In Part 1, Evan wrote about his experiences on NONSTOP’s Red Mountain 11-week ski instructor course. Now he now tells how he has combined part-time ski instructing in Italy with his university degree.
After returning home and saying goodbye to everyone, I went backpacking with a friend from school which was also an amazing experience but I still missed Red Mountain. I wasn’t exactly sure what to do next … Read more
Evan took part in our 11-week instructor course in 2009 as part of his gap year after school. He is now combining part-time ski instructing in Italy with his degree at university. Read his story here…
I had just finished my A-Levels and had loads of aspirations for an amazing gap year, I’d been looking forward to this year for the whole of my teenage life but when I was suddenly faced with the reality of it I actually had no idea what I was going to do. … Read more
With an early season ski or snowboard instructor course, it is possible to start working in the same season. Nadine Wilding tells us how she did just that with NONSTOP’s Banff programme:
It’s a rare thing when you experience a trip abroad where the reality of it matches the advert, especially when it’s something as huge as a whole season abroad where it feels as if there is the potential for too many things to go hideously wrong. So you can imagine my surprise when my year in Canada panned out perfectly … Read more
Read the diaries of the guys who have “been there and done that” in the south island of New Zealand and hear how things work week by week, training amongst the some of the most spectacular mountains in the world.
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Hello again from New Zealand, where the wind has finally dropped and the sun is shining!
Welcome to week 9, it seems like so long ago since I wrote weeks 1 & 2, and this week just gone has been one of the most amazing I’ve experienced (and I like to think I’ve had some good ones!). … Read more
Pete | July 26th, 2010
