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3-WEEK INSTRUCTOR COURSE A SHORT BREAK WITH A PURPOSE Held in Fernie, our three-week course provides the perfect opportunity to push your skiing or snowboarding to that next level whilst also gaining the CSIA or CASI Level 1 instructor qualification. The course is ideal as a break from work or study and for those who want to gain the instructor qualification and spend the rest of the season instructing.* The course takes place over the New Year when traditionally the snow in Fernie is deep and light. You’ll improve your off-piste technique while learning useful instructing skills that will progress your skiing or snowboarding and give your winter break a focus and a challenge. * Please note that in order to instruct in Canada you will require a working visa. Please call us for more information. “WORLD-CLASS COACHING, UNTOUCHED POWDER BOWLS AND ADRENALIN-PUMPING TREE RUNS.” Jonathon Curtin, 20, 3-Week Course, Fernie ‘05 ALL THE 2-WEEK AND 3-WEEK COURSES ARE HELD IN: FERNIE - Page 11 PLEASE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PAGES: COACHING & QUALIFICATIONS - Page 3 WHY CHOOSE NONSTOP? - Page 17 COSTS - Page 18 CASE STUDIES - Page 19 “I LEARNT MORE ON THE 3-WEEK INSTRUCTOR COURSE IN FERNIE THAN IN THE 26 YEARS OF EUROPEAN INSTRUCTION I HAVE HAD SINCE I STARTED SKIING.” Robert Turner Cain, 31, 3-Week Course, Fernie ‘04 THE COACHING Designed for intermediate-to-advanced skiers and snowboarders, the coaching follows a similar structure to our 11-week instructor courses, concentrating on your technique in a variety of conditions, as well as the skills required to gain the Level 1 instructor certification - see page 3 for details of the qualifications. There are five hours of coaching, four days a week. In preparation for the Level 1 exam, held at the end of the 3 weeks, you will develop your technical knowledge, communication and teaching skills, and detection and correction methods. Training towards instructor certification significantly benefits your own skiing or snowboarding as it provides a technical approach enabling you to effectively analyse and correct your own mistakes. The coaching will include regular video analysis and improve your skiing and snowboarding on the piste, through moguls and crud, down tight tree runs, and in the famous Fernie powder. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION APPLIES TO ALL OUR 2-WEEK & 3-WEEK COURSES MOUNTAIN SAFETY TRAINING In addition to your on-snow coaching you will learn essential backcountry techniques including safe off-piste travel, avalanche awareness and searchand-rescue techniques. This CAA (Canadian Avalanche Association) affiliated course includes evening theory sessions as well as backcountry field days. Although dependent on the weather, there may be an opportunity to take our winter survival course, camping out overnight in a snow cave that you will build yourself. 9 CAT SKIING One of the highlights of the course is a day cat skiing. Held on the final weekend this experience provides the perfect opportunity to test your newly developed skills in the untracked powder of the Fernie backcountry.
2-WEEK & 3-WEEK IMPROVEMENT COURSES PICTURE THIS... You’re standing at the top of an untouched tree run with fresh powder up to your knees. The sun is shining and the trees around you are heavily laden with fresh snow… How will you fare? After skiing or snowboarding with our professional coaches in the Fernie powder you’ll be tearing through conditions and terrain you previously thought IMPOSSIBLE! If you’re looking for a winter holiday with a difference, want to focus on really improving your skiing or snowboarding in a fun and sociable environment, then our ski/snowboard improvement courses are for you. After feedback from our past clients who wished they could have stayed in Fernie for longer we now offer two-week and three-week options. THE COACHING Our improvement courses will significantly develop your skiing or snowboarding whilst teaching useful mountain safety skills enabling you to ski/snowboard off-piste with confidence. You will receive five hours of coaching per day, four days per week. Our instructors are carefully hand picked for their coaching experience and knowledge of the local terrain. They will develop your all-mountain technique, teaching you on the piste, through moguls and crud, down tree runs and in the powder. During the coaching you will be videoed skiing in all conditions and over après-ski drinks, your coach will provide helpful analysis and feedback. We arrange a boot-fitting evening and a ski/snowboard tuning seminar which ensure that you get the best out of your equipment. By the end of the course you’ll have made a load of new friends who share your passion, and developed the skills necessary to ski or snowboard off-piste with confidence and style. “THE COURSE COMPLETELY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS, WITH GREAT INSTRUCTION AND A PACKED AGENDA. THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACKCOUNTRY TOURING AND CAT-SKIING SHOULD NOT BE MISSED. HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE WHO CLASS THEMSELVES AS ‘I CAN GET DOWN ANY PISTE BUT MY OFF-PISTE NEEDS A BIT OF WORK.’ ALL IN ALL, GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY AND THE BEST SKIING HOLIDAY I’VE HAD TO DATE.” Emma Roche, 27, 2-Week Course, Fernie ‘05 “AN AWESOME TWO WEEKS, GREAT PEOPLE AND WELL ORGANISED. THE INSTRUCTION WAS BRILLIANT, I LEARNT LOTS AND LOVED THE CAT- SKIING. FERNIE IS A FANTASTIC TOWN WITH LOTS OF GREAT PUBS FOR EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS!” Clemmie Innes, 20, 2-Week Course, Fernie ‘04 ACCOMMODATION Located in the heart of downtown Fernie, the NONSTOP course centre is the ideal place to relax and hang out with your friends after a day on the mountain. Recently renovated, it has a large communal lounge with wood-burning stove, a TV room, games area with a pool table and table football, internet access, a ski/board tuning workshop, and a large kitchen and dining area. We offer twin rooms in comfortable homes located in the heart of downtown Fernie. All houses have communal kitchens, dining areas and comfortable living rooms. A limited number of single rooms are available at an additional cost. Weekday breakfasts and evening meals will be served in a popular local restaurant (more info on pages 11-12). NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY We organise a top bash including a 3-course meal, dancing and the obligatory post-dinner snowball fight. 10
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