Welcome to our fresh new Snow Trainers Blog: Words from the wise
We are super excited to announce our fresh new blog.This is going to be the place to find out the most up-to-date info on what is happening at Snow Trainers HQ and up on the hill. We want to give a...
View ArticlePowder + Sunshine + Heli = An Epic Day!
We had our Snow Trainers Heli trip recently – and the crew were all over it!Everyone piled into the minibus for the hour trip to the landing zone. We then organised into groups of 6 including guides...
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Snow Trainers excel in NZSIA and SBINZ Level 1 Ski and Snowboard exams
Our team sat their level one exam recently and we had some awesome results.This is the introductory level certification for both Skiers and Snowboarders that for those thinking of entering the...
View ArticleSnow Trainers Got Talent (Besides Skiing and Snowboarding!)
As part of our season we run a competition to win a Go Pro HD video camera.Each weekend we run an event where our Snow Trainers can earn points. Some of the events include Crazy Golf, Frisbee Golf,...
View ArticleTeam Snow Trainers sit their Level 2 assessments
So all our Snow Trainers have just completed their Level 2 Assessment!After 10 weeks of preparations including a tonne of rider/skier improvement, practice teaching, movement analysis and good times,...
View ArticleOctober Snow in Colorado!
The USA winter is just around the corner! Anyone getting excited? Check out the photos from 21-Oct-2011 at Copper Mountain Resort. It's getting cold outside and snow making operations have begun....
View ArticleAll Aboard For Copper Mountain
It was a sunny day here in Summit County, Colorado so I decided to take a trip on the Summit Stage from Frisco to see what's going on at Copper Mountain. The Summit Stage is the FREE bus that links...
View ArticleSnow Trainers at the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo
I attended the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo on Saturday November 5th at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. This is a two and a half day show that features the latest happenings...
View ArticleBeneath the Boarder
I’m back in Melbourne right now and recently a couple of local girls got in touch with me about a documentary they are preparing to make this winter in Gulmarg, India. Beneath The Boarder tells the...
View ArticleCopper Mountain hosting the 2011 US Grand Prix Half Pipe competition
On November 26th Copper Mountain opened the first Superpipe of the season in Colorado for the 7th consecutive year! The 22 foot high Olympic half pipe was the site of the US Grand Prix Competition...
View ArticleRecord breaking start to winter in Niseko, Japan
Niseko, Japan has just broken a 50 year old record for snowfall this December. So far they have received over 6 metres of snow - the most of any resort in the world right now! Almost every day this...
View ArticleSnow Trainers Welcome Night 2012 at Copper Mountain, Colorado
Students have arrived from all over the world for the 2012 Snow Trainers Ski and Snowboard courses at Copper Mountain, Colorado! We held a group meeting for all the students on January 3rd where...
View ArticleSnow Trainers Begin Training at Copper Mountain, Colorado
It was a beautiful January day to start training with the ski and snowboard groups at Copper Mountain. Snow Trainers have the advantage of living and training together over a significant period of...
View Article2011 New Zealand Crew Working at Copper Mountain
Snow Trainers prepares and trains their students extremely well, and the New Zealand crew from the 2011 season at Coronet Peak were very successful in passing their NZSIA-SBINZ exams. Snow Trainers...
View ArticleSnow Trainers Preparing For PSIA-AASI Cert 1 Exams
The ski and snowboard groups are busy preparing for the PSIA-AASI Cert 1 exams next week at Breckenridge (ski group) and Copper Mountain (snowboard group). Each student is working on individual skiing...
View ArticleSnow Trainers 100% Successful at Cert 1 Exams
Congratulations to the USA 2012 Snow Trainers - the entire crew of snowboarders and skiers passed their Cert 1 exams at Breckenridge and Copper Mountain this week. This adds further testament to the...
View ArticleSnow Trainers Offers New Product - Snowboard Cert 3 Training Prep
Snow Trainers is offering a new product this season at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Tony Macri, Chief Examiner for Rocky Mountain Division AASI, is training instructors for the AASI Cert 3 exam process....
