what BASI trainers get up to at the TC

Trainers conference Hintertux 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGgQviDZn_g Joe in action and others at TC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu3klujv3VQ Joe singing and playing on sound track

Austria, long way to travel to, but well worth it cos when you arrive at the top rate hotels, snow is awesome too! 10 hours in a bus playing silly games the whole way.

We the Telemark triners managed to get into the same group so that we can "Telemarkise" the mainly alpine "stuff" that was delivered;

This year the topics are, Biomechanics/where the level are, teach and tech/Delivery. The training body are always tweaking and trying to improve the BASI product and this is so the rank and file and "normal people" can see what goes on. Outside experts are brought in to deliver to the training body.

Dave Murrie, a man with more letters after his name than I can remember, helped us with biomechanics and we the tele side got him to dispel a lot of myths and believed truths! we hope we ended up with biomechanical fact.

John Gardener, a former trainer from years ago, who now trains in the sales area delivered a very upbeat, if too American for me, series of workshops on how to deliver on and off snow.

Roy Henderson, a trainer and mountain guide and great chimp impersonator had us tied together in threes, skiing down the slopes as in a safety situation on a glacier and also rope/crevasse rescue, great fun and informative.

The highlight for me was skiing with Alain Baxter and Dougie Clelland, this was called "Make yourself more awesome" impossible I hear you say. We got some valuable feedback on our technique even though DC has never Tele'd and Alain has only done a bit!! this also lead to a conversation with Alain on coming to Les Gets and do a session with us ALC, see next blog.

These yearly events could be seen to be a bit of a jolly but i believe they are invaluable for development, personal and professional and I think we got a lot done this time and every year they get better and better!! shame we didn't get to deliver to the rest of the TB like last year when we got most of the other trainers to try Tele, maybe next year????

Lots of time spent clarifying the standards along with time spent at the bar with the amazing Illie, discussing and laughing!!