September 2006
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BASI Trainee Ski Instructor training: Day 3
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today we ran the lessons that we prepared last night. These went well and we got lots … -
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BASI Trainee Ski Instructor training: Day 4
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today we focused on short to medium radius turns on piste, with a few bumps on the way … -
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BASI Trainee Ski Instructor training: Day 5
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was a glorious day, sunshine, perfect snow and no wind. We started the day with … -
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BASI Trainee Ski Instructor training: The Numbers
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. I got my “numbers” this evening. The way the BASI ratings work is that each … -
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The most important C++ stuff, ever...
I’m still skiing in Argentina, the training is going well and within 3 weeks I’ll know if I make the grade and qualify as a BASI Ski Instructor… Because of all the skiing and partying and work out here I haven’t … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 1
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was the first day of our BASI Instructor training program. This consists of two … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 2
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. As with yesterday, today was similar to day 2 of our Trainee Instructor program only … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 3
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today we moved on to activities beyond The Central Theme; BASI has five strands of … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 4
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today we mostly worked on our piste performance along with some slightly steeper off … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 5
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was the last day of the first block of 5 days of the Instructor training course. … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 6
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. The rain had been falling as snow on the mountain and there was even a little snow at … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 7
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was our first solo teaching session. We were each given an element of the Central … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 8
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was similar to yesterday, 20 minute individual teaching sessions in the morning … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 9
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. We began the day with two short lessons from Katie and Neil. Katie’s was to … -
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BASI Ski Instructor training: Day 10
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. Today was the final day of the Instructor training course. We woke to find that it was … -
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Passed!
Previously published This article was previously published on megeveski.com when I took some time out to ski. An index of these pages can be found here. I passed the instructor training, so I’m now a ski instructor… 7 of our … -
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I passed!
Well, today I discovered that I had passed the BASI Ski Instructor course that I’ve been taking in Argentina, so I’m now a Ski Instructor… We fly back from Bariloche to Buenos Aires on Friday and then onwards to the UK on …