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Digital nomad and freerider lifestyle post SnowSkool | Erich Rickens tells us his story
9th August 2024 A fun break from working for Amazon in Amsterdam pre-covid turned into a new way of life working as a digital nomad while enjoying snow seasons post-covid. Thanks to Erich’s Big White SnowSkool experience in 2020.
Instructing is not always the inevitable follow on from our courses, they can be life changing in different ways. It was inspiring to hear of Erich’s journey since graduating the day before Covid dictated resort shutdown.
A dramatic and abrupt end to the course that year, but not, as it turns out for Erich’s snowboarding adventures in the long run.
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Chris Doyle | Inspiring Midlife SnowSkooler Success!
2nd August 2024 Chris Doyle was a highly successful food industry executive for many years. During covid, he had turned his hand to teaching GCSE Mathematics in local schools. It was during this time that a SnowSkool Facebook post caught his imagination. Would you like to spend 11 weeks snowboarding? Yes please! he thought, and found himself clicking the link to find out more ... Read about his transformative SnowSkool experience here ...
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Where are SnowSkool Graduates now?
19th July 2024 SnowSkool graduates can be found instructing in resorts all over the world it seems. And for some it has opened different doors including marriage (!), and work as a freerider. Get a snapshot of where a snowskool ski or snowboard instructor course or internship could lead you in our latest blog post.
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Clair Dawe-Woodings | From Chef to Ski and Snowboard instructor at Sunshine Village, Banff
24th May 2024 Clair hasn’t looked back since gaining ski and snowboard instructor qualifications at SnowSkool Banff in 2018. She urges anyone thinking about doing a SnowSkool course to go for it describing it as ‘a once in a lifetime chance’ which has improved her confidence and wellbeing and opened the doors to a life she loves. Find out more in this feature focusing on her particular SnowSkool journey.
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SnowSkool Stories | 2023 graduate Massimo D’Amario enthuses about his midlife career shift
10th May 2024 Massimo started boarding at the tender age of ... 38 years old, and 10 years later he decided to follow his dreams and do the Three Valleys SnowSkool Snowboard instructor course in 2023. He is now living his dream as an instructor in Davos, Klosters, Switzerland. Read about his journey here.
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SnowSkool graduates Max and James tell us about their gap year experience in Sunshine, Banff
3rd May 2024 Max Jolliffe and James Lindemann were SnowSkool students in 2023. Max is from Essex and James is from Australia. Both fresh out of school wanting to defer university, they met on the instructor course in Sunshine Village, Banff, became firm friends and have gone on to work together in Australia and Japan.
Currently in Australia and between seasons in their back-to-back winter seasons adventure, they reflect on their experience and tell us what they have planned next.
And one thing’s for sure, they are not ready to head back from the mountains just yet. Their enthusiasm for the SnowSkool course in Sunshine Village, Banff and subsequent work was palpable.
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From SnowSkool graduate to employed ski instructor | Harriet Moudi tells us her story
Friday 26th April 2024 At SnowSkool we want you to have a great time doing your ski or snowboard instructor course. We also want you to secure a job on qualifying. 2023 graduate Harriet went straight on to work the 2024 season in Switzerland and tells us about her story here.
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Darren Parris | SnowSkool Graduate 2022 tells us how his career break became his new career
Friday 19th April 2024 Hear how Darren chose a SnowSkool course for a career break, went on to bag himself a job for the following season and is now going from strength to strength as an instructor in Big White.
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SnowSkool Stories | Katie Rutherford Banff Career Break Student 2024
Friday 5th April 2024 Katie reflects and enthuses about her career break experience which has given her new skills and contemplations looking ahead ...
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SnowSkooler success: Jack’s journey from Banff to teaching in NZ and Japan
12th December 2022 We recently caught up with Jack Scott, who did SnowSkool Banff in winter 2021/2022. We wanted to share Jack’s story because, post-SnowSkool Banff, he’s bagged teaching jobs in both New Zealand and Canada.
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