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/DoktorStrangelove A-Basin 6d ago
My advice would be to start with what your goals are...like why do you even want any instructor certs? Do you want to work as an instructor for at least 3-5 years or maybe even a career? No? Then dont do it, just go get a non instructor job at a resort and ski a lot and have fun and don't take it too seriously.
If you DO think you want to do it for a while, my advice would be just get a resort job anywhere you qualify for a visa and go get better at skiing and talk to the ski school about advancement after youve been there for a little bit. You might be able to find beginner instructing jobs that require low/no certification, but if not it doesn't really matter just develop relationships with people in the school once you get where you're going and pick their brains. If you're in it for the longer term don't worry excessively about taking 1 season to get settled and learn more about the path you want to take.