodden'.  When they aren't doing that, Joel and Anna are working ski instructors.   Joel runs the ski school in Kittelfjäll and is an instructor and course leader within Friluftsfrämjandet (The Swedish Outdoor Organization) for the past eight years. He's involved in instructor education through Friluftsfrämjandet and is a passionate moguls skier. Anna is involved in training leaders and ski instructors in Friluftsfämjandet, and is chairman of the Swedish ski exams. She is an Alpine ski coach in Kungsbergets AK for U14 and U16. She was a member of the Swedish demo team in Pomporovo and Levi. We had a very wide ranging chat covering the backstory for Anna and Joel, instructor systems in Sweden, the technical models, hockey (again, sorry!), interski and falling off of bicycles. I loved chatting with these two and it's a fun interview.  If you'd like to listen to the interview that they did with me, you can find it here: https://skidlararpodden.se/episodes/dave-burrows-on-coaching-community-and-carving-your-own-path-in-the-alps Happy listening Dave

    2h 6m

  8. 07/24/2025

    75 - Max Colvin, Director of Snowsports SnowPros Ski School, Hand Laid Eggs Surfboards

    Welcome to episode 75 of the Ski Instructor Podcast, this week featuring Max Colvin, who you would have heard of me talk about on the podcast previously and who is the SnowPros Ski School Director of Snowsports. Max holds the Valasian Patente and looks after the team here at SnowPros. I find Max to be an incredibly interesting guy who thinks deeply about skiing and everything else and I just had to get an interview with him for the pod. We touched on lots of different topics, to do with how we teach skiing, our journeys to full cert, how surfing differs from snowsports and plenty more. Max runs a successful surfboard manufacturing company, Hand Laid Eggs and if you surf, you should definitley check out his boards https://www.handlaideggs.co.uk/ he cares deeply about what he does. You can tell from this episode that Max and I know each other quite well by now.  The interview is very relaxed and is a real deparature in style from the usual interview. Happy listening and see you on the next one. Dave dave@snow-pros.ski www.snow-pros.ski   music by www.bensound.com

    2h 2m
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The Ski Instructor Podcast. Interviews with interesting and innovative Ski Instructors and Ski School Directors.

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  • Creator
    The Ski Instructor Podcast
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    81
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    Explicit
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