The Skiing Department Blog

NONSTOP Ski & Snowboard asked me to do a guest post for their Blog.

The result was a blog post titled: Why go Skiing in New Zealand?

In this post, I explain why New Zealand is a great place to take a Skiing vacation or any type of vacation. New Zealand offers a variety of skiing in both the North and the South Islands. Combining a skiing trip with a sightseeing holiday is a great way to enjoy New Zealand’s attractions. You can even change your life and take a ski instructor course while you are there.

In previous articles, I have discussed the importance of ski clothing and looked at ski gloves, ski hats and ski socks. One of the most essential set of garments to consider when skiing is thermal underwear, which makes up your thermal base layer.

A thermal base layer can consist of a top and/or leggings. When choosing what items of clothing to wear before your skiing day begins it is always good to start with a thermal base layer. After that, depending on the temperature and humidity that day, you can decide what else you need to wear on top.

The outer layers of ski clothing perform better when a thermal base layer is worn as the moisture from the body is wicked away quickly, allowing any outer breathable garment to deal with >> Continue reading | 2 Comments

Continuing on from my previous post: Ski Weekends or short mid-week breaks. I am now going to give details of the ski resorts that it is possible to reach, for a short ski break:

Country: France

Morzine:
Airport: Geneva, access to resort by car, bus or taxi
Driving Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Short ski trip best suited for: Proximity to airport and good atmosphere

Morzine is a traditional resort just over one hour’s drive from Geneva airport. The skiing links directly into the huge ‘Portes du Soleil’ ski region and offers suitable terrain for all skier abilities. There is plenty of choice for accommodation including chalets and hotels both within the town and along the access road from Geneva. >> Continue reading

An ever increasing trend in the ski industry is the growth of people keen to improve their ability and also become snowsports instructors. Reflecting this increase in demand is the increasing number of companies offering both instructor and improvement courses. One of the first companies to offer these courses was NONSTOP Ski & Snowboard who have been running since 2002.

This family run company was set up by Rupert Taylor after he had spent a season in Fernie working as a snowboard instructor. He recognised the demand for instructor and improvement courses and also the great potential that Fernie offered. Since then the company has developed significantly to offer courses in Whistler, Banff, Red Mountain and Fernie. >> Continue reading | 1 Comment