Hemel get together for Interski 2011

one of the highlights of Joe's teaching career has to be representing BASI and Great Britain at the Interski congress in Japan 1995. Curiously this was the first time he ever skied at an indoor snow slope, (Tokyo had the worlds first)and now here we are at Hemel Hemstead snow centre with the new team for the next event next year!!

so what is Interski? it's a big convention held every 4 years attended by the teaching associations of just about every skiing nation in the world, this time we expect 39!! Over the weeklong event each delegation which consists of a team of top skiers boarders and telemarkers, have the chance to perform synchronised demonstrations, deliver lectures on their methods and philosophies and attend the forums and listen to other nations. it's an incredibly prestigious event within the industry and a chance for every nation to strut their stuff both on and off snow and network with fellow devotees. Joe will be there this time to represent BASI and GB for Telemark!!

Over the years Interski has been just one of the avenues the Brits have exploited to take our teaching association from the fringes of the industry to becoming one of the most highly respected teaching systems in the world.

So on the weekend at Hemel we had a get together (not all of the team were able to attend) a chance to ski, chat and have a meal at the hotel, whilst there Joe took a few shots and watched the alpine guys start to perfect their demo's, lots of head scratching at the top of the slope, took him straight back to Japan and got him very excited about going to St Anton, not long now....Jan 15th 2011.