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Rhys Jones Instructor of the year
Rhys has been selected for this year's award which will be presented at the snowsports award ceremony in 2012. Cesar Piotto nominated Rhys - "Rhys has been an integral part of the Snowboard team for a number of years. Rhys is being nominated because of his...
Resit Policy for Level two Exam
This year the SBINZ also introduced a new re-sit policy for the Level Two exam. Instead of taking the entire exam again, those who fail just the Analysis or just the Teaching can re-sit these portions. Candidates join the next scheduled exam but only have to attend...
Jobs in Hong Kong and Japan
See vacancies page for details: http://www.nzsia.org/ski/careers/vacancies/
New SBINZ Trainer Rhys Jones
The SBINZ received several emails this year with requests for funding towards exams, so we decided to use some of our Development Fund in this area. Rhys Jones was one such person who applied for some help towards his Trainers Cert workshop, and the committee gave him...
Trainers work with Nils Coberger
This week the examining crew took advantage of the great end of season snow by getting together for one last training camp. The two day camp at Coronet Peak was run by Nils Coberger who has worked for the last three years with the NZSIA demo team in preparation for...
NZ Ski Team Complete Level Two
Ben Griffin,Tim Cafe, Harriet Miller -Brown, Andrew Wylie and Leighton Winsloe all of whom are members of the NZ Alpine Team are now NZSIA Level 2 Instructors. Under Scott Dagg's coaching all worked really hard at their demos teaching and analysis. As well as having...
Treble Cone Professional Development Camp August 2011
Professional Development Camp at Coronet Peak
Professional Development Camp at Coronet Peak – Just in time for the latest dump of fresh snow. Photograph – Dave Taylor
SBINZ Level One Coronet Peak
The start of August meant the beginning of the SBINZ exam roadshow, with the first stop being at Coronet Peak. We had some fantastic weather and great snow conditions, not to mention the always amazing scenery. The exam was a big success with an almost 100% pass rate....
Snowboard Course Changes
From the Snowboard Division - the Level Three workshop and the Trainer's Cert workshop are now valid for life. This means that if you have already taken the workshop you won't need to take the exam within 2 years as in the past, you can wait as long as you want to. 3...
Level Three Precourse at Treble Cone
Jonathan Ballou in uniform with the 12 participants on the Level 3 Precourse. The great conditions and weather made it really fun ripping out some great turns on TC ..
Coaching Conference in Wanaka
This is quick summary of a coaching conference last week in Wanaka, written by Richie Johnston. Check out this post at NZsnowboard.com for more info about the conference. It was a privilege to hear one of the world's most experienced Snowboard Coaches shed light on...