Ski Instructor Courses

[SnowSkool - Dunk]

Hi guys,
Firstly I suppose I should introduce myself, Im Dunk for those who dont already know and I`ll be looking after you all out for your season skiing or snowboard in Big White, Canada.
It was really great to meet a good selection of you on the reunion and im looking forward to meeting the remainder very soon. Especially all our friends out in Aus.
Its great to see that your getting the forum going and are all excited to get out to Big White. Im flying out early Dec to get things warmed up and hopefully a few decent pow days in But not to worry I wont forget about you lot and will post on here regularly to keep you updated.

[Charlotte]

Hi Everybody

My name is Charlotte. I'm going to be out in Big White in a couple months. I will be learning to be a snowboarding instructor, I haven't done all that much in the past but i'm counting the days until i can get involved.

I met a few of you at the social in Birmingham. Ended up in the Acadamy with Emma and Russ. Was great to say hi to everybody.

[katiea]

Hey guys, yeah brum was good the other week really good to see some of you lot....except we really should not have gone to reflex was such a dive! full of grandads! lol!
yeah bring on big white!!!!!

[Charlotte]

Hi Katie,

yeah i think it would have been better to give reflex miss, lets hope big white has a hugely different vibe!

since meeting everybody it seems to have made the trip more real - I am counting the days now. I can't wait

[Dom]

Hey whats up?

jus thought id post a hello to everyone goin on the big white instructor course so hey.
my names dominic (or dom) an im goin on the snowboard course this january an i really cant wait to get out there for the snow an the people ive been snowboarding for about 3 years now an this is to me a dream come true to be able to do this.

ill see you all at the airport heh.

[nish]

just thought i would say aloha to those going to big white, as i couldnt make it to the reunion (broken sternum-dont ask). Am on the snowboarding course which should be amusing if nothing else. theres like less than 2 months. yay! see you all real soon.

nish

[geoffwright]

plent of snow has been droping in whistler but the weather is now turning to rain so what they gained they have lost a little and quite a bit of it is heading towards big white which is great for us with the added bonus that by the time it gets there it wil be nice and dry powder hahahaha even better for
catch you all later oh and by the way there is another storm system coming in over the week end
geoff

[geoffwright]

sorry about the bad spelling folks just trying to inform everone of weather and put a bit of excitment into it !!!!!!!!!!
catch you all later geoff

[Russman]

Hey ya'all!

Looks like a huge response to Phils email, 'throwing the gauntlet down'..

Pleased to meet you all Geoff, Nish and Dom - am liking Geoff's updates, keep 'em coming. Am sensing a large increase in snowboarders so hope us skiing folk will have re-inforcements! Look forward to sharing a bevvie and some powder with you soon.

Katie and Charlotte, good to see you on here, I'm sure the clubs in venues in Big White will be far better than Reflex, if not at least we have a good crew so we'll make the night good.

Must say though Charlotte after that hard ass head banging in the Academy I was showing signs of whiplash the next day Just make sure you keep practising the patented Russman 'Hinged arm dance' for the first big night out in Big White -you gotta wow those Canadian guys with those funky disco moves

Last check it's 50 days and only 24 work days for me - have already packed the gear I bought at the Global Snow Show....

[Ems]

Hello hello!!

Was awesome to have met some of you in Birmingham, although I have to agree with Katie would have been even better if we'd steered clear of Reflex!!!

I cannot wait untill January... 7 weeks today! woop woop!
For the benefit of those that couldn't make it to Bham, everyone I met seemed pretty cool. I think we're gonna have an awesome time over in Big White.
I'm looking forward to meeting the rest of you, and seeing the guys from Bham again.

Roll on January!!

Emma
By the way I'm gonna be boarding... Russ I think it's pretty even steven's at the mo as to skiers vs boarders, although I'm sure Katie was swaying towards the dark side when I last spoke to her!!

[sass]

Good to read all the postings - My name is Sass, and I'm supporting the ski numbers. I'm from Down Under too - but New Zealand not Australia. We've just finished a really good ski season - the mountain nearest us closed at the end of October. Now I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone at Vancouver. Roll on January!

[Russman]

Hey Ems!

Glad to see you've signed up, once Duncan gets online that'll be all of the 'magnificent 7' from Birmingham

Hey Sass, great to meet another skier. Where abouts was your local mountain? I spent 2 weeks in Queenstown and skied at both Coronet Peak and Remarkables - great slopes, good weather and fantastic people! You'll be getting a back to back season then huh? Excellent!

Looking forward to meeting you in Canada, only 48 days left..

[James]

Hello Dudes (Boarders) and Bums (Skiers)

Allow myself to introduce... myself.

My name is James and I'll be skiing (and more than likely falling over) in Big White with you. I've just read Phil's stern letter of encouragement for us all to get to know one and other. So I'll throw my lot into the fray too.

Apologies for not showing up in Brum the other week - I'm afraid I have no excuses. It sounded like a good sesh (apart from your discotheque shenanigans afterwards - now that I don't regret missing).

Currently working out my notice in the insurance industry and although it's not a bad job, it's becoming increasingly difficult to sit at my desk and not tantalise about 3 months of fresh powder and good company. 5 weeks till I jack it in and my productivity has plummeted !!

Glad to see we have some Southern hemispherical skiing experience out there. I spent a season skiing at Cardrona a few years ago, unfortunately I was completely broke and didn't ski as much as I wanted - gutted. Lived with a Kiwi who was making snow board videos which was allot of fun and a real treat to be able to watch some of NZ's finest glide down the mountain side.

Question: is anyone bringing a laptop along? I have a 320Gb external hard drive with tons of tunes and movies. I thought we could have a pool of everyone’s music so those of us with mp3s can share our best beats to add a soundtrack to what I'm sure is going to be an awesome adventure.

J

[Dom]

hey james u ok? yeh i shud be bringin a laptop out with me need sumin to put the music an photos on..so sounds like a gud idea to me

[geoffwright]

hello james this is geoff the weather service haha good to hear from you i am also a bum and will also have a laptop

speak soon geoff