NEW SCHOOL

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) has been training professional ski instructors since 1938. That’s 85 years of nice turns, and for much of that time it’s been mostly the only game in town. No longer.

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Parablacks: Seemed Like a Good Idea

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Reading Time: 2 minutes 50th Anniversary looking back Back in the day, when the epitome of style was skiing with feet and legs glued together as one on skinny, unshaped 207s, there was an […]

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Skiing Should Be Colourful

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes To quote one reader’s message: “Hey, Ski Canada! The snow isn’t the only thing that’s all white on your pages!” No one disagrees. The more people can share, promote and […]

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Fair Instructor Fare

Reading Time: 2 minutes How much do ski instructors earn around the world? It’s a question you need to ask yourself if you’re thinking of investing the time and money needed to work on […]

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What’s wrong with rotation?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Rotation is a way for the skier to turn the skis with upper body movements. Here, Anne demonstrates one turn using edge angle and ski shape, and another using upper […]

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Short Turns * Winter 2013

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Happily ever après If you were meant to ski first tracks at Tremblant, then why are there so many late-night shows, bars, concerts and events going on? Après-ski options are […]

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Short Turns: Fall 2012

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Reading Time: 8 minutes     Lordy, Lordy, Look Who’s…75?  It’s been quite a journey for the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA), one of the longest-surviving ski organizations in Canada. The “Alliance” turns 75 […]

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