A ski instructor in Austria

Twice a week we have ski instructor training to improve the art of teaching and our personal abilities. With a group of about 7 instructors we take the last lift up together with a trainer to make the last descents of the day. We do exercises like: muggles skiing, off-piste skiing and schule-fahren skiing. (click on the links to see movies)

Since the ski training is at the end of the day most instructors are very energetic and lively and everybody is trying new tricks and is experimenting.

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“Competence on the snow with excellence!” is the slogan of our ski school. The “red ski school” is well-known as the high quality ski school of Arlberg.

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Every morning I try to take the first lift up (Galzigbahn). It is realy beatiful and a good start of the day to ski the untouched black run down alone. The piste is groomed in the night and then I am the first one to leave the first tracks behind me. This morning was one of the those lucky mornings that the sunshine is there and and all the mountains around you welcome you.

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So I worked for one week now and slowly everything starts to get familiar. Last friday I got a the day off and a very experienced ski instructor (>12 years of being a ski instructor) showed me all the cool off piste areas of the St Anton and Stuben.

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So everything went well... I bought a small van, moved all my stuff out of my appartment in Amsterdam, and left for the Alps. The first stop is Kaprun were I will have an off-piste (Freeride) training from mountainguide Wolfgang Hackel which is an excellent ski trainer...

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The first step is taken. Last week I accomplished the first necessary ski instructor training in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands? Yes in the Netherlands…...the ski training was at an indoor ski piste.

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