Day Two of the 2010/2011 ski season! This time we headed out with Craig, our friend and neighbour who is a BASI 4 ski instructor who's passed all the crazy French tests to be able to teach here. For example, one of the tests involves you being critiqued on your technique by a team of extremely exacting instructors by video. In another test you have to beat (or come very close to) a high-ranked FIS champion skier down a slalom course. In a nutshell, he's an amazingly good skier! We also skied with his Dad, Arnott, and two other friends: Beverley and Alison who are respectively massage therapists and run their own transfer company.
It was an incredibly advanced group of skiers. Everything happened twice as fast as normal. We skied entire pistes without stopping once. It was amazingly good fun. I learnt a lot too, just by skiing behind Craig and watching his carving technique and the way he bounced down the moguls. Hopefully his wife Dani, who is also a ski instructor and former #1 British ski champion, will be able to join us next time. It's quite cool being way out of my depth!
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