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Insider information on the ski & snowboard industry and our ski and snowboard instructor courses.
Becoming a ski instructor in Niseko, Japan.
The following blog by Olivia Bertolotti is a great example of how you can go on to teach around the world after your Nonstop instructor course. She’s just finished her first season in Japan and is about to continue instructing in New Zealand…
Living in the South of France and having easy access to the Southern Alps I learned to ski at a young age and it soon became my passion. So after leaving school and wanting to take a gap year, I was delighted to learn about the Nonstop ski instructor courses and immediately applied to Fernie. Read more »
Riding and teaching alongside Jenny Jones with Caring Cancer Trust
Nonstop courses often lead to new adventures, even for those who don’t plan to go on and instruct. Here’s an update we’ve just got through from Annette Dahl, who has been putting her instructor qualifications to good use…
I did the 11 Week Snowboarding Instructor Course with Nonstop in Fernie last year, and firstly I wanted to say a massive thank you for an amazing season! Read more »
Becoming an instructor in Austria and Switzerland
Alicia Warr went from her 11 week instructor course in Canada to an instructor career in Europe, even with a Japanese job offer along the way! Here’s her story…
After leaving college, I was sure that I wanted to move into seasonal work abroad, however with no experience it proved rather difficult to find much work. After scouring through the many sites offering 11 week ski instructor courses, Nonstop had caught my eye, with their extensive variety and extras included in the package. Read more »
From factory worker to snowboard instructor
Here’s the latest of our series of blogs from past NONSTOP clients who have gone on to work as instructors around the world. After falling in love with snowboarding, five years ago Paul gave up his factory job to pursue his dreams…
Well, snowboarding was something that I always wanted to do but just seemed too inaccessible. That was until I was lucky enough to meet a guy at work, who turned out to be a snowboarder and sold me his old board (a Burton Charger). I was really pleased to get my own board but had no idea how to Read more »
Becoming Ski & Snowboard instructors
Since 2002, we’ve trained over 2,000 ski and snowboard instructors, and plenty of those have gone on to work in ski schools around the world. Below is a list of stories about how many of them have gone on to “live the dream”… Read more »
