New Zealand Ski Instructor Course – Week 3

Week 3 – by Pieter

Week 3 was different from other two weeks. Due to bad weather we we not able to get up the mountain for a couple of days. On Monday we had private ski lessons. Jason took everbody separately that day. We went skiing for one hour each. Everybody made really good progress. The next day Porters was closed due to heavy wind, so we did one indoor session.

On Wednesday Porters was closed again. But fortunately one of the club fields was open. It’s called Broken River. The wind blows all the fresh powder on to the Broken River ski area. So we had an amazing off piste ski day. There is one thing that you should know – the lifts at Broken River are not a lift you have ever seen before. I will try to explain it as good as I can. There is a rope going up the hill through some pullies. What you try to do is grab the rope with one hand. Slowly get more grip and when you are going the same speed as the rope, you need to flick something simlilar to a nutcracker around the rope. There is a small rope attached to a girdle around your waist. It takes some time to get the hang of it but it keeps the big crowds away so basically you have the whole ski area for yourself, so that is pretty awsome. Jason took the people that wanted some adventure out for some small cliffdrops. And we skiied through some cliffs that was a lot of fun. We also tried to make a wallride in a bowl. Didnt really work out as we hoped but we had some fun with it.

Thursday again porters was closed so we did a small session. But it was also Jheni`s birthday so we headed out for Christchurch to see the new Harry Potter movie and have dinner afterwards.

Saturday night we had a birthday party for one the ski insturctors at Porters. One tip watch out for the punch and vodka jelly shots they are treacherous… well this was my blog for week 3 some other member will write the next one.

Greets Pieter

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