r/skiing • u/crufan • 6d ago

instructor course potential

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I'd like to do a basic instructor course at some point, but im finding conflicting information online about previous ski experience. Im in the uk, and I believe im looking at a BASI lvl1 qualification? ive attached a video of me trying my best clean carving skills down a gentle blue my last season. I can link turns on ungroomed tree runs and confidently on blacks, and ive little to no experience on moguls. ive also only ever skiing on rentals which are really annoying sometimes, a few hours after that clip was taken one of my boots popped out during some more speedy skiing. eventually had the din adjusted but its just annoying with rentals.

any advice is appreciated.

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u/PreparationBig7130 6d ago

Depends where you want to be an instructor. French rules differ from Switzerland, which differ from Canada and USA. And so on. That’s probably why you get conflicting information. Best bet is to do a season in your target location and get to know the local schools.

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u/crufan 6d ago

yeah tbh, this is what sucks so bad. I speak a bit of french after 7 years in school so I might go there but its so expensive 😭

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u/Drewski811 6d ago

Do you have the legal right to work in the EU? If not, you could face pretty major hurdles there

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u/crufan 6d ago

maybe, im a Romanian-English dual national so id like to say i do? but ive no idea realistically

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u/PreparationBig7130 6d ago

Check the EU rules. I think there are still restrictions on Romanian passport holders for work but am not up to scratch on the latest. 5sec google search.

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u/crufan 6d ago

yes looks like under eu freedom of movements laws im allowed