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For all you ski instructors
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So, I thought about making this thread later, in february, but its summer and frankly, I'm bored as shit.
My school annually goes to Whistler for 2 nights 3 days, and during that trip, we have to take lessons because some gaper kid in richmond a few years ago fucked it up for us and paralyzed himself trying to backflip.
Anyways, my "school" of 250 students is part of a much bigger 2000+ student highschool, and it is a "gifted education" program. No, I'm not retarted thank you very much, its pretty much a normal school where everyone expects you to do a little better, in exchange for numerous annual trips a year, and a bunch of cool shit.
However, honestly speaking, its 1/2 nerds and 1/2 cool smart people. And out of that 1/2 cool people, 60% are gapers, 30% consider themselves "advanced skiers" because they have houses and whatnot in whistler/big white etc. and go with their parents a lot.
The rest might be able to do some park and ski decently if given an extra push. So, here comes the question to all you ski instructors: Would it help if I made a thread on NS telling you when we're coming and gathering up a group that can actually do shit so you don't get stuck with a shitload of gapers and have to stick to groomers all 3 days? Its a win win situation, I get to ski some good stuff and actually learn something from a fellow NSer, you get non-gaper kids to work with?
Even if you arn't a whistler instructor, would it help if someone did something like this for you?
sorry this got a tad long but...GO
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good idea bro, there'll definately be an instructor who'll jump on this
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ieve done the classical school trip were all you get to do basicaly flat land tricks but if you talk with ur instructor about your skill level and myabe be like he lets go to the park he should allow you to go he cannot tell you that you can go ski the park. if he a faggot about it the 1 day just go along with it but then next day just leave your group and go ski i did it they got mad and called my parent but my parents know that i can ski and drop shit and do rails so they were like who cares. first i would just talk to the instructor
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thats sick. if i were an instructor i would definitly do it
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Hell yeah. We would be fighting over your group. The only way this will really help you though is if a Whistler instructor with enough seniority to be taken seriously sees this. Whistler snowschool is massive.
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if it turns bad, just peace from the group. say you went for a leak and got lost
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They really should split you guys into levels and make sure you have a level 3/park qualified instructor anyway. In the past I've got given the highest level groups over more higher qualified (ie level 3) instructors because I have a park and pipe coaches cert.
I actually just applied for a job in Whistler today, so hit me up nearer the time and maybe we can sort something out!
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If this were to come about at my mountain, my job would be 110% easier, i love groups like tha one you want to make
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I instruct but not at whistler
and of course I would do this. You would get a shit ton of money and get to ski park all day.
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Yeah man A class like yours would mos def have to be handled by atleast a level 3 coach with his park and pipe, I think most instructors on this site have their park and pipe and maybe somekind of low cert like I do. I would for sure hand over a class like that to someone well certified.
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The "No I'm not retarded thanks you very much" made me giggle a little.
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see if you can take park lessons
im pretty sure that whistler would have a park instructor
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yeah dude its a sick idea. sorry im a ski instructor in pennsylvania. but the majority of my lessons are freestyle lessons since im at a park specific mountain. thats a hell of a good idea though im sure you could get an instructor to do that with you. only consideration is the mountains policies which may backfire horrifically on you
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you also have to keep in account that mountain instructors cant take you in to the park unless they're are park certified instructors which can be hard to come across. although i wouldnt know to much about over there in whistler but at least over here we park instructors are few and far between
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