View ArticleSnow Trainers USA Begin Preparation For Cert 2 Clinics
The Snow Trainers USA trainees have begun training for their Cert 2 prep clinics. Each day is focused on a skiing or riding task followed by practice teaching. Today the team focused on moguls...
View ArticleSnow Trainers USA - 2012 Annual BBQ
The 2012 USA Snow Trainers crew gathered for the annual BBQ at the Breckenridge home of Rob & Sue Mathis last night. The current Snow Trainer crew got to socialize and network with past...
View ArticlePowder day in the Steamboat Back-country!!
There hasn't been a lot of powder this Spring in Colorado but the Snow Trainers crew needed their fix - so we all headed off to Steamboat Springs. Just an hour or so from Copper we met up with...
View ArticleCongratulations to the USA Snow Trainers
Just as the winter in NZ is about to start, our season in Colorado has come to an end - but again with great success. Snow Trainers offered a Cert 3 training course this season at Copper Mountain and...
View ArticleWinter in Queenstown begins
It’s been an exciting time in New Zealand so far and snow was dumping last week just in time to prepare the mountains for the season ahead. The lifts started spinning yesterday at Coronet Peak and the...
View ArticleThe best 6 weeks ever!
We’re mid-way through the Southern Hemisphere winter and already the first half of our NZ Snow Trainers course is over. There have been many highlights but the best of all was EVERYONE passing their...
View ArticleWho's got pop?
Some people choose to play limbo, but our Snow Trainers think they're too cool for that. So for some afternoon fun the snowboarders had an ollie competition :)Check out the photos and decide who you...
View Article"Snow Trainers Got Talent"
It's not all about awesome training on the snow, it's also about having a great time off the snow. As part of our course we have 10 weekly challenges to get everyone involved in other activities in...
View ArticleCopper Mountain, USA courses begin!
It's been an awesome start to our ski and snowboard instructor courses here at Copper Mountain, Colorado and the first week has been jam-packed full of action. We started with a welcome night out and...
View ArticleFirst week of training!
The 2013 Snow Trainers crew are super excited after an incredible start to the ski season in Queenstown. They arrived at the perfect time, right after a massive dump of snow that turned the town white....
View ArticleQueenstown 2013 - the winter that was ...
Wow how time flies! It seems like only a few weeks ago that we were getting ready for another exciting winter in Queenstown and all of a sudden it's over. So many highlights and good times I wish I...
View ArticleUK To USA: Coming to Copper Mountain Is Easier Than You Think
It’s easy to dream, and harder to do. If you’re from the UK, maybe you learned about Snow Trainers ages ago, maybe you just stumbled onto the website now, but either way - the daydreams feel...
View ArticleReflections of a Snow Trainer
Having always had a passion for skiing and travel I was in need of someone who would make it possible for me to combine the two for a-once-in-a-lifetime trip.Five minutes on Google left me spoilt for...
View ArticleAnother wonderful winter, another wonderful crew!
It's hard to believe but we are already at the end of the 3rd week on our Queenstown, NZ instructor training courses. For some of our students it also marks the half way point of their journey as they...
View ArticleSnowboard Trick To Learn mobile app
Our good friend and fellow coach Karl Dunham has just released one of the best freestyle snowboarding apps on the market. It's available on iPhone and Android so do yourself a favour this winter and...
View ArticleLiving the dream!
Another Snow Trainers graduate is living the dream and this is what he has to say about it: "After finishing Snow Trainers and becoming an instructor at Sierra at Tahoe I got my first opportunity to...
View ArticleSki Instructor Internships - Queenstown, New Zealand
A ground-breaking ski instructor internship program has launched at Coronet Peak in Queenstown, New Zealand. This new approach to becoming an instructor maximises the opportunity to gain a head start...
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Snow Trainers Represent On The World Stage
Once every four years the top instructors from around the world get together to learn and exchange best practices. This event is called Interski and is one of the largest gatherings of snowsports...
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