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How To Backflip

Doing a backflip on skis is a milestone achievement for any freeskier, and it's a trick that requires more commitment to face our own fears than actual technical skills or ability. We're going to break down how to do a backflip into smaller…
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How To: Service Your Skis

Do you service your skis? If you don't... why? Jas Bruce (BASI trainer, Eurotest opener, Interski demo team member AND New Generation Val D'sere RM - we don't know how he has time to do it all) is here to talk us through how easy it can be…
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Which skis are best for my BASI technical course?

This is an important topic and not one to take lightly. Most instructors have probably saved up all summer to get some new gear in the pre-season autumn discounts. Which skis are best for my BASI technical course? Head iSpeeds? Magnums? …
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Sport vs Recreation. Are you approaching training the right way?

The first part in a series of blogs designed to support your training this winter. Written by Dave Morris - BASI trainer, Podium race coach & New Generation 1650 Resort Manager. As a trainee, it is really important to not confound…
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Ski Instructor Training in Verbier – Hips Don’t Lie

So here it is folks.... The final part of our ski instructor training blog series from Verbier's own Jon and this time, we're getting technical. Tom and Jon, as you may have read from our previous blogs in the series, run our ski instructor…
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Ski Instructor Training in Verbier – The Qualification Levels

Ever wondered what it takes to become a ski instructor? And what ski instructor training involves? Last week we featured blogs showing our Verbier coaches in action as well as this year's training team. Today Verbier Training Team Coach Jon…
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Ski Instructor Training in Verbier: This Year’s Team

New Generation in Verbier runs a six week ski instructor training program for level 3 instructors training for their level 4. Our previous blog post featured the coaches in action. But what about the people they were training? Who were they…
